Resources and examples
Access practical tools and templates for impact management
As part of its consensus-building efforts for good impact measurement and management, the IMP has developed practical guidance, partnered with organisations to develop case studies, and championed others whose measurement and management approach demonstrates the norms agreed through the IMP. This page of resources and examples has been developed to support enterprises and investors working to better understand their impacts on people and the planet.
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- Reports and case studies that demonstrate the integration of the IMP norms into an enterprise or investor’s impact measurement and management practice
- Open source guidelines that enable organisations to better understand their impacts
- Academic papers or research articles that aim to advance progress in the area of ESG and impact measurement, management and disclosure
- Databases of research and evaluations around impact measurement and management, that promote best practice and transparency in reporting data.
Global Health Data Exchange
This database contains catalog of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data.
Incorporating impact goals into traditional asset allocation
This report explores a series of model portfolios that incorporate impact considerations into asset allocations to achieve desired impact goals.
IPA research
IPA research uses the most rigorous evaluation methods and is focused on multiple impact areas across 21 countries.
Global Impact Investing Ratings System (GIIRS)
This software service helps investors analyse their impact data for benchmarking.
Global Indicator Framework for SDGs
This publication compiles the complete set of SDG targets and indicators.
Decent work indicators
This publication introduces metrics for assessing decent work standards.
Defining Materiality
This publication examines how enterprises and investors can evaluate the materiality of impact.
Exploring the shared fundamentals of the Impact Management Project within Mars’ approach to socioeconomic impact
The IMP talks to Kate Wylie, Global VP of Sustainability at Mars, to learn more about the organisation’s approaches to managing impact – with a specific focus on income
GRI Standards
The GRI Standards are the first global standards for sustainability reporting.
Constituent Voice Methodology
This publication explores the use of ‘Constituent Voice’ for engaging stakeholders.
Mapping a portfolio by its effects on people and planet
This report explains how PGGM has mapped a portfolio of products by its impacts on people and the planet using the Investor’s Impact Matrix.
More than measurement: A practitioner’s journey to impact management
This publication helps investors develop a holistic impact management approach.
Natural Capital Protocol Toolkit
The Natural Capital Protocol is a decision making framework that enables organizations to identify, measure and value their direct and indirect impacts and dependencies on natural capital.
Standards of Evidence for Impact Investing
This paper introduces Nesta Impact Investments Fund and the standards of evidence it uses to ensure its investments make a positive social impact.
Using Research Evidence
This publication provides guidance on identifying good evidence to make decisions.
GIIN Investors' Council Pilot: Trends, Findings and Feedback
This report analyses the findings from a pilot carried out by GIIN Investors’ Council where investors tested the practical application of the IMP’s impact management norms.
Perspective from the Australian market
This report looks at how the Australian perspective has informed the global convention on impact management.
Leanings from Brazil
This report, co-authored with Vox Capital, discusses the emerging consensus on impact management and shows how the Brazilian perspective has shaped the global convention.
Poverty Probability Index
The PPI is an easy-to-use poverty measurement tool that allows an organization to compute the likelihood that a household is living below the poverty line by asking a few simple questions about household characteristics and asset ownership.
Social and environmental scorecards
This database maps existing tools and resources that are useful for managing impact to achieve the SDGs.