True Profits

True Profits

How can we make the most impactful companies the most profitable companies?

Not easy, but possible. We redefine profit to include social and environmental costs, so markets help companies be a force for good. We help organisations realise True Profits on practice through assessments, scenarios analyses and more.

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About True Profits

True Profits includes environmental and social profits and losses of companies, such as contribution to climate change, biodiversity loss and social impacts.

How we can help

We at Impact Institute support organisations in applying True Profits in decision-making and developing strategies. Our advisory, research and technology solutions help leaders understand their true impact and steer for long-term value. We help organisations realise True Profits on practice through assessments, scenarios analyses and more.

Getting Started

A strategic workshop to understand your case for True Profits and identify your impact hotspots

True Profit Scan

A fast, Global Impact Database enabled True Profit assessment

True Profit Case

A deeper analysis with scenarios and transition planning 

Decision-Making

Embed True Profits into strategy and governance

True Profits: Getting Started

  • Do you like the vision and potential of True Profits, but don’t know where to start?
  • Do you want to have it crystal clear how True Profits would help your organisation?
  • Do you need to make the case for True Profits and get buy-in first?

How we can help

We help you understand the power of True Profits and make the case for your organisation. We have more than ten years of experience in empowering organisations to get started by understanding and unlocking their business benefits.

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How we do this

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True Profits hotspot analysis of your organisation based on our experience and research.

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3-hour workshop with inspiration and use cases, validate our hotspot analysis, and plan next steps

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Storyline for your organisation to make the case for how your organisation benefits from True Profits

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Help you inspire people in your organisation and engage with stakeholders

Understanding Your True Profits: True Profits Scan

  • Do you know your organisation’s True Profits?
  • Do you have an idea what your True Profits could be, but need convincing insights and numbers to get others on board?
  • Do you want to get clear how your organisation differentiates on environmental and social impact?

How we can help

We help you communicate your True Profits, understand its opportunities and risks, and develop strategies to improve.

How we do this

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Technology-enabled scan of positive and negative impacts with risk and opportunity analysis

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Provide strategic input for product launches or business line decisions

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Uncover benefits: financing, marketing, hiring talent

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Future-proofing your business: Uncover blind spots in your business model and sector

Making Impact Profitable: True Profits Case

  • Want to make a stronger case for impact in your organisation?
  • Do you need to provide hard numbers on impact, just like a business case?
  • Are you looking for strategies to market and finance your environmental and social impact?

How we can help

We can help you make the case for impact by showing the benefits of True Profits. Our methodologies and proven frameworks provide the numbers beyond the why, how, and what of your impact.

How we do this

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We measure the environmental and social impact of key investments, policies, and strategic direction in a credible way

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We develop scenarios and make market analyses to support future-proof decisions

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We help develop propositions and define financing strategies

Embedding True Profits in Decision Making

  • Do you want to make more resilient decisions?
  • Do you see a mismatch between your impact strategy and the way your investment gate criteria are defined?
  • Does your portfolio management lack tools to include environmental and social criteria for more resilient decision-making?

How we can help

We have helped dozens of organisations with more effective decision-making by integrating environmental and social impacts.

How we do this

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Provide data and tools to measure environmental and social impact of investments

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Help you define criteria and develop templates to integrate into your current process

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Provide examples and work alongside you at key decisions that would risk short-term over long-term

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Train and inspire employees to help transform the thinking and doing in your organisation

About the True Profits Alliance

Launched by Impact Economy Foundation in partnership with us at Impact Institute, True Price and 2100. The True Profits Alliance will bring together a global community of leaders and leading organisations around a shared ambition. Together, we believe Europe must build markets in which the most impactful companies are also the most competitive. 

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