In recent years, both impact investing and the cannabis industry have attracted investors’ interest. Since 2007, impact investing has grown rapidly to a total of $502bn of assets under management in 2018.
This same year, US President Donald Trump signed the 2018 US farm bill which de-scheduled hemp and opened up an industry estimated to reach $200bn by 2025 to further investments. The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) definition for impact investing is the intention of generating measurable beneficial social or environmental impact alongside financial return and cannabis (hemp) can fall within this definition. EQ Investors' Kennedy warns on rise of 'impact-washing' According to the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 130 Americans die on daily average from opioid overdo...
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