Since 2009, ​Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) has been a pioneer in the global impact investing movement, reshaping finance for sustainable development with a focus on gender equality and climate action through capital mobilization and data-based solutions.

For our stakeholders, our growth is their growth, recognizing that we continue to scale our potential. But for the women we cater to, the women at the last mile, this means transformation and change, uplifting their voices in a financial market that continuously silences them.

With that, the question arises—How did we set the foundations for the sustainable investing market for others to follow? The simple answer is we move capital to resilience, to the quiet backbone of our society: the women, the environment, and the underserved. Yet the work involved has been tremendous. 

 

Building Inclusive Markets: A Holistic Approach

Home to the world’s first social stock exchange, IIX emerged out of the need to harness the power of capital markets for good. Across all our work, IIX drives the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through our three-pronged agenda of women empowerment, climate action, and community resilience.

To build inclusive markets, a holistic approach is required, specifically:

  • Unlocking capital through financial innovations and blended finance
  • Empowering high-impact enterprises across their different stages of growth with capital raise, capacity building, accelerator programs, and pipelines to partnerships or growth
  • Accelerating the growth of the impact investing ecosystem with training and education programs, advisory, and research

As a pioneer in impact investing, we work with a global network of over 50,000 key development and private sector players, enabling us to scale our growth, impact more lives, and catalyze global change.

 

Creating Impact Where It Matters: Our Story in Numbers

While we are very deep with our work in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa, our work spans over 60 countries globally where we have mobilized close to $500 million of private-sector capital, positively impacted over 160 million lives, and avoided over 1.9 million metric tons of carbon, while generating and collecting over 90,000+ data points on sustainable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).


Utilizing Technology for Impact: Driving Tangible Change

Over the years, we’ve harnessed the power of technology to our advantage. Our technology-enabled foundational platform, IIX Values™, allows us to verify social and environmental impact to the last mile, combatting greenwashing and impact washing.

Through our global data hub, IIX Intelligence™, we can aggregate, evaluate, and benchmark data from sustainable MSMEs, offering unparalleled insights into gender diversity, climate action, ESG performance, and community risk management. This allows investors to make more informed decisions, ensuring that their investments lead towards tangible impact.


What’s Next for IIX?

While we’ve made considerable impact over the past years, more work remains to be done. There’s promise in emerging markets, as they show strong potential for growth for impact investing.

Countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Indonesia are leading the way for impact investing, especially in sectors like apparel, renewable energy, financial inclusion, and more. For IIX, we’ll continue to grow our involvement in these countries, along with working with our partners to grow the Orange Movement™.

Join us in scaling our growth and making an impact. Send us an email at info@iixglobal.com to connect about opportunities to grow with us.