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Hi All, 

This is my first post so please forgive me if I cover something that I did not see in the conversation threads.

I am deeply interested in, and have had the privilege to work on, Impact measurement and accounting and the potential for predicting the winners and laggard companies over the next 10 years. Is there anyone that has a similar interest? 

In particular I would be interested in thoughts or experiences of the new exposure draft that the  IFVF and the VBA have combined their resources to produce on the measurement of impact (https://www.value-balancing.com/_Resources/Persistent/5/0/b/0/50b01884def43e1cca7ac47d2544dc3ef9daea32/IFVI_VBA_Public%20Exposure%20DRAFT_General%20Methodology%201_A4.pdf) 

Hi Ronan,

First of all, welcome to the community !

As an impact investor in the energy transition, this is a topic which also interests me. In particular, whereas in previous years annual reports and investor analysis has often included somewhat arbitrary impact metrics,  I strongly believe that adopting common impact accounting standards is critical for growth in the next phase of impact investing. Standards not only enhance transparency but also improve the comparability and reliability of impact measurements across companies, funds etc.

The CFA published a blog on this (quite early!) in 2021, the link is here. Impact-Weighted Accounting: The Missing Ingredient? | CFA Institute Enterprising Investor

Looking forward to connecting in person.

James

Hi All, 

This is my first post so please forgive me if I cover something that I did not see in the conversation threads.

I am deeply interested in, and have had the privilege to work on, Impact measurement and accounting and the potential for predicting the winners and laggard companies over the next 10 years. Is there anyone that has a similar interest? 

In particular I would be interested in thoughts or experiences of the new exposure draft that the  IFVF and the VBA have combined their resources to produce on the measurement of impact (https://www.value-balancing.com/_Resources/Persistent/5/0/b/0/50b01884def43e1cca7ac47d2544dc3ef9daea32/IFVI_VBA_Public%20Exposure%20DRAFT_General%20Methodology%201_A4.pdf) 

Hi Ronan,

First of all, welcome to the community !

As an impact investor in the energy transition, this is a topic which also interests me. In particular, whereas in previous years annual reports and investor analysis has often included somewhat arbitrary impact metrics,  I strongly believe that adopting common impact accounting standards is critical for growth in the next phase of impact investing. Standards not only enhance transparency but also improve the comparability and reliability of impact measurements across companies, funds etc.

The CFA published a blog on this (quite early!) in 2021, the link is here. Impact-Weighted Accounting: The Missing Ingredient? | CFA Institute Enterprising Investor

Looking forward to connecting in person.

James

Hi All, 

This is my first post so please forgive me if I cover something that I did not see in the conversation threads.

I am deeply interested in, and have had the privilege to work on, Impact measurement and accounting and the potential for predicting the winners and laggard companies over the next 10 years. Is there anyone that has a similar interest? 

In particular I would be interested in thoughts or experiences of the new exposure draft that the  IFVF and the VBA have combined their resources to produce on the measurement of impact (https://www.value-balancing.com/_Resources/Persistent/5/0/b/0/50b01884def43e1cca7ac47d2544dc3ef9daea32/IFVI_VBA_Public%20Exposure%20DRAFT_General%20Methodology%201_A4.pdf)