Doing well by doing good! The Mission Investors Exchange conference in Baltimore provided incredible hope and promise for a new tomorrow with over 500 of the nation’s top Impact Investors there to learn how philanthropy meets investment.

Glad to see the investor publications such as The Street having more interest in impact investing, with this article featuring several of the social ventures we founded and helped found, like www.ed.co, Ultra Testing, and Benestream.

Impact investing has become quite popular lately, but it’s simply a new approach based on a very old concept – investing with one’s values to positively impact the world and minimize harm.

We've been talking a lot lately at JFN about impact investing--which aims to provide an array of socially responsible investing that provides solid returns. This fall, we've hosted an engaging series of webinars on the topic, with a fourth that focuses on case studies from impact investing in Israel scheduled for December 9.

Impact investing—which aims to achieve a measurable social impact and a solid financial return—is taking on a more prominent role in philanthropic portfolio. JFN members heard recently how it’s being executed in Israel, from Dr. Yoav Ben-Dror, a JFN member and Founding Partner of Impact First Investments.