Impact
Impact Since Inception 1
77 Investments directed to Underserved Communities
66 Investments supported Environmental Sustainability
42 Investments directed to Underrepresented Populations
53,000 Full-time and Construction Jobs Supported or Created
1,148 Workforce and Affordable Housing Units Created
67,000 Average Wage of Reporting Companies 2
23,405 Projected Lifetime Production of Clean Energy Generated
236 Clean Energy Projects Financed
40 States invested in, plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico
21 Average Poverty Rate of Investment Locations
Philosophy
Enhanced Capital seeks to drive meaningful and measurable social and environmental outcomes for communities and stakeholders while generating competitive risk-adjusted financial returns through investments within our four impact themes:
- Underserved communities
- Underrepresented populations
- Environmental Sustainability
- Economic Growth, Job Creation & Retention
Commitment to Impact Investing
Enhanced Capital recognizes the importance access to capital plays in addressing the world’s most important social and environmental needs. As a leading impact investment firm with over 24 years of experience, Enhanced Capital prioritizes data collection and measurement to maximize impact outcomes. With the goal of positively contributing to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), Enhanced Capital implements impact and SDG factors into all investment decision-making processes. Our commitment to creating positive impact is illustrated by our policy to invest exclusively in businesses and projects within our firm’s four impact themes:3
Underserved Communities4
Financing and providing resources for businesses and projects historically underserved by traditional markets, such as those located in low-income, rural, and otherwise underserved communities.
Underrepresented Populations5
Financing and supporting businesses and projects owned and led by women, racial and ethnic minorities, veterans, and other marginalized populations to support equal opportunities for all.
Environmental Sustainability6
Prioritization and financing of businesses and projects that reduce environmental impact and encourage responsible consumption and production through sustainable practices, remediation of blighted lands, reducing transportation, and reusing materials, to advance the global climate transition.
Community Development Programs
Financing and supporting businesses and projects that comply with local, state, and federal economic development programs to augment stated community goals and initiatives.
Sustainable Development Goals
Since inception, Enhanced Capital’s investments have satisfied 14 of the 17 goals:
Industry Affiliations
As a member of GIIN and a signatory of The United Nations’ supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), Enhanced is actively engaged with the greater Impact investing community, which helps inform and guide the Firm’s Impact measurement and management system through the various standards, guidelines and reporting frameworks.
Additionally, Enhanced Capital Group (1999) is proud to be named to the ImpactAssets 50™ (IA 50) 2024, a free publicly available, searchable database of impact investment fund managers globally.
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1. Data as of December 31, 2023
2. Tracked utilizing full-time employment data
3. All Enhanced investments must also align with at least one UN SDG Target or Indicator.
4. Enhanced defines Underserved Communities as NMTC Qualified Low-Income Areas, USDA Rural Areas, and Opportunity Zones
5. Enhanced defines Underrepresented Populations as Women, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Veterans, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and/or other underserved groups.
6. Enhanced Capital defines Community Development Programs as State and Federal targeted economic development programs and State and Federal incentive-backed programs.