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As impact investment has become a prevailing paradigm in the business world, a standardized framework for measuring just how much impact businesses have created is much-needed to encourage improvements and safeguard stakeholders’ interests. In this feature, we introduce three third-party organizations that provide consultancy or certification services alongside the impact measurement tools that they have developed. Although the methodologies behind these tools differ, they share the same united mission of empowering impact businesses to address social and environmental challenges.

 

BSR’s Healthy Company Coalition – Broadening The Definition Of Health

Founded in 1991 by a group of social entrepreneurs, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a non-profit organization that is driving the sustainable movement with its member companies through providing consulting services and catalyzing cross-sector collaborations

“The Healthy Business Metrics Guide” was published by BSR in 2016, aiming to help businesses of different sizes and sectors build up a “healthy business” by creating impact for their consumers, employees, supply chains and communities. The NGO believes that health encompasses more than one’s mental or physical condition, and takes into consideration societal and economic issues for a more well-rounded view of one’s well-being.

In order to build up a healthy business, the guideline suggests four scopes of action to facilitate companies to bring about holistic impact, these are: Workforce and Operations, Products and Services, Community Engagement and Policy and Advocacy. The guideline also lays out a comprehensive list of outcomes with clear definitions and metrics for each action, allowing companies to measure their impact with a standardized approach. Besides that, the guideline recommends appointing “internal partners” that are accountable for each action, enabling more members within the company to contribute to a healthy business. For instance, marketing and communications departments would be the lead for both Community Engagement as well as Products and Services.

 

Cradle To Cradle Product Program – The Impact Of A Responsible Manufacturer

With the mission of creating a circular economy, the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is an NGO that certifies products meeting the requirements of its Product Standard. The institute hopes that the program incentivizes companies to create a positive impact on society and the market through manufacturing closed-loop products. 

While most impact measurement programs evaluate the impact of a business, Cradle to Cradle’s program measures the impact of a product. The institute awards all submitted products an achievement level (Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum) based on their carbon footprint, water usage, social fairness, material health and reutilization. With the belief that products meeting their standards have a positive impact on the market, the institute also considers a product’s re-marketing and risk management strategy during the assessment process. The tier system provides private or commercial consumers a clear indicator enabling them to select products that fit their lifestyle choices or manufacturing standards. Cradle to Cradle has also compiled an online registry listing out all products meeting its certification requirements, making the information transparent, accessible and reducing the risk of fraudulent certifications.

As the certification expires every two years, companies who wish to retain a valid certification standard need to demonstrate efforts to maintain the quality of their products through submission of up-to-date data to the institute. Products awarded the Basic level at the renewal assessment might not be recertified; therefore, this program is not only for consumers to understand the quality of a product, but also encourages companies to optimize their manufacturing processes through employing innovative solutions.

 

B Corporation Impact Assessment – Comparing Your Impact With Others

B Corporation certifies companies that find a good balance between social purpose and profit making, encouraging them to make changes through establishing responsible businesses. The organization has already certified over 3,000 companies spanning various sectors including apparel, healthcare and renewable energy.

 

 

As a first step, companies need to complete its online tool “B Impact Assessment”, which is a free test that takes less than a day. The questions in this online assessment are developed by an advisory board formed by a group of experts and leaders from the private sector and academia, evaluating a company’s governance as well as its impact on workers, environment and the community. B Corporation will then perform a background check to finalize a score on a scale of 0 to 200, with companies scoring over 80 qualifying for a certification. 

With thousands of companies having already completed the assessment, the system is able to locate your score against others on the same scale, helping companies optimize their impact by comparing their performance with other businesses. The assessment reports are transparent to the public, and accessible on B Corporate’s website. This online assessment is free of charge but companies need to pay an annual fee for using the B Corp certification mark. As a side note, since “B Corp” is an existing legal entity in countries like Italy and the US, companies may need to meet the legal requirements for getting the certification in these countries and are advised to consult their local authorities before submitting an application.

 

About Business for Social Respnsibility (BSR)

Key Aspects: Workforce and Operations, Products and Services, Community Engagement, Policy and Advocacy

Principle: Public Health

Partner Companies: Google, Microsoft, Kering

 

About Cradle to Cradle

Key Aspects: Carbon Footprint, Water Usage, Social Fairness, Material Health, Material Reutilization

Principle: Circular Economy

Participating Companies: C&A, G-Star Raw, Puma

 

About B Corporation

Key Aspects: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, Customers

Principle: Becoming a B Corp

Participating Companies: allbirds , Ben & Jerry, Etsy, Patagonia

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..elba canadian roots somalia focus nation agri sierra leone - Canadian model and actress Sabrina Dhowre Elba was appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador for IFAD in April 2020. She recently visited an IFAD-supported project in Sierra Leone and will dedicate her efforts as IFAD Goodwill Ambassador to the challenges faced by rural women and girls. Sabrina Dhowre Elba is an actress, activist and model. Born in Canada, of Somali descent, she has been featured on the cover of British Vogue, Sunday Times Style and Harrods Magazine, and has been a guest presenter for ITV’s Good Morning Britain. She has recently begun work with the First Lady of Sierra Leone on issues related to violence against women in the country. She also works with a variety of civil society organizations, including Conservation International, on environmental issues. She is passionate about gender equality and promoting the empowerment of women and girls worldwide- more died from disruption to food than ebola . ===============un italy ifad food - roots togo Prime Minister Gilbert F. Houngbo President, IFAD and former Prime Minister of Togo

Gilbert F. Houngbo became the sixth President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on 1 April 2017. Born and raised in rural Togo, Houngbo has spent more than 30 years working to improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people, with extensive experience in political affairs, international development, diplomacy and financial management. Prior to his appointment as IFAD President, Houngbo was the Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) where he led field operations in more than 100 countries and managed its bilateral and multilateral partnerships. He served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Togo from 2008 to 2012, where he introduced economic reforms and enhanced the rule of law and civil liberties. From 1996 to 2008, he undertook a number of roles at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) including Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary-General, Africa Regional Director, where he led poverty alleviation programmes in 45 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this, he spent a decade in the private sector, including at Price Waterhouse, Canada, where he worked in Audit and Financial Advisory Services. Houngbo has a Matrîse en gestion des entreprises from the University of Lomé, Togo, and a Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées in Specialised Accounting from the University of Québec, Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants

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Monika Froehler is Chief Executive Officer of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens and is a passionate change maker, advocate, founder and speaker. She was asked to create the Ban Ki-moon Centre in Vienna under the leadership of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former Austrian President Heinz Fischer, after working for years at the UN, the EU, the Austrian Foreign Ministry and in field missions around the globe. She is passionate about the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and advised Presidents, Ministers, Ambassadors and high-ranking UN officials on policy inputs as much as she involved operationally in practical initiatives. She worked in many countries across the globe including in Africa and Latin America to ban landmines; She worked to improve hospital care in rural Central Asia and Africa; She assisted in eco-friendly city planning in Asia, and helped bettering the living conditions of women in the Middle East and West-Africa. She also contributed to Rio+20 and the Paris Climate Agreement as part of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. Throughout her career at the UN in Geneva, New York and Vienna she managed to support hundreds of women, young people and communities all over the globe. Particularly with the Ban Ki-moon Centre she now focusses on equality, empowerment and education. She is convinced that more people than ever before need the opportunity to obtain global citizen values, SDG knowledge, and 21st century skills.

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