Social Impact Reporting Standards

= As more investors are dedicating a portion of their portfolios to mission-driven funds, they are demanding greater data about their social and environmental impacts beyond financial returns. [1]

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• Initiatives like the Global Impact Investing Network’s Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) are gaining traction. IRIS began its initiative to develop commonly recognized indicators in 2009.

• Others systems include Acumen Fund’s Pulse, a proprietary tool that the organization uses to track its investments.

• Other findings include the JP Morgan-GIIN Report conducted from a survey of 52 impact investors. While the report claims that social investing is still in its infancy, the long-term potential of this new asset class is encouraging. According to the report, respondents plan to invest almost $4 billion over the next year. Most expect that 5-10 percent of overall portfolios will be allocated to impact investments in ten years, with the investor use of third party systems for impact investment increasing by 10 percent in 2010."

(http://blogs.worldbank.org/dmblog/2011-the-democratization-of-the-social-entrepreneurship-movement)

See also:

• Global Impact Investing Ratings System