The Equality Impact Investing (EII) Task Force continues to be a catalyst for systemic change, with members leading initiatives that exemplify the adoption of our key EII strategies. Here's an overview of recent developments of EII member aligned funds (racial equity, local empowerment, financial inclusion, technology); members embedding EII in practice; and policy and research initiatives.

Equality impact pioneer EIIP and leading UK impact law firm Bates Wells today co-launch the Equalising Deal Terms Key Investor Principles (the EDT Principles), which aim to address power imbalances between impact investors and their investees arising from current practices relating to investment terms, legal documents and processes.

The Equality Impact Investing Project welcomed over 50 senior execs and equalities managers on their latest course: Leading Equality Impact Investing: From Principles to Practice (LEIIP).

We're delighted to share our new Equality Impact Investing Toolkit, our introductory guide for social and impact investors on EII fundamentals and how to put them into practice.

How can investment terms, legal documentation and processes within impact investing better embed the principles and values of equality? To what extent do investment terms replicate forms of control and power that are poorly aligned with trust and collaborative partnership?

A key recommendation of EIIP’s foundational research is that impact management and measurement (IMM) frameworks used within the impact investment sector need to be better aligned with equality and human rights considerations.

The fifth podcast in the fantastic Ariadne Podcast Gender Lens Investment Series featuring our Director Ceri Goddard and others pushing the boundaries to look at the future of gender lens and wider equality impact investing.

Eighty five social impact investors are well underway upskilling, and adding to, key equality impact investing strategies in EIIP’s very first training and action learning programme.