An impact economy promotes the durability, reparability, and recyclability of products and resources to stay within planetary boundaries. Our world needs circular business models, infrastructure, materials, and design practices that consider workers’ and human rights.
Impact measurement and reporting
Measuring impact supports businesses and their partners in gaining insight into the effects of business activities on people and planet. Sustainable material and resource use requires circular business models and transparency on impact of materials and industrial processes.
Impact management and strategy
To achieve the Impact Economy, the world must transition towards sustainable material & resource use. Respect for planetary boundaries & workers’ rights as well as durability, reparability, recyclability should be embedded in all life cycle phases. Integrating impact information in decision-making enables businesses to transition towards sustainable material and resource use.
Priority areas
Circularity
Renewables, clean and affordable energy, just transition, decarbonisation
Materials Use
Sustainable packaging, durability, biodiversity
Resource Management
Waste to resources, resource management
Global Value Chains
Impact of plastics, environmental impact, livelihoods & human health
Publications
DownloadEstimating farmer household income
To further their goals, LICoP asked Impact Institute to draft a methodology for calculating the actual income of farmers.
DownloadLIKE-A-PRO – True Cost of Conventional Proteins
LIKE-A-PRO project aims to develop sustainable alternative proteins. Early findings highlight significant environmental challenges posed by traditional proteins like beef…
DownloadABN AMRO: The hidden price tag of the social impact of Dutch business
(In Dutch) The hidden costs for Dutch companies as a result of not respecting human rights are estimated at almost…
DownloadSingapore Management University: Whitepaper: The Singapore Electricity Sector and Biodiversity
This white paper demonstrates how biodiversity impact assessment can be applied to a national electricity sector.
