Glossary
This glossary has been developed to establish a shared conceptual foundation for all stakeholders operating in the fields of impact investing and the impact economy.
Impact investing, impact measurement and management, outcomes-based financing, and related concepts—which are increasingly used across finance, public policy, entrepreneurship, and social impact—are explained with reference to international frameworks while taking the Turkish context into account.
The aim is to create a consistent terminology across disciplines, reduce conceptual ambiguity encountered in practice, and support the wider adoption of impact-oriented approaches.
EYDK Dictionary
There are currently 10 names in this directory beginning with the letter G.
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General Partner
Raises the funds and manages day-to-day operations of the Fund, including sourcing and structuring investments, and exiting investments to make distributions to limited partners.
Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is one of the world’s leading platforms bringing together investors, funds and institutions engaged in impact investing, supporting the ecosystem through research, standards development, data, knowledge sharing and capacity building.
Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS)
The Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) is an independent, standardized rating system that assesses the social and environmental performance of impact-focused companies and funds, enabling comparability, accountability and credibility within the impact investing ecosystem.
Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG Impact)
The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG Impact) is an independent, global leadership platform that brings together National Partners (NPs) and key stakeholders to accelerate the development of impact investing worldwide. GSG Impact works to embed impact into the global financial system by supporting policy reform, market development, capacity building, and the advancement of impact measurement and management practices, enabling capital to be directed towards achieving measurable social and environmental outcomes.
Green Bond
A Green Bond is a debt instrument whose proceeds are exclusively or largely allocated to projects that deliver clear environmental benefits, such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport, waste management or climate resilience initiatives. Their issuance and use of proceeds are typically guided by frameworks such as the ICMA Green Bond Principles, ensuring transparency, accountability and credible environmental impact reporting.
Green Bond Principles (GBP)
The Green Bond Principles (GBP) are voluntary guidelines that promote transparency, integrity and disclosure in the issuance of green bonds, ensuring that proceeds are used exclusively to finance or refinance environmentally beneficial projects.
Green Investments
Green Investments are investments directed toward projects or sectors that aim to enhance environmental sustainability, mitigate climate change or reduce environmental risks, while also seeking financial returns. They typically focus on areas such as renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, environmental protection projects and green financial instruments such as green bonds.
Green Tech
Green Technology refers to technologies that minimize environmental degradation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance resource efficiency and support sustainable production and consumption models. It encompasses renewable energy systems, low-carbon industrial technologies, circular economy innovations, carbon capture technologies and energy efficiency solutions.
GRI (Global Reporting Initiative)
An international independent standards organization that helps businesses, governments and other organisations understand and communicate their environmental, economic and social impacts. The GRI Standards are global and distributed as a free public good.
Guarantee
A Guarantee is a financial mechanism in which a third party commits to fulfill payment obligations if the primary obligor fails to do so. It is used to mitigate risk, enhance investor confidence and improve access to finance. In the context of impact investing, guarantees help de-risk investments in social, environmental and development-oriented initiatives, thereby mobilizing private capital and supporting scalable and sustainable impact.