The Impact Accelerator, managed by CDC, was created in 2015 to develop the market for impact investing in some of the most remote and challenging business environments in the world. After two years of investing, CDC has produced a publication, which makes a series of practical recommendations to investors in emerging markets on how to build an impact-focused … Read More

Investors looking for data on social impact should start by helping investees deliver a compelling value proposition to their customers and supply chain. This is a key takeaway in the first Impact Programme Deep Dive study, published in the latest issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review. Together with Acumen’s Lean Data team, the case study shares … Read More

The Impact Programme’s new briefing paper summaries insights generated by the Technical Assistance Facility which provides support to pipeline and portfolio companies in both the Impact Fund and Impact Accelerator, the programme’s two investment vehicles. The Technical Assistance has supported over 30 interventions across 14 companies in … Read More