I believe that social impact investing is on the rise in the last few years. In particular you have accelerator programs like Tumml for example that are seeing

I believe that social impact investing is on the rise in the last few years. In particular you have accelerator programs like Tumml for example that are seeing growing success. There is growing trend in social impact for companies to form as Public Benefit Corporations. While there is a bit of skepticism around the basis for forming companies in this manner, I think that many are truly in it to make an impact. From a traditional investor perspective it is tough. The goals are not entirely aligned. Traditional investors expect to make monetary returns, while a social impact investment may not have a huge cash payday, their impact on the other hand could be significant. For more research you could check out groups like the Case Foundation, Tumml (Julie and Clara that run the accelerator are super nice and I think have a great grasp/direction on social impact investing), Wharton Social Impact Initiative (https://socialimpact.wharton.upenn.edu/ https://socialimpact.wharton.upenn.edu/) is part of the Wharton School of Business and has done some great research in this area, and while he has not written much about social impact investing even Jason Calacanis has been involved in investing in social impact companies (i.e. HandUp).