We have built a holistic approach to impact. We believe that an organization’s positive impact must go beyond Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and the “triple-bottom-line” reporting, and that impact considerations are taken into account at each level of an organization’s business model. We have built our methodology to reflect the most up-to-date view of what positive impact means today, including approaches from the “regenerative economy”, the “systemic economy” and the “circular economy” are meant to be, for a prosperous future for Earth, wildlife and people.
The framework: the Impact Lens
We ask the questions that matter to maximize your positive impact and to make it sustainable
- Study of your organizational theory of change
- A look at each business unit's, service's and/or product's theory of change
- Market analysis and impact studies to validate assumptions, remove bottlenecks and maximize positive change
- Stakeholders analysis to validate needs and barriers to adoption of your solutions
- A new and holistic business model canvas
- Impact considerations at each level of your business model
- Impact beyond metrics: A study into your internal change management as a driver for external positive impact
Impact Self-Assessment
- Estimated duration: 30 minutes
- Rating out of 100 across 5 dimensions
- Results are sent to you via email with recommendations from our team
- Results are private to you
- Free
Impactful Organization™
We have built the Impact Lens into an accreditation to showcase that your organization has positive impact on the world, follows global standards of impact measurement, and has a clear roadmap to keep improving
- Best-in-class organizations are empowered to lead others into further improving their impact practices
- Receive a detailed, public report including: Due Diligence results, final impact score and recommendations
To go further, our in-house strategic impact workshops help take your organization from identifying impact opportunities that fit your business model, to establishing a clear impact roadmap and creating an impact measurement framework.
3 accreditation levels:
Sapling
You have a clear impact roadmap and are able to measure it at different levels of your organization- Impact assessment score across all dimensions > 70%
- Impact roadmap: Established
- Impact due-diligence: Performed once
- Optional: Impact dashboard & ongoing support*
Tree
You have a clear, measurable impact and you keep improving and maximizing your roadmap- Sapling and:
- Impact assessment score across all dimensions > 80%
- Impact due diligence: Yearly
- Impact dashboard: Mandatory
- Optional: Ongoing support*
Forest
You are a role-model of making this world a better place for all, and you actively promote impact to your stakeholders- Tree and:
- Impact assessment score across all dimensions > 90%
- Impact due-diligence: Bi-annual
- Impact dashboard: Mandatory
- Ongoing support*: Mandatory
Built upon and aligned with global standards
Our impact design methodology is built upon (and integrates with) globally recognized standards and frameworks,
including the UN’s SDGs and the IRIS+ methodology from the Global Impact Investment Network (which aligns with over 50 standards bodies. IRIS+ materials therefore cover a diversity of industry types and disclosure requirements).