Building on its flagship award-winning product, the Global Impact Database, Impact Institute launches a new dataset – developed through collaboration with the Dutch Asset Manager ACTIAM – to measure the biodiversity impact of companies and their value chains, providing actionable insights into the main drivers of biodiversity loss. Biodiversity loss [...]
Impact Institute’s Global Impact Database (GID) has won Environmental Finance Impact Awards 2022 in the category Award for impact measurement and metrics! Environmental Finance's Impact Awards seek to recognise and reward the work within the impact investing market and highlight emerging pockets of best practice, across all asset classes and geographies. An [...]
What are PAIs? Since Q2 2021, in an effort towards increasing transparency and integrating sustainability risks, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) imposes mandatory ESG disclosure: investors must report on Principal Adverse Impacts (PAIs) of their portfolios. PAI consist of a list of sustainability factors that firms need to take into account [...]
Impact Institute is thrilled to announce that we have been accepted by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) to become a member of its global Forum, as well as to join the recently launched Nature-related Data Catalyst. Impact Institute is now a member of the TNFD [...]
Why is biodiversity relevant to the financial sector? “Financial institutions have a crucial role to play in preventing further biodiversity loss and restoring nature. The role of banks, insurers, asset managers and investors is becoming increasingly relevant due to pressures such as strengthening liability regimes, intensifying scrutiny of supply chain practices and shifting consumer [...]
Amsterdam, 15 September 2022 Jellie Banga will take office as the new CEO of Impact Institute from 1st November. Until May 2021, Jellie Banga was Vice Chair and member of the Executive Board of Triodos Bank. Before that, she spent 12 years in various positions at ING. "For me, [...]
Our Global Impact Database (GID) has been included in the 2022 edition of Environmental Finance ESG Data Guide, which every year provides investors and other market players with a guide for navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of sustainability data products. The GID was officially launched in 2019. It [...]
The Banking for Impact (BFI) working group published the document Principles for Impact Reporting for Financial Institutions. The Banking for Impact (BFI) initiative - a coalition formed by banks, Harvard Impact Weighted Accounts and Impact institute – works to provide concrete guidance on this impact reporting and impact [...]
On our mission to realise an Impact Economy we work with our clients to help them transform towards impact-driven organisations. In this way can improve the impact of our clients and the sectors they operate in. We take a transformational approach and focus on sectors with high externalities. Below you will find four projects we [...]
Following the successful launch of the IWAF Public Consultation in June, the Impact Economy Foundation is organising a follow-up webinar for practitioners on September 1st. The IWAF in practice: How to apply impact measurement to create value for your organisation Are you a sustainability or accounting professional? Then [...]
