TriLinc Global Fund investors receive regular social and environmental Impact Reports to understand the significant impact they are having on the world through their investments. Although the actual metrics for each portfolio investment is unique, following are a list of common metrics:
- # of new jobs created
- % reduction in unemployment rate
- % increase in average wage for low income workers
- # of new people with access to clean water
- # of new people with access to power
- # of new children in school
- # of new people who obtained affordable, high-quality health care
- # of new telecommunication connections
- million pounds of paper saved = # of trees saved
- created # tons of sequestered carbon through reforestation of # of acres
- reduced # tons of carbon gas emissions
- enough energy conserved to supply # of homes for a year and save # of trees
- Burgeoning bourgeoisie – A special report on the new middle class, The Economist, February 14, 2009
- Paths to Prosperity – Promoting Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century, Monitor Group, January 2009
- Affluent Market Insights 2009, Spectrem Group, 2009
- The 2008 Legatum Prosperity Index- An Inquiry into Global Wealth and Wellbeing, Legatum Institute, 2008
- 2008 World Wealth Report, Merrill Lynch & Capgemini, 2008
- Affluent 2008 Market Insights, Spectrem Group, 2008
- Microfinance – A Primer for Donors and Investors, Northern Trust Company, 2008
- CGAP 2008 MIV Survey, CGAP, September 2008
- Wealth in America 2008, Northern Trust Company, January 2008
- Microfinance: An emerging investment opportunity (uniting social investment and financial returns), Deutsche Bank Research, December 19, 2007
- 2007 Report on Socially Responsible Investing Trends in the United States, Social Investment Forum, 2007
- From Poverty to Prosperity: Understanding the Impact of Investing in Small and Medium Enterprises, SEAF Investment October 2007
- Understanding Corporate Philanthropy, Harvard Business School Research Project for Geneva Global, December 2007
- Entrepreneurial Philanthropy in the Developing World, American Enterprise for Public Policy Research, December 2007
- U.S. Trust 2007 Survey of Affluent American, U.S. Trust Company, April 2007
- Bank of America Study of High-Net Worth Philanthropy, The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University for Bank of America, October 2006
