Just two months into the year, 2018 may be shaping up as the ‘Year of Data’ in the impact investing world, as urgency rises for impact investors to demonstrate concrete and measurable results.

This month Aeris issues its first impact management rating of a publicly-traded, fixed-income mutual fund:

After months of due diligence and analysis, Aeris  issued OFN a full rating under its newly revised rating system.

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) announced today that it has received a rating of AAA for Impact Performance from Aeris, the information service for community investors. The AAA is the highest rating given by the agency.

If you work in community development finance, lately you may have sensed growing interest from newcomers to our corner of the financial sector.