𝗧𝗵𝗲 $40 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴? We want to share an important new research from our co-founder and research director Philip Sugai and and his co-researchers Yuriko Nakao, Jaeeun (Jenny) Jung, Dhiyan Arini, Brian Jenkin, PhD and Heather Young, MBA examining how we measure corporate sustainability impact. Their paper "Beyond ESG: Embracing Impact Measurement for Real Sustainable Finance" in the Asian Impact Management Review reveals compelling findings about current ESG measurement challenges and offers a path forward through Impact Measurement and Management (IMM). The findings are eye-opening: • 𝗦&𝗣'𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 48% 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀, 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 • 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗦𝗚 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗦&𝗣 𝗖𝗦𝗔 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗧𝗦𝗘 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 48% 𝗮𝗻𝗱 64% 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 • 𝗜𝗦𝗦 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 - 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 10% 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, 8% 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 7% 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 But here's the encouraging part: The research doesn't just diagnose the problem - it charts a path forward through Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) and stakeholder-inclusive frameworks that measure what really matters. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗦𝗚 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 $40 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 2030, 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 - 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. Here is the link to the paper: https://lnkd.in/gR4M8t-x #SustainableFinance #ImpactMeasurement #StakeholderValue #ValuuCompass
