The GIIN (Global Impact Investing Network), ... and accountability in impact measurement practices. The Global Impact Investing Network has a new platform to help impact investors measure, manage and compare their investments. Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, & funds with the intention to generate social & environmental impact alongside a financial return. The GIIN offers IRIS+ as a free and public good to advance impact investing around the world Global Impact Investing Network One Battery Park Plaza, 2nd floor New York, NY 10004 Credible, comparable impact data are needed to inform impact investment decisions. Effective measurement and management of impact data is essential if investors are to know whether they are actually achieving the impact they seek. Global Impact Investing Network, May 2019. It is the generally accepted system for impact investors to measure, manage, and optimize their impact. The Navigating Impact project was created by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) to help investors select impact strategies and adopt metrics that indicate performance toward their goals. Proper use of the IRIS+ system ensures a minimum level of consistency in a users’ impact claims and performance, which makes it easier for investors to analyze and extract useful information for decision making. IRIS+ is the generally accepted impact accounting system that leading impact investors use to measure, manage, and optimize their impact. Global Impact Investing Network One Battery Park Plaza, 2nd floor New York, NY 10004. About the Impact Toolkit. Amit Bouri, CEO and co-founder of the GIIN, provides what may be the definitive definition of "impact investing" along with a new measurement of its scale. Fragmentation in impact measurement and management (IMM) practices is widely considered one of the leading barriers preventing investors from fully considering impact information in investment decision-making. IRIS+ also increases data clarity and comparability, and provides streamlined, practical how-to guidance that impact investors need – all in one easy-to-navigate system. Called The State of Impact Measurement and Management Practice, the GIIN’s second biennial report on the topic reveals that impact investors are a … The tools in the handbook all have the potential to gather data that help build investors’ understanding on whether investee companies are achieving intended impact. The GIIN is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale & effectiveness of impact investing. We are pleased to share a case study produced in conjunction with the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) focused on Nuveen's usage of the powerful IRIS+ system for measuring, managing, and optimizing impact. CDC Impact Measurement Handbook A practical guide to support investors to understand both new and more established tools and techniques for data collection to measure impact. Researchers examine how Nuveen applies IRIS+ to its impact …