Can You Be An Impact Investor Without Investing in Emerging Markets?

We recently hosted a panel ‘Can You Be An Impact Investor Without Investing in Emerging Markets?’ Align team members Ali Motroni, Rahima Jamal and Yihana von Ritter led an interactive discussion with Robert Kim from JLIN, Juan Diego Gomez from Suncolombia, and Johanna Posada from Elevar covering the evolution, the needs today and investor expectations for impact investing in emerging markets. According to Ali Motroni,

“Investment opportunities in emerging markets are market-based solutions to social and environmental problems. Early on, emerging markets was thought of as only ‘microfinance’, but the space has opened up and there are viable investments across asset classes that address critical issues in marginalized communities including climate injustice, water & sanitation, financial inclusion and healthcare.”

Sample investment opportunities in emerging markets include Sparkmeter (clean energy & resource efficiency), WaterEquity (water & sanitation, financial inclusion), Lendable (financial inclusion) and Elevar Equity (financial inclusion, education).