A decade ago, I worked on impact-measurement guidelines for what was then called the venture philanthropy and social investment field in Europe. At the European Venture Philanthropy Association, we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. We help organizations achieve their impact vision. The persistent nature of the topic of standardization (it consistently ranks ...

The past few years have seen major strides in how investors measure social and environmental performance. Frameworks like the Impact Management Project (IMP) and the International Sustainability ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anne Field covers impact entrepreneurship and impact investing. The bottom line: Impact investors no longer have to convince ...

Standardizing social outcome measurement. The field of measuring social outcomes has gotten increasingly rigorous, evidence-based and data-driven, enabled by rapidly improving data availability, ...

The social side of sustainability is just as important as the environmental one, but companies often struggle to set quantifiable social impact targets that align with strategic objectives. That’s ...