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Designing a Theory of Change: A step-by-step guide

Investors and entrepreneurs who are passionate about creating social change know that their work can be complex and challenging. However, the Theory of Change can be a powerful tool to help organisations achieve their desired outcomes. In this article, we will explore what a Theory of Change is, its origin and adoption and what you need to know in order to design a well-articulated Theory of Change.

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How can impact investors make the missing middle less “missing”?

Entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions for pressing world challenges often end up being cash-strapped. One of the main reasons is because they fail to meet investors whose expectations are in tune with their level of maturity and the design of their impact business model. This is what is often referred to as the missing middle. In this article, we share some essential tips for investors who want to help create a level playing field and invest in early-stage ventures who seek to contribute to urgent societal goals with innovative solutions.

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3 benefits of valuing social and environmental outcomes

When referring to the valuation of social or environmental outcomes, eyebrows tend to be raised with circumspection: “Are you trying to put a price tag on things such as well-being, quality relationships, or biodiversity?” The simple answer is: No. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, valuation is not “knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing”.

In this article, we bust important myths and highlight the key benefits of valuing social and environmental outcomes in order to manage your impact on people and the planet.

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Webinars

Impact measurement standards: how to see the forest for the trees

A quick search on ChatGPT for “what impact measurement standards should my organisation comply with?” reveals a long list of options – from GRI, GIIRS, IRIS+, BCorp and many, many more – enough to discourage you, before even getting started. In a webinar with Impact Specialist Sara Lisa Ørstavik from SDG Impact and Ben Carpenter from Social Value International (SVI), we discussed how one could navigate the Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) Standards landscape and tips to help them identify the most relevant ones.

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Webinars

How to embed impact incentives into deal making

Watch our one-hour conversation with industry experts and practitioners and discover how impact incentives can help you better structure deals and explore our training opportunity of Innovative Impact Deal Structuring by FASE to advance your practice.

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Bridging the Gap Between Learning and Teaching Impact Skills

Upskilling workers and employees with green and social skills, otherwise known as impact skills, is an effective means to accelerate the climate transition. Yet, while demand is high for learning these skills and employing workers with such skills, there is a recognisable deficit of accessible, transparent and accredited teaching opportunities. Bridging this gap provides the solution.

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Making stakeholder engagement truly meaningful
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Making stakeholder engagement truly meaningful

Meaningful stakeholder engagement refers to the routine interaction with any relevant stakeholders, including those individuals that are affected by your decisions, with the openness to adjust your services based on their feedback. Yet, currently, stakeholder engagement is used more as a buzzword as opposed to its purpose of tangibly influencing decision making. So how do we turn stakeholder engagement from just a buzzword to a meaningful and practical process?

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Tying financial remuneration of fund managers to impact
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Tying financial remuneration of fund managers to impact

In mainstream investing, success is measured through financial performance – returns. To align fund managers’ interests, their carry is tied to it. If impact investing promises both financial and impact performance, should we link compensation accordingly?

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Webinar on using technology for impact management with Efiko and Social Value International
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What is the role of tech to make real impact management feasible?

In order to implement impact measurement and management (IMM) at scale, more tools are required for efficient aggregation of impact data and decision making. So what role does technology play in making real impact management feasible and how should enterprises identify appropriate technological solutions?

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Webinar on tech for impact management with unmesh sheth and veronica olazabal
Webinars

Using Tech for Impact Management

What is the role tech can play to make real impact management feasible? How should you identify appropriate technological solutions and what should you consider when implementing it in your work?

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4 steps for effective stakeholder engagement
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4 steps for effective stakeholder engagement

To effectively measure and manage social and environmental impact, numerous measurement methodologies mention engaging with stakeholders as a key practice. Although stakeholder engagement seems like a simple process, there is still a lack of adequate implementation. So how can we effectively engage with stakeholders and act upon the outcomes to improve operations while maximising the impact of our work?

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leveraging impact data for business growth
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Leveraging impact data for business growth

Data, a key tool in the world of finance, yet often ignored in the scene of social impact management. But how to manage without measuring? Experts Lina and Pieter explain their views and share their tips on leveraging impact data.

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Investing for Impact: Good but not Enough?

Impact investing catches the imagination of people and organisations as the new source of hope in our collective ability to address the SDGs. To realise its true promise, we however need to double down on creating a level playing field for impact investors and create infrastructure for true impact accountability. 

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The Genesis of Efiko

Are you part of the growing group of people aiming to make organisations and the economy serve a greater purpose than wealth accumulation? Then much like us, you have probably wondered a thousand times what you could do better to make strides towards enabling that purpose. It is precisely with this mission in mind that Efiko Academy was born in September 2020.

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