Published Research
Groundbreaking research to advance the field
Truth in Climate Impact: A Tideline Guide to Best Impact Management and Labeling Practices
Learn how to turn a climate investment strategy into a climate impact strategyWhat does it mean to be a climate impact investor? Despite rigorous debate on this topic and the beginning of regulatory action, there remains widespread confusion about the difference...
Case Study: Advancing Sustainability and Diversity Through Investment
Truth in Impact: A Tideline Guide to Using the Impact Investment Label
Tideline has worked with asset allocators and managers with over $250 billion in combined impact capital under management. Learn more about how we use our proprietary Framework for Impact Labeling to help clients launch new impact products and platforms. "Truth...
ImpactAlpha – “The ABCs (and SDGs) of classification for impact investing strategies”
December 15, 2020 | Originally posted on ImpactAlpha Five years ago, we co-led a research project exploring the value of classification in impact investing, with the goal of making it easier to invest for impact across a portfolio. At the time, the publicly traded and...
ImpactAlpha – “Getting the Three Pillars of Impact and Integrity Right, Right at the Fund’s Formation”
August 18, 2020 | Originally posted on ImpactAlpha If the impact investing market is only 10% as large as it’s likely to be in 10 years, then 90% of the action is yet to come. Impact investors to date have been remarkably satisfied. At least 88% of respondents to...
Making the Mark: Investor Alignment with the Operating Principles for Impact Management
April 21, 2020 | Tideline’s new benchmark report, “Making the Mark,” evaluates investor alignment with the Operating Principles for Impact Management. View the full report here. The “Making the Mark” report includes: Tideline’s aggregated findings based on 13...
Impact Investing at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Charity
January 30, 2020 | Prepared in partnership with Tideline, this report shares learnings from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity’s impact investments. The report summarises the Charity’s distinct approach to impact investing, discusses key focus areas and highlights the...
The Double-Edged Sword of CEO Activism
Tideline White Paper: Integrity Through Verification
October 1, 2019 | A new Tideline publication introduces the firm’s approach to verifying investors’ and managers’ alignment with the International Finance Corporation’s Operating Principles for Impact Management. The white paper, titled Integrity through Verification,...
Five Building Blocks for Impact Management
Mar 27, 2019 | A new report by Franklin Real Asset Advisors, developed in collaboration with Tideline, provides a guide to help investors build impact management systems that are both tailored to their strategic focus and aligned with best practices. A PDF download of...
Catalytic Capital: Unlocking More Investment and Impact
March 12, 2019 | A new Tideline report, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, explores ‘catalytic capital’ and the many ways it has been used by a variety of impact-oriented investors to fill financing gaps, enable third-party investment, and generate impact that...
The Alpha in Impact: How Operating With an Impact Objective Can Add Value for Investors
December 12, 2018 | New research from Tideline and Impact Capital Managers (ICM), a network of private fund managers committed to impact investing, shows that a social and environmental focus on investment management can, in fact, boost financial returns. The new...
The Eye Fund I, LLC: Impact Performance Review Summary Report 2018
July 10, 2018 | Tideline was engaged to provide an independent assessment of the Eye Fund I’s impact performance. This summary version of a long-form report to the Fund’s investors was prepared in order to share key learnings as a contribution to building the field of...
Investing for Global Health Impact in Product Development Partnerships
June 15, 2017 | Investing for Global Health Impact in Product Development Partnerships is a synthesis of Tideline’s research and findings from the PDP Innovative Financing Initiative, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Product Development...
Navigating Impact Investing: The Opportunity in Impact Classes
July 5, 2016 | Led by Tideline, together with Cathy Clark at Duke University, the Navigating Impact Investing project began in September 2015 as an effort to bring greater clarity to the field of impact investing, supported by Omidyar Network. The working paper...
Global Warming’s Unlikely Antidote: Why Capital Markets Hold the Key to Addressing Climate Change
The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism
Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward
Institutional Impact Investing: Practice and Policy
