Impact Investing

Impact investing has grown tremendously over the last decade, and in large part because investors aren't just looking at unrealistic returns, and add to that the positive environmental and social outcomes that are becoming increasingly more measurable.

Impact is at the heart of the GCC's strategy, and sustainability is embedded in its values.

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed just how intertwined we are, and how issues of public health and the environment need to underpin any investment now being made.

The new decade ahead could represent a turning point for businesses as we know, and lead to impact being the new narrative shaping business as usual.

The increasing shift towards flexible work arrangements is boosting autonomous work models with multiplied room to create and produce.

With investors becoming increasingly socially responsible, it's time to focus on measuring the impact of impact investing.

It goes without saying that bringing impact investing to the forefront would provide a new power and push to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

MENA startups are taking on the refugee crisis, trying to make their solutions both socially responsible and financially sustainable.

In the spirit of innovation, there has been a trend of organizations and businesses of all forms being re-branded as social enterprises, which tends to blur the lines for everyone. For greater clarity, it helps to categorize businesses by their relationship to profit generation.

At Entrepreneur Middle East, we've so far put in time and effort to helping build this ecosystem- and now, we are putting in capital as well.

Impact investing focuses on investment choices that generate measurable social and environmental impact while achieving financial returns.