Impact Investment Strategies
Over the past decade, Ascension Investment Management has built a strong and growing Impact program deploying approximately $287 million. Our Impact strategies emphasize addressing the needs of underserved and unserved populations while seeking competitive returns.
These strategies focus on investments we believe can improve access of underserved populations to social goods and services that we believe to be basic human rights, ranging from food and nutrition to education and affordable housing. They also aim to enhance environmental stewardship, by targeting areas such as resource efficiency, renewable energy, and climate technologies.
Our community of engaged Catholic investors plays an active role in shaping our efforts rooted in a collaborative, mission-driven approach that continues to expand. In the years ahead, we expect interest in these types of investments to grow significantly.
$287M deployed over
the last decade
Our Impact Focus
Through our Impact strategies, we actively seek to further a social responsibility mission by focusing on investments designed to improve access to certain social goods and services that may not be available (or may be available only on a limited or inadequate basis) to the poor and vulnerable.
Our Areas of Focus have included:
Impact with Returns
Our goal through impact investing is to generate a beneficial social or environmental impact alongside competitive financial returns.
These impact investments can take the form of an investment in a fund or a co-investment directly into a company.
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