BlueMark Practice Leaderboard
Spotlighting market leaders to push the impact investing industry forward.
Introducing BlueMark’s Practice Leaderboard
Collaborating and continuous learning are core tenets of the impact investing industry. In that spirit, BlueMark is committed to spotlighting industry leaders to make it easier for market actors to assess top performers and identify areas for improvement.
The “Practice Leaderboard” was first introduced as a way to highlight impact investors with best-in-class impact management practices. To earn a spot on the Leaderboard, verified investors must receive top quartile ratings across all eight Practice Verification areas within the benchmark for that year. Learn more about the Practice Benchmark and our methodology for the Practice Leaderboard below.
BlueMark Practice Leaderboard
The inaugural edition of the Practice Leaderboard was introduced in BlueMark’s third annual Making the Mark report on best practices in impact management. The Leaderboard was updated again in BlueMark’s 2025 Making the Mark report. Click on each investor name to download their most recent verification statement.
Actis
- Clean Energy
- Infrastructure (including Digital Infrastructure)
- Resource Efficiency
- Climate Mitigation & Adaptation
AiiM Partners
- Sustainability and Equity
Bain Capital Double Impact
- Education & Workforce Development
- Health & Wellness
- Sustainability
Better Society Capital
- Multi-theme
BlueOrchard
- Multi-theme
British International Investment
- Productive, Sustainable and Inclusive
Brookfield
- Clean Energy
- Infrastructure
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Resource Efficiency
Calvert Impact Capital
- Access to Community Service
- Financial Inclusion
- Climate Change
Circulate Capital
- Climate Adaptation & Resilience
- Climate Change Mitigation
Circularity Capital
- Resource Efficiency
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Climate Adaptation & Resilience
Finance in Motion
- Green Economy
- Climate Finance
- Entrepreneurship & Livelihoods
- Financial Inclusion
Franklin Templeton Social Infrastructure
- Affordable Housing
- Clean Energy
- Climate Adaptation & Resilience
- Health and Wellness
- Infrastructure
Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
- Green, Just and Inclusive Transition
Nuveen Global Fixed Income Impact
- Affordable Housing
- Renewable Energy and Climate Change
- Community and Economic Development
- Natural Resources
Nuveen Private Equity Impact Investing
- Resource Efficiency
- Inclusive Growth
Nuveen U.S. Affordable Housing
Schroders
- Multi-theme
Trill Impact
- Multi-theme (SDG-aligned impact)
The Vistria Group (TVG)
- Healthcare
- Financial Inclusion
- Education & Workplace Development
Our Methodology
BlueMark clients verified in the past 2 years that score in the top quartile or above for all pillars in the Practice Benchmark are included in the Practice Leaderboard. For the 2025 edition, there were two changes in eligibility criteria resulting from upward shifts in top-quartile ratings for the Portfolio-level Impact Management and Investor Contribution pillars. As a result, clients must now score “Advanced” in all pillars except Impact at Exit and Impact Review, where they must have scored a “High” or above.
The Leaderboard is dynamic, meaning that BlueMark will add qualifying clients to the list throughout the year and refresh the list annually based on the updated benchmark and new criteria for that year.
Only impact investors that have been verified within the previous two years will be eligible for each year’s Leaderboard to ensure that Leaders are continuously reassessed against the current state of the market amid evolving peer practices.
Practice Benchmark
BlueMark’s proprietary rating system evaluates the degree of investor alignment with core pillars of impact management on a four-part scale (Low, Moderate, High, Advanced).
The BlueMark Practice Benchmark organizes the aggregated results from BlueMark’s 153 most recent practice verifications into Learning (25th percentile), Median (50th percentile), and Leading (75th percentile) segments.
LOW
moderate
High
Advanced
1 IMPACT OBJECTIVES
2 IMPACT MANAGEMENT
3 INVESTOR CONTRIBUTION
4 IMPACT SCREENING
5 ESG RISK MANAGEMENT
6 IMPACT MONITORING
7 IMPACT AT EXIT
8 IMPACT REVIEW
25%
25%
LEARNING
MED.
50%
MEDIAN
75%
75%
LEADING