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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
VERIFIED Dec. 2024 ASSET CLASS Real Assets IMPACT THEMES
  • Clean Energy
  • Infrastructure (including Digital Infrastructure)
  • Resource Efficiency
  • Climate Mitigation & Adaptation
AiiM Partners
VERIFIED Sept. 2024 ASSET CLASS Private Equity IMPACT THEMES
  • Sustainability and Equity
Bain Capital Double Impact
VERIFIED April 2023 ASSET CLASS Private Equity IMPACT THEMES
  • Education & Workforce Development
  • Health & Wellness
  • Sustainability
Better Society Capital
VERIFIED March 2025 ASSET CLASS Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Assets, Funds IMPACT THEMES
  • Multi-theme
BlueOrchard
VERIFIED Feb. 2024 ASSET CLASS Private and Public Debt, Private Equity, Real Assets IMPACT THEMES
  • Multi-theme
British International Investment
VERIFIED May 2024 ASSET CLASS Private Equity, Private Debt, Funds IMPACT THEMES
  • Productive, Sustainable and Inclusive
Brookfield
VERIFIED Sept. 2024 ASSET CLASS Private Equity, Real Assets, Private Debt IMPACT THEMES
  • Clean Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Climate Change Mitigation
  • Resource Efficiency
Calvert Impact Capital
VERIFIED April 2023 ASSET CLASS Private Debt IMPACT THEMES
  • Access to Community Service
  • Financial Inclusion
  • Climate Change
Circulate Capital
VERIFIED April 2024 ASSET CLASS Private Debt, Private Equity IMPACT THEMES
  • Climate Adaptation & Resilience
  • Climate Change Mitigation
Circularity Capital
VERIFIED August 2024 ASSET CLASS Private Equity (Growth) IMPACT THEMES
  • Resource Efficiency
  • Climate Change Mitigation
  • Climate Adaptation & Resilience
Finance in Motion
VERIFIED Oct. 2023 ASSET CLASS Private and Public Debt, Private Equity IMPACT THEMES
  • Green Economy
  • Climate Finance
  • Entrepreneurship & Livelihoods
  • Financial Inclusion
Franklin Templeton Social Infrastructure
VERIFIED Feb. 2025 ASSET CLASS Real Assets IMPACT THEMES
  • Affordable Housing
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate Adaptation & Resilience
  • Health and Wellness
  • Infrastructure
Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
VERIFIED Sept. 2024 ASSET CLASS Private Equity, Private Debt, Funds IMPACT THEMES
  • Green, Just and Inclusive Transition
Nuveen Global Fixed Income Impact
VERIFIED Sept. 2024 ASSET CLASS Public Debt IMPACT THEMES
  • Affordable Housing
  • Renewable Energy and Climate Change
  • Community and Economic Development
  • Natural Resources
Nuveen Private Equity Impact Investing
VERIFIED Sept. 2024 ASSET CLASS Private Equity IMPACT THEMES
  • Resource Efficiency
  • Inclusive Growth
Nuveen U.S. Affordable Housing
VERIFIED Sept. 2024 ASSET CLASS Real Assets IMPACT THEMES
  • Affordable Housing
Schroders
VERIFIED Sept. 2023 ASSET CLASS Private Equity, Public Equity, Public Debt, Private Debt, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Funds IMPACT THEMES
  • Multi-theme
Trill Impact
VERIFIED Oct. 2023 ASSET CLASS Private Equity IMPACT THEMES
  • Multi-theme (SDG-aligned impact)
The Vistria Group (TVG)
VERIFIED March 2024 ASSET CLASS Private Equity, Real Assets IMPACT THEMES
  • 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

Practice areas

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