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Read our latest publication in the prestigious journal Nature Food!
In their review, Reinier de Adelhart Toorop, Jude Bernard and Adrian de Groot Ruiz compare 32 different methodologies for true cost accounting (TCA) in the food sector. Their study concludes that [...]
Fairtrade and Impact Institute publish a cocoa household income study
Good news for the Fairtrade chocolate! A study carried out by Impact Institute and Fairtrade reveals that Fairtrade cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire have increased their incomes [...]
Impact Institute joins leading financial consortium to propose new social, environmental impact measurement and reporting rules for banks
Banks have a pivotal role to play in addressing the dauting challenges faced by society. They have a mandate to assess and manage related risks and, given [...]
“Bakkerij van Vessem” becomes the first SME to publish an integrated hotspot analysis
As a 4th generation baker, Jos Huijbregts sees the need to create good living and working conditions for the generations to come. This is why Bakkerij van [...]
Towards an Impact Weighted Account Framework
Meeting the climate targets set by the Paris agreement has proven itself to be challenging. This challenge has also led to a rising stakeholders demand for impact [...]
De Minister van de Nieuwe Economie wil Echte Prijzen
Het is hem gelukt! Op maandagmiddag 25 januari is onze directeur Michel Scholte na 2 maanden campagne uit meer dan 200 kandidaten verkozen tot Minister van de [...]
Impact Institute announces partnership with Wire Group in assessing the impact of Wire Private Markets Fund
Impact Institute is thrilled to announce that we have partnered up with Wire Group in assessing and reporting the impact of Wire Private [...]
Join our webinar: Impact investing beyond intention and emotion
Impact investors and philanthropists aim to be a real force for good. Using their financial capital, they can effect change and create impact, helping society [...]
Impact Institute Collaborates with VRC in Educating Impact Professionals
Impact Institute is proud to announce a collaboration with the Association of Register Controllers (VRC) for the launch of the Impact Professional Programme. The Association of [...]
Launch of Impact Professional Training & Education
One million Impact Professionals in 2030 Professionals have a huge potential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By working on innovations, entrepreneurship and technology, they [...]
Impact Institute presents a guide for investors and philanthropists to measure their impact
Why invest in intention if you can invest in results? Impact Institute is proud to publish the Guide for Funders to Assess and Value Impact. [...]
Impact Institute publishes a report on how impact can reveal the hidden value of banks
Running a bank without an eye for impact – not knowing what value it creates, let alone how it can create value tomorrow – seems [...]
Join our webinar “From ESG to Impact: Impact as the hidden value driver for banks”
Banks play a fundamental role in society and the impact they make has never been more relevant. We are faced with a global [...]
The True Price of Dutch Apples
What is the True Price of the average Dutch apple and how does this compare to an apple from a cooperation that focuses [...]
DBS takes first steps towards measuring their impact
"To this end, I am pleased that in 2019, we took the first steps towards developing an impact measurement framework. (...) We plan to extend [...]
Statement on COVID-19
COVID-19 is damaging and destroying the health of millions of people worldwide. In particular fragile and deprived individuals and communities are hit: those with a weaker health, [...]
ABN AMRO first bank to include Impact Statement in Integrated Report
ABN AMRO is the first bank worldwide to include an Impact Statement in its Integrated Annual Review (IAR). This statement shows the value ABN AMRO creates [...]
Impact Institute launches the Impact Economy Foundation
Impact Institute is excited to announce the launch of Impact Economy Foundation. The foundation aims to accelerate the transition from a financial economy [...]
Impact Institute receives prestigious UN Award
GENÈVA/Amsterdam – Impact Institute, a spin-off of True Price is awarded the ISAR Honours Award by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) working group [...]
Join our Pressure Cooker on the Sustainable Development Goals
Create scenarios and design an SDG strategy for your organization in our Pressure Cooker SDG Strategy. Combine theoretical background with tangible results and a clear [...]
The True Price of Jeans
What is the true price of a pair of jeans? On average the true price is 33 euros above the retail price. [...]
25 April 2019: Integrated Reporting, Long-term Value Creation & Impact Statements Meeting
Managing a company used to be straightforward: make profit. But nowadays, more is required. Companies are expected to create positive [...]
ABN AMRO publishes Impact Report
"We take long-term value creation for our stakeholders seriously. We measure it so we can manage it." Kees van Dijkhuizen Chief Executive Officer [...]
New guideline published to calculate Impact Statements
Amsterdam – Managing a company used to be straightforward: make sure you make profit. Nowadays, more is required. Companies are expected to create [...]
The True Cost of Cocoa – Tony’s Chocolonely Progress Report 2018
Impact Institute* and Tony’s Chocolonely have a multi-year collaboration. In 2013, Impact Institute on behalf of True Price carried out an analysis for [...]
Impact Institute joins CE100 as Emerging Innovator
Impact Institute is proud to announce that it has become a member of the Circular Economy 100 (CE100) programme, as an Emerging Innovator. The CE100 [...]
True Price Launches the Impact Institute
Unprecedented change is needed to create a world that enables every one of us, now and in the future, to live a fulfilling [...]
Integrated Profit and Loss of ABN AMRO
Can we measure long-term value creation? Yes, we can – with the Integrated Profit & Loss The Integrated Profit & Loss account (IP&L) gives [...]
Integrated Hotspot Analysis – the negative and positive impacts of food
Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Impact Institute* and Wageningen Economic Research have developed an approach where positive and negative [...]
SDG Food Initiative
It is widely known that transformation of the agri-food system is crucial to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This point is stressed by the Food and [...]
Future of Coffee Depends on Adequate Income for Farmers
The coffee sector praises sustainability and yet the chances are the coffee you’re drinking came from farmers living below the poverty line with little security in the [...]
Prevent Business Takeovers that Cost Society Billions through a Societal Cost Benefit Assessment
The Dutch perceive that the ‘barbarians’ are standing at the gates: their Crown Jewels Unilever and AkzoNobel, frontrunners in global sustainability, are at risk of being taken over [...]
Valuing the hidden costs of production in the palm oil sector
A recently published report on palm oil demonstrates how natural and human capital accounting can be used to understand and reduce the environmental and [...]
Alliander’s Integrated Impact
The Impact Institute * has mapped the impact of all activities of Alliander, the largest energy network supplier of the Netherlands. We looked at impacts [...]
Alliander and Schiphol top Transparency Benchmark
Our partners Alliander and Schiphol became first and second in the prestigious Transparency Benchmark 2016. #Alliander wint #Kristalprijs voor meest transparante jaarverslag. Vereerd! Wij feliciteren ook @NS_online [...]