Every day we work to empower organizations and professionals to realize the Impact Economy. Here you can find our latest publications, position papers, reports and visions from the Impact Economy Foundation.
Van Groei naar Bloei met Impact Accounting
Van Groei naar Bloei met Impact Accounting Ondanks de giftige cocktail van groeiendemaatschappelijke uitdagingen (klimaatverandering, biodiversiteitsafbraak, voortschrijdende mensenrechtenschendingen) en de toenemende commitments aan de SDGs ontbreekt het in de financiële sector aan betrouwbare impactinformatie en instrumenten om te sturen op maatschappelijke impact. Impact accounting kan de basis leggen voor

Vision Paper Impact Economy Foundation
Vision for the Impact Economy The impact economy is a market economy revolving around the common good An impact economy is a market economy that provides the values, information and incentives that optimise the common good and enables people to pursue their own preferences, ideas and projects to satisfy their

The case for monetary valuation
The Case of Monetary Valuation Monetary valuation of business impacts is the language business understands, it enables comparability, it incorporates the local context and the complexity of how impacts arise and is relatively easily integrated into traditional accounting systems and decision making. We call on policy makers, standard setters, and

Impact-Weighted Accounts Framework
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

Principles for True Pricing
In this joint publication, IEF and True Price set out the principles for true pricing through which the true price of products can be calculated.

Making Markets fit for SDG Purpose
Forward-looking integrated reporting (including verified impact statements) should become the norm. Read the full article in the Financial Investigator.

Navigation Through Value Accounting
This paper navigates users through the various value accounting methodologies to help find the right combination for them.

Comment letter IFRS Consultation on Sustainability Reporting
IEF believes that accounting and reporting on multi-capital, multi-stakeholder impact is crucial for well-functioning markets in a sustainable economy. IEF therefore wrote a response to the IFRS Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting.

Sustainability Reporting – ECGI Network Workshop Report
The online policy workshop on 'Sustainability Reporting' hosted by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and the Impact Economy Foundation (IEF) was held on 4 December 2020, in reaction to IFRS’ consultation paper.
Letter of Intent IEF / Impact Institute
The letter of intent between Impact Institute and the Impact Economy Foundation.