Resources

The Stedin Group plays a crucial role in the economic functioning of its coverage area, managing gas and electricity grids in South-Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, and parts of North-Holland and Friesland.Collaborating with various stakeholders in the ene...

Gasunie is a Dutch state-owned company managing energy infrastructure across north-western Europe, which focuses on natural gas, CO2, and hydrogen, prioritizing fair access and accelerating the transition to climate neutrality.Gasunie published its I...

ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund is a leading private impact fund in the Netherlands, which directs EUR 500 million towards companies driving positive change in Energy Transition, Built Environment, and Sustainable Consumption. Read the short guide t...

Triodos is a pioneer in sustainable banking, leading the charge towards positive change in renewable energy investments. Its integrated annual report presents Impact Statements, highlighting the valued social and environmental impacts of their renewa...

Enexis is a regional grid operator, responsible for the transmission of energy in eastern provinces of The Netherlands and simultaneously facilitating the energy transition within said area. Their investment in sustainable energy grids lays the groun...

In response to the need for businesses to prioritize social and environmental impacts alongside financial gains, the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and the Impact Institute developed the Integrated Value Model (IVM) based on the Impact-Weighted...

The Impact Economy Foundation (IEF) introduces the Impact-Weighted Accounts Framework (IWAF) as a transformative tool for organisations already on the path to CSRD compliance.  This paper explores the parallels between the Corporate Sustainabili...

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 decision in where and h...

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 Euro...

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 appro...

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 ca...

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 betrouwba...

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, idea...

 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 ...

Impact-Weighted Accounts – or IWAs – are a way for organisations to quantitatively assess their impact: how they create value to all stakeholders. The uptake of compiling and publishing IWAs is a key step in the transformation of our economy into an ...