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THE MOVEMENT FOR THE IMPACT ECONOMY

We are the movement that accelerates the transition towards the Impact Economy, an economy in which:

  • Work, innovation and entrepreneurship contributes to resolving our societal challenges.

  • Impact accounting puts societal value creation and contributing to the SDGs at the heart of every single organisation.

  • Sustainable, responsible and regenerative entrepreneurship is easier and more profitable than business as usual.

To accelerate the transition to the Impact Economy, IEF works together with companies, executives, NGOs and governments to develop the mindset, instruments and incentives for the Impact Economy.

Our Mission

Mindset

With 2100, the CVO of the Year Award and other initiatives, we develop the mindset for impact professionals and executives to think and act based on societal value (social, human and natural capital) instead of solely financial value.

Instruments

Together with our partners, we develop the toolbox of impact instruments (such as impact-weighted accounting and the generation test) with which organisations can measure, report and steer on impact.

Incentives

To harness the power of markets for the common good, it is essential that organisations pay for external costs and are responsible for following human rights in their value chains. We shape and advocate these incentives.

The Impact-Weighted Accounts Framework

The Impact-Weighted Accounts Framework (IWAF) forms a center piece of the Impact Economy. IWAF provides organisations with a harmonized, consistent way of measuring, reporting and steering on impact. The framework helps to quantify and monetize organisations’ impact on social, human and natural capital for all stakeholders.

This framework is the result of a partnership of the Impact Economy Foundation (IEF) with Harvard Business School, Singapore Managementuniversiteit,  Rotterdam School of Management en Impact Institute.

Follow the link below for more information and to download the latest version of the IWAF.

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INITIATIVES

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Conferentie Brede Welvaart

The National Conference on Broad Prosperity brings together the pioneers of the Impact Economy. The pioneers come annually together to monitor progress, be inspired, get energized and accelerate the transition to the Impact Economy.

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CVO of the Year Award

A Chief Value Officer is an executive who not only steers at financial value creation, but at the creation of positive societal impact (the combination of social, human, natural and financial capital). IEF provides a platform to CVOs by annually awarding the CVO of the Year Award.

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Accelerate the transition towards the Impact Economy together with us!

We want to align with like-minded initiatives and individuals. Together we can build the ecosystem of organizations working on impact, such as reporting, impact investing, and impact measurement.

Help us shape this community by joining our journey towards the Impact Economy.

As an individual you can join IEF as a:

  • Council Member. Express willingness to join one of the councils, e.g. giving advice on IEFs open source work from a professional capacity.
  • Fellow. Join one of our working groups to develop instruments and tools for steering on impact.

Organizations can work together with IEF in the following ways:

  • As a Founding Partner. Help set up the community.
  • As a Strategic Alliance. Working together on strategy, lobby and funding
  • As an Endorser. Express your support.
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The Impact Economy Foundation is a Public Benefit Organisation (Dutch: Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling, ANBI) and complies with the ANBI Conditions.

Download the Impact Economy Foundation annual accounts 2021.