Impact Investing Explained - Alternative Energy

Impact investments seek to co-align financial and social interests in a single strategy and can provide a strong degree of congruence between investments and the values and beliefs of the investor. Many impact investments offer 2% - 8% annual returns as well as an opportunity for portfolio diversification. Impact investors should consider their risk profile and requirements for financial return, and the areas of most interest.

This month we profile E and Co., an innovative new model in the alternative energy sector. 25% of the world’s population do not have any form of electricity, 33% cook with firewood, kerosene etc. US non-profit, E AND CO alleviates energy poverty by financing and supporting clean energy entrepreneurs in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America focussing on solar, thermal and hydro electric technologies. So far it has provided 5.6 million people with clean energy 4 million tones of C02 saved and reforested ½ million trees, saving 670,000 barrels of oil and 22 million litres of kerosene. Its People & Planet Note offers a 3 percent return in US dollars over 8 years.

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