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 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 2024 Making the Mark report. Click on each investor name to download their most recent verification statement.
Actis
- Infrastructure
- Resource Efficiency
- Climate Adaptation & Resilience
- Clean Energy
- WASH
AiiM Partners
- Sustainability and Equity
Bain Capital Double Impact
- Education & Workforce Development
- Health & Wellness
- Sustainability
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
Closed Loop Partners
- Circular Economy
- Materials Management
- Resource Efficiency
- Climate Change Mitigation
Developing World Markets
- Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
- Financial Inclusion
- Gender Equality
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
KKR Global Impact Funds
LeapFrog Investments
- Financial Inclusion
- Healthcare
- Climate Solutions
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
To earn a place on the 2024 edition of the Practice Leaderboard, verified investors must have received an Advanced score on four practice areas (Impact Objectives, Impact Due Diligence, ESG Risk Management, and Impact Monitoring) and a rating of High or Above on the remaining four (Portfolio-level Impact Management, Investor Contribution, Impact at Exit, and Impact Review). This reflects the top quartile scores in the 2024 version of the Practice Benchmark. Approximately 8% of BlueMark verified clients are on the Leaderboard.
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.
The BlueMark Practice Benchmark
The BlueMark Practice Benchmark categorizes practice ratings by quartile, providing a mechanism for investors to compare themselves to the current state of practice in the market.
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Learning Practice represents the bottom quartile of our sample (25th percentile and below)
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Median Practice reflects the impact management practices of the median impact investor in our sample (50th percentile).
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Leading Practice represents the top quartile of our sample (75th percentile and above).