High net worth (HNW) individuals and family offices now allocate 30 percent of their total assets to impact investing, the Financial Times’ Investing for Global Impact 2019 report claims.

This is almost double the percentage from the baseline in the inaugural 2014 report.

Founded and sponsored by Global Impact Solutions Today (GIST), Barclays and international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, the report examines how wealthy families are using their capital to create positive social and environmental impact.

It found that 46 percent of respondents consider impact investing the ‘core portion’...