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.
How the Integrated Value Model enriches corporate decision-making and promotes sustainable business
How the Integrated Value Model Enriches Corporate Decision-Making and Promotes Sustainable Business Organisations and their management need an interpretation of ‘value’ far broader than simple financial value if they want their business to thrive – or even survive – in a world tested by environmental and societal shifts. The
Leveraging Corporate Sustainability Reporting For Circular Transformation
Leveraging Corporate Sustainability Reporting for Circular Transformation This white paper—Leveraging corporate sustainability reporting for circular transformation: A starter guide—shares insights from the latest research endeavour by the Coalition Circular Accounting (CCA). The Coalition assessed the implications of European Sustainability Reporting Standard (ESRS) E5, Resource use and the circular
True cost accounting applications for agrifood systems policymakers
True cost accounting applications for agrifood systems policymakers This background paper of the Impact Economy Foundation and True Price Foundation to the Flagship The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN FAO) introduces true cost accounting (TCA) as an approach to measure and value
Corporate Finance for Long-Term Value
Corporate Finance for Long-Term Value Corporate Finance for Long-Term Value addresses companies' core challenge—finding the right balance between profit and societal impact. The book shows that by quantifying and valuing impacts, different impacts can be compared, and trade-offs can be made, allowing organisations to make societal impact a
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.