📣 🆕 💪🏻 United for Impact, together with 10 other EU responsible, sustainable and impact investing organisations, welcome the introduction of #impactinvesting in #SFDR The European Commission’s proposed revision of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation marks a major milestone: for the first time, impact investing is explicitly recognised ✅️ in EU sustainable finance legislation as its own distinct practice. This introduction sits squarely within the Commission’s broader agenda and with the Draghi report’s call to mobilise private capital at scale for transition. By setting out a balanced, market-fit definition of impact solutions, the proposal brings clarity and differentiation, meeting consumer demand for credible impact products. At a time of collective setbacks, the European Commission's proposal charts a clear ambition. It has the potential to unlock substantial private capital for the transition, and impact investors will play their part 💪🏻 Together with other organisations, we collectively stand ready to continue working with the Commission, European Parliament, Council of the European Union to ensure impact can grow, deliver outcomes, and drive solutions for Europe's future 🌍 Impact Europe GSG Impact Sustainable Finance Observatory Eurosif - The European Sustainable Investment Forum Impact Finance Belgium Impact Investing Institute Netherlands Advisory Board on impact investing SpainNAB Hellenic Impact Investing Network Impact CEE Social Impact Agenda per l'Italia - GSG Impact Partner Bundesinitiative Impact Investing Elena Arveras John Berrigan Hélène Bussières Francois Dauriat Didier Millerot Jana Bour Clémence Vaugelade Julia Robin Servane Metzger-Corrigou
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The #UnitedforImpact initiative was launched in December 2023 by 32 impact investors from various EU countries, who co-signed a public op-ed to call on EU institutions to better define impact investing in SFDR, at the time when the EU Commission launched a consultation on its potential revision. This informal coalition now gathers 60+ impact investors from 18 EU countries across the entire financing spectrum. It aims to highlight the specificity and methodology of impact investing, with the ultimate goal of massively redirecting capital towards companies that put at the heart of their business models the resolution of environmental and/or social challenges. The initiative pursues two main objectives : 1. Gather an informal community of European impact investors, and share good practices on impact investing through workshops and events 2. Unite our efforts in advocacy and public affairs to promote impact investing in Europe You will find the list of our members, as well as our latest positions, via the link associated with this page. For further information, please send us a message > contact@unitedforimpact.eu
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🇪🇺 Förenade för effekt 🇸🇪 What a joy to reunite with the members of the United for Impact coalition on the sidelines of Impact Europe’s Impact Week in Malmö ! We were happy to come together again this year to celebrate the progress and successes of our movement—both in our advocacy work #SFDR and in strengthening our community of impact practitioners. Den Sociale Kapitalfond, Tilia Impact Ventures and Ring Capital were happy to co-host this side event. Thank you to all participants. We can’t wait to share our next steps with you. Join us to connect, share ideas, and be part of the impact! 💪🏼 #impactinvesting #unitedforimpact maze impact Impact Shakers makesense Rubio Impact Ventures Feelsgood BONVENTURE Citizen Capital IMPACT VENTURES…
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Following the publication of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance's opinion on the future of #SFDR, which we believe overlooks the key challenge of fostering the impact investing market in Europe, the members of the #UnitedforImpact collective, together with the National Advisory Boards, express their support to Impact Europe position paper 💪🏻 As the European Commission suggested in its consultation draft, impact investing actors need a category targeting "assets that specifically strive to offer targeted measurable solutions to sustainability related problems that affect people and/or the planet”... Why? Because we need to focus reporting disclosures on real positive impacts rather than ESG, to avoid green and impact washing ! As highlighted in Impact Europe's paper, such a category should allow exemptions for taxonomy compliance and non-material PAIs, while adapting requirements to the size and listing status of portfolio companies, such as unlisted SMEs. Without these adjustments, the subcategory would provide even less value for impact funds than the existing Article 9. Jana Bour Stéphanie BRENDA SMIALOWSKI Roberta Bosurgi #impactinvesting #sustainablefinance cc Teresa Ribera Stéphane Séjourné John Berrigan Hélène Bussières Elena Arveras Wallerand BONAZZI Arthur Corbin Francois Dauriat Giulio Pasi, PhD
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