Impact investing Focus areas
Overview of impact investing activities
Acting from the standpoint of an organization that has played a central role from the dawning of the age of impact investing in Japan to the building of the ecosystem, SIIF creates successful examples of impact investing in partnership with important stakeholders. We are nurturing human resources and organizations involved in impact investing, and using research and policy proposals to put in place the required environment for the promotion of impact investing. We are also actively participating in development processes for shared rules and methodologies related to impact investing that are moving forward globally.
Three-dimensional investment structures experiencing global growth
Impact investment is investment that aims to generate positive and measurable social and environmental impacts in addition to financial returns. Traditional investing is measured on the two dimensions of risk and return, but impact investing is based on measuring the three dimensions of risk, return, and impact.
Why is impact investing necessary today?
It is estimated that a maximum of $7 trillion is needed annually to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the UN, and there is considerable expectation that the use of private funds will help accomplish this. Moreover, the interest of millennials in social issues is growing, and impact investing is being viewed as a market with growth potential.
Case studies
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The Nippon Foundation ‘Social Change Makers’
SIIF is providing both financial and non-financial assistance to the three companies established by the first cohort of graduates from The Nippon Foundation Social Change Makers, sponsored by The Nippon Foundation and by ImpacTech, which is rolling out a startup accelerator program focused on Israel and Asia. -
Hataraku FUND
With a focus on pressing social problems such as the declining birthrate and the aging population, this is a fund that aims to create the human resources and environment required to enable people to continue to work through a variety of life events. -
Based on the Act on Utilization of Funds Related to Dormant Deposits to Promote Public Interest Activities by the Private Sector (the “Dormant Deposits Utilization Act”), we were selected as an Organization Distributing Funds in fiscal 2019. -
Creates projects that become assets for the various communities working with various local collaborators.
Assists in the generation of social impacts as an intermediary support organization. -
Single mother support project
In our program for supporting single mothers who start businesses while raising children, we offer a choice of new work styles that are not restricted to a certain time or place. This is a framework for supporting the acquisition of the skills and financing required to start a business. -
Conducted Japan’s first survey into consumer awareness of impact investing
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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.
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