Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation ( Social Innovation and Investment Foundation )
By leveraging our unique perspective as a foundation, we can create an action aiming to help build the base for a society in which the resolution of social problems and the creation of value take place autonomously and sustainably.
Working with companies, local governments, NPOs, and educational institutions, research and other organizations, we propose and execute numerous plans and provide assistance aimed at realizing an ecosystem for social and economic resources that transcends the conventional frameworks of self-help, public help and mutual help.
What is the Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF)?
Impact Economy Lab
Impact Economy Lab
We will be a catalyst for systemic change toward the realization of an impact economy.
Five strategic themes for accomplishing our mission
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- Three-dimensional investment structures experiencing global growth Impact investing
- “Impact investing” aims to generate simultaneous social and economic impacts alongside financial returns. The objective of SIIF is to create project models in Japan and to expand the market.
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- Presenting new benchmarks for measuring value Social impact measurement/management
- Measurements designed to grasp the qualitative & quantitative social impact generated by projects and activities, and social impact management for the continuation of activities that utilize these measurements to enhance social impacts. We are working on the practice of both in Japan, as well as on knowledge development.
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Paradigm shift in the public sector
PFS (pay-for-success) contracts
Social impact bonds (SIB) - Contributes to building reform mechanisms for more results-oriented public services, such as by using contracts in which payments are proportional to successful social outcomes (PFS), and methods for sourcing funding from investors on such occasions (SIB).
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Paradigm shift in the public sector
PFS (pay-for-success) contracts
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- A new economy supported by the exchange of value other than money Alternatives
- We are working to build mechanisms and project models to express the value in social, natural, cultural, human, and emotional capital in a way that would be difficult using an economic capitalist approach.
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- Intentional funding drives innovation Progressive philanthropy
- We will provide backing for philanthropic activities that generate sustainable social impacts, so as to enable the transformative effects of individual donations and charitable activities by private-sector foundations.
Case studies
- Impact investing
- Impact IPO
- Impact investing
- Impact investing
- Impact investing
- Impact investing
- Impact investing
- Impact investing
- Impact investing
- Measurement / Management
- Measurement / Management
- PFS/SIB
- PFS/SIB
- PFS/SIB
- PFS/SIB
- PFS/SIB
- Alternatives
- Alternatives
- Philanthropy
- Social impact measurement/management
- Alternatives
- Impact investing
An archive of SIIF publications, including various reports, can be found here
News
Press releases
- Press releasesSignatories to the Japan Impact-driven Financing Initiative increased more than 3.5 times in two years to 74 institutions. Impact finance AUM under the Initiative approximately tripled to 10,724 billion yen. In 2024, the Initiative will strengthen asset owner engagement.
- Press releasesJapan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation publishes its disclosure statement and verifier statement as a signatory of the Operating Principles for Impact Management (the Impact Principles).
- Press releasesJapan Impact Investment II Limited Partnership invests in BPO Technology Inc.
- Press releases“The Door to the Impact Economy” launches its Instagram page on October 31 to encourage general consumers to join the economy.
- Press releasesJapan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF) begins receiving applications from potential partners for providing fundamental solutions to social issues and systems change in terms of opportunity disparity and regional vitalization. SIIF will fund JPY 60mil (capital injection, subcontracting, grant, etc.) up to 6 organizations and support their management including IMM. Applications will be received from October 10 to November 10.
Announcement
- Announcement[Social Impact Day 2024] May 15-17, 2024 All sessions are now published 5 days until the end of early-bird ticket sales (-Monday, April 15)
- Announcement[Social Impact Day 2024] May 15-17, 2024 Tickets are now on sale!
- AnnouncementYuka Ogasawara, Impact Officer of SIIF, has joined as an expert the “Expert Group on Mobilizing New Financing for Development” at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- AnnouncementMitsumasa Aoyagi, Vice-chair of Executive Committee of SIIF, has been appointed as a committee member of the “University Growth Model Advisory” of PEAKS, the Cabinet Office’s forum on promoting the evolution of academia for knowledge society
- AnnouncementNanako Kudo, Member of Executive Committee of SIIF, has been appointed as a member of the Ecosystem Study Group for the Promotion of Regional Social Issue Solving, organized by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
Partnerships
SIIF cooperates with organizations that are involved in the global promotion of impact investing and social impact measurement/management, and in addition to communicating the latest trends in Japan, it works to disseminate leading cases and knowledge from overseas within Japan.