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May 5, 2024

Establishing standards for impact investing that go beyond just measurement

Schroders

Summarizing a webinar with Schroders' Whitney Sweeney (Investment Director, Sustainability), Maria Teresa Zappia (Global Head of Impact, Schroders and BlueOrchard), and Catherine Macaulay (Co-Head of Impact Management), and Bluemark CEO Christina Leijonhufvud, this article highlights the Operating Principles for Impact Management and IRIS+ as "leading industry standards...that have been critical in establishing impact integrity in private markets."

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Newest IRIS+ impact theme now live: Climate Adaptation and Resilience

December 2024: The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is proud to have launched its Climate Adaptation and Resilience theme, supported by Omidyar Network India and developed in partnership with Winrock International. Watch a recording of the December 2023 launch of the theme's beta version in Navigating Impact below.

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GIIN launches Forestry Impact Performance Benchmark

The fourth in the GIIN Impact Lab's suite of Impact Performance Benchmarks, this tool allows investors to assess impact performance across forestry investments, compare their performance anonymously against peer groups and track progress toward sustainable forestry practices and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Explore the benchmark and submit your data within the Analytics section of your IRIS+ dashboard or through the link to the GIIN website below.

View the Forestry benchmark

News

New Theme Launch - Climate Change Mitigation

In October 2020, the GIIN -- in partnership with Ceres-- launched the Climate Change Mitigation theme in the Navigating Impact Project.
New Theme Development - Sustainable Agriculture

On October 21, 2020, the GIIN -- in partnership with Croatan Institute -- kicked off development of the Sustainable Agriculture theme for IRIS+.
Financial Times: Impact Investment Gains from Improving Measures of Success and Failure
New Theme Launch - Quality Jobs

In September 2020, the GIIN -- joined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO)-- launched the Quality Jobs theme in the Navigating Impact Project.
Institutional Asset Manager: Intention is Not Enough: Impact Investors Seek Standardised Measures of "Impact"

“It’s not enough just to have a goal, it’s also important to be able to demonstrate measurable performance against that goal,” says Kelly McCarthy, the director of Impact Measurement and Management at GIIN. “Now more than ever, there is a real cry as the world needs companies to act and reflect on a broader number range of topics than those that have been required by regulators, and those typically captured in profit and loss statements.”
IRIS+ Publishes Use Case with LeapFrog
Karma Impact: How Activists Can and Should Inform Impact Measurement
Investments & Pensions Europe: IFC: Impact Investing Market "Growing and Maturing"
Responsible Investor: This is an Opportunity to Prove Our Money Can Do More Than Just Make More Money
IRIS+ Publishes Use Case with Nuveen
CDC Group, GIIN and the 2X Challenge Create Aligned Gender Impact Metrics in Major Boost to Advance Women's Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality
New Theme Development - Quality Jobs

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