About impact investment

Definition of terms

الاستثمار الاجتماعي: Impact/Social/Social Impact Investment, which can be in the form of cash or non-cash funds, in social companies and is made by the investor with the intention of achieving measurable financial and social returns. Provided that achieving societal impact takes precedence over profit goals, and the investor in social companies becomes a social investor.

الابتكار الاجتماعي Social innovation Providing creative solutions that contribute to confronting social or environmental challenges in innovative ways that take into account the roots of problems, societal systemic thinking, and the ability to continue and expand as much as possible, whether it is (a product, a process, a program, a project, or a platform).

الريادة الاجتماعية/ريادة الأعمال الاجتماعية Social Entrepreneurship It is the establishment and operation of commercially based product and service solutions that aim to solve social or environmental issues in a sustainable manner. Whoever leads, manages, and establishes entities according to this method is called a social entrepreneur or social entrepreneur.

الشركات الاجتماعية Social Enterprises Entities that are established to address social or environmental issues and use commercial methods to ensure that social or environmental goals are achieved in financially sustainable ways

Definition of impact investment

Global market size

Global Impact Investment Network:

Founded in 2010, the network is a major influence on the global impact investment market and is dedicated to increasing the volume and effectiveness of social investment around the world. The network builds critical infrastructure and supports activities, education and research that helps accelerate the development of a cohesive, impact investing industry.

The network issues an annual report on the progress of social investment globally.

Global market size

area	2015	2019	CAGR
Western, Northern and Southern Europe	6,365	15,318	25%
East and Southeast Asia	4,080	9,385	23%
Latin America and the Caribbean	6,216	13,167	21%
United States and Canada	10,036	20,625	20%
Middle East and North Africa	1,447	2,881	19%
Oceania	1,915	3,419	16%
South Asia	4,535	7,822	15%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	5,997	9,264	11%
Sub-Saharan Africa	9,602	12,808	7%
Other areas	1,625	2,793	15%
Total	51,817	97,483	17%

Global market size

sector	2015	2019	CAGR
Water, sanitation and hygiene	3,083	9,735	33%
Financial Services (Except Microfinance)	5,667	16,432	30%
Health Care	2,405	5,590	23%
Food and Agriculture	3,746	8,284	22%
Power	9,007	19,077	21%
Information and Communication Technology	1,198	2,058	14%
Infrastructure	1,144	1,818	12%
Housing	4,238	6,322	11%
Micro Finance	9,525	13,439	9%
Manufacturing	1,667	1,356	-5%
Arts and Culture	1,695	1,257	-7%
Other Sectors	142	52	-22%
Total	8,298	12,063	10%