Investors for Purpose was launched in October 2017 to share ESG, sustainable and impact investment knowledge with pension funds. It evolved into a profit-for-purpose, B Corporation that acts as a bridge between asset owners, their advisers and managers – championing investment decisions that value people, planet and profit.
Born out of a conversation at 'The Gathering', a sector-wide meeting of the UK’s leading social-investment practitioners, the business was created to provide accessible information to help pension funds invest confidently for positive impact. Since then, Investors for Purpose (formerly Pensions for Purpose) has grown from a small founder-led organisation into an independent, purpose-driven business that blends research, Community, learning and policy work to drive systemic change in investment thinking. Our goal is to influence the financial sector – not just pensions, but the ecosystem they depend on – towards long-term, sustainability-aligned decision-making.
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