How to measure impact a work in progress
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Amit Bouri said the GIIN’s catalog of performance metrics, called IRIS+, gets its 17,000 users ‘speaking the same language.’
Institutional investors require certain tools for making decisions clear definitions of asset classes, performance benchmarks, ratings and ways to compare.
When it comes to impact investing, however, those tools are still works in progress.
In May, the Global Impact Investing Network released its Compass methodology to give investors insight into three critical impact performance figures: scale, pace and efficiency. It also makes it possible to compare impact results. The ultimate goal of the methodology is to help develop impact benchmarks, ratings and other tools.
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NEW YORK, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ BlueMark, a leading provider of independent impact verification services for investors and companies, announced the creation of a first-of its-kind benchmark for tracking best practices in impact management. Designed to root out impact-washing, BlueMark s benchmark allows market participants to readily differentiate between impact leaders and learners.
The benchmark is based on aggregated data and insights from 30 impact verifications for investors with a combined $99 billion in impact assets under management on their alignment with the Operating Principles for Impact Management ( Impact Principles ), the leading market standard for impact management practices. Each BlueMark impact verification involves conducting multiple interviews with client teams and reviewing hundreds of pages of investment policies, transaction documents, data, and reports. The full report,