Great interest in impact investing as an investment model

At Harvard Business Review Turkey Sustainability Summit 2021, Etkiyap Chief Executive Officer & EYDK Chairman Şafak Müderrisgil stated that there is great interest in the impact investment model in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Onur İlhan, EYDK Secretary General, pointed out that it is necessary to focus on strategies and projects that produce concrete output and create positive impact in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Focusing on the three dimensions of sustainability with the participation of opinion leaders and business world representatives, the Harvard Business Review Turkey Sustainability Summit 2021 included the speakers of Etkiyap Chief Executive Officer & EYDK Chairman Şafak Müderrisgil and EYDK Secretary General Onur İlhan.

Speaking at the panel titled “Impact Investments from an Investor’s Perspective” at the summit, Etkiyap Chief Executive Officer & EYDK Chairman Şafak Müderrisgil stated that there is great interest in the impact investment model both in the public and private sectors and in the non-profit sectors: As of today, impact investing is in a phase that institutions are trying to understand and digest. In such a transition period, the role of an institution such as EYDK in bringing the ecosystem together was very accurate and at the right time. From now on, it will develop even faster.”

Continuing her speech, Müderrisgil said, “Due to its young population, entrepreneurial infrastructure, institutions and geopolitical location, Turkey has a valuable capacity to both attract external funds for impact investments and to cooperate with Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation countries.”

“The best communication is the social and ecological impact itself”
Making a speech titled “Communication of Sustainability”, EYDK Secretary General Onur İlhan said, “Taking low-intensity sustainability actions to be used in communication is not efficient for any stakeholder in the long run. Instead, it is necessary to focus on strategies and projects that produce tangible output and create a positive impact in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The best communication is the social and ecological impact itself.”