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Mobilising capital for a better tomorrow

About Us

ABOUT US

Australian Impact Investments is a specialist consulting firm that provides advice to clients seeking to mobilise capital to create positive environmental and social impact alongside financial value.

Our services enable clients to develop investment strategies, originate, analyse and select investment opportunities and manage investment portfolios to achieve financial and impact objectives.

We serve a range of clients including asset owners and their investment advisers, family offices, charitable trusts and foundations, wealth management firms and government.

If you would like to learn more about our work, we encourage you to read our 2022 Impact Report, which celebrates our clients' contribution to environmental and social impact.

Services

SERVICES

Development of bespoke impact strategies

Rigorous, independent sourcing and analysis of impact investments informing a proprietary pipeline of investment opportunities that deliver financial return and meaningful impact

In-depth ethical research, ratings and analysis, including coverage of environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related practices

Comprehensive investment management of impact-aligned portfolios from construction through to implementation, monitoring and reporting

Customised research, advisory and investment origination and structuring to achieve defined impact and financial objectives

Achiving Impact

ACHIEVING IMPACT

All investments have impact - positive, neutral or negative. The impact of an investment is a function of the underlying asset/enterprise the investment supports and an investor's contribution to this impact.

Our proprietary Impact Spectrum, shaped from the extensive experience of our team across ethical, responsible and impact investments together with the work of the Impact Management Project, categorises every investment as one of four types of impact - Harm People & Planet (H), Avoid Harm (A), Benefit People & Planet (B) or Contribute to Solutions (C).

IMPACT SPECTRUM

HARM

People & Planet

The enterprise is directly involved in activities that harm or may harm people or planet

AVOID Harm

The enterprise has no direct involvement in activities that harm people or planet

BENEFIT

People & Planet

The enterprise not only acts to avoid harm, but is also involved directly in activities that benefit people or planet

CONTRIBUTE

to Solutions

The enterprise not only acts to avoid harm, but also intentionally generates positive, measurable outcomes for people or planet

An investor can use a range of strategies to contribute to impact, often in combination, including:

signalling impact matters by applying negative and positive screens to investment selection processes
active engagement to influence the environmental/social performance of companies
growing new or undersupplied capital markets by participating in new investment opportunities
providing flexible capital to drive a targeted environmental or social outcome

We assist our clients to map their current investment portfolio to the Impact Spectrum and develop bespoke impact strategies that provide a roadmap for increasing the alignment of their investments with their impact objectives while achieving their financial objectives.

Selected Investments

OUR CLIENTS' INVESTMENTS

Australian Impact Investments has, since our launch in August 2014 through to 30 June 2020, assisted its clients to direct capital of more than $100 million to 48 impact investments from a universe of more than 400 opportunities. These investments benefit excluded and disadvantaged populations - the homeless, people living with disabilities or mental health issues, and the working poor - and the planet.

AbilityMade

Funding for AbilityMade, a startup producing digitally fabricated ankle foot orthoses for children with disabilities.

Aspire SIB

Funding of the Aspire Program, 'housing first' program providing homeless participants with accommodation, employment, training etc. to end their homelessness.

Auctus ESI Fund

Fund investing in esVolta, a battery storage company in the USA.

Australian Farmland Funds

Fund investing in land-based agricultural assets with the aim of improving agricultural practices.

Australian Unity SDA Fund

Fund investing in Specialist Disability Accommodation in Australia

COMPASS SIB

SIB to support Anglicare VIC's COMPASS program delivering support to care leavers in Melbourne.

Future Super

Working capital for Future Super, Australia's first fossil fuel-free super fund.

Green Infrastructure Access Fund

Feeder vehicle for the Morrison & Co Growth Infrastructure Fund.

Hepburn Community Wind Park

Funding for two 2MW wind turbines on Leonards Hill, Victoria.

IIG Collins St Trust

Trust to purchase 401 Collins St Melbourne to restore heritage facade and improve environmental performance.

IIG Chepstowe Wind Farm

Funding for Chepstowe Wind Farm, Victoria.

IIG Giant Leap Fund

Fund investing in impact-driven businesses.

IIG Solar Asset Fund

Investment fund focusing on large-scale solar farms in Australia.

IIG Solar Income Fund

Unlisted unit trust aiming to acquire and manage fully operational solar assets.

Infradebt Ethical Investment Fund 1 and 2

Two debt funds focused on infrastructure that makes a positive and sustainable difference to society, such as wind, solar and hospitals.

Infrastructure Access Fund

Fund employing a shareholder activism strategy to reduce the carbon footprint and improve sustainability of infrastructure assets.

Kurrawang Community Solar

Funding for purchase and installation of a 36kW solar system at the Kurrawang Aboriginal Christian Community in WA.

Lismore Community Solar

Funding for a community solar farm in Lismore NSW with a local government offtake agreement.

Livelihood Impact Fund

Private equity fund investing in impact businesses delivering improved livelihoods to people in India and South-East Asia.

Loop+

A company developing solutions for pressure injuries of wheelchair users.

MDB Balanced Water Fund

Investing in water rights to balance farming and environmental needs.

Newpin SBB

Funding to deliver Newpin program restoring children in out-of-home care to their families or preventing at-risk children from entering care.

PacRise Menstural Health TFV

Company providing menstural health products in the Pacific.

Patamar Fund II

Second fund following Livelihood Impact Fund, investing in businesses that improve the lives of working poor in South and South-East Asia.

RePower Shoalhaven

Private company established to own and maintain aggregated small scale commerical solar projects.

IMPACT PORTFOLIO CASE STUDY

Community Impact Foundation

Australian Impact Investments is the investment manager for the Community Impact Foundation (CIF), a public ancillary fund that provides a communal philanthropic structure to those seeking a planned, tax-effective approach to giving and investment of contributed capital into a value-aligned investment portfolio that actively prioritises impact investments. The CIF is the only public ancillary fund in Australia that since launch has actively employed an investment strategy to amplify its social and environmental impact and provide comfort to subfund holders that their contributed capital will be invested in a manager consistent with their values.

Investments in the CIF portfolio include a range of social impact bonds targeting homelessness, children in out-of-home care, youth recidivism and mental health. The CIF also holds investments in solar and wind power, domestic and international impact venture capital and environmental water management.