Impact Measurement & Management for SDGs

This module introduces the 4 universal steps of impact measurement and management (SET STRATEGY, INTEGRATE, OPTIMIZE and REINFORCE), explores how they can be applied across the investment value chain to simplify ESG and impact practices. It also introduces the SDG Impact Standards and the 5 Dimensions of Impact.

Set Strategy equips you to understand the material issues most relevant to your stakeholders and then define your target SDG outcomes in ways that align with your overall business or investment objectives. You'll create an impact thesis for each, and, if you're an investor, a revised investment policy statement that integrates your SDG goals. You'll also set ABC classification levels for your goals.

Integrate teaches you how to put into place the resources, tools, and processes that will allow you to measure your SDG impact. For enterprises, this includes setting performance targets, choosing indicators, and deciding how to track them. For investors, this involves integrating impact management processes into every step of the investment process, from due diligence through exit.

Optimize is about using the data generated by your impact measurement processes to create more impact. It covers analyzing enterprise data to understand performance deviations, making decisions to improve impact performance, and for investors, reviewing investee data and deciding whether to hold, engage, or exit investments based on impact considerations.

In Reinforce, you deepen your governance and accountability for the impact you are creating. This includes disclosing to internal stakeholders or the public about your impact measurement and management performance. You'll also learn about 3rd party verifications, how to get ready to undertake them, and how to use them to improve your work.