Navigating 2025
Written by Pavan Sukhdev As the world grapples with the consequences of accelerating climate breakdown on the one hand and ascending far-right politics on the other, the year 2025 will test our resolve, vision and capacity to lead. We shall face critical inflection points in the worlds of ESG, sustainable investment and corporate sustainability, and […]
GIST Impact has been recognised by Finance for Biodiversity in their recent ‘Biodiversity Measurement Approaches’ report
Aimed at financial institutions, the report is an authoritative guide to the different methodologies and tools available to measure impacts and dependencies on nature and biodiversity. On pages 61-69, readers will find comprehensive information on our climate, nature and biodiversity solutions – including: All data is science-backed, location-specific and calculated all the way from asset […]
Social Return on Investment and Why It Matters
In today’s world, businesses are increasingly expected to demonstrate their contribution to society. One of the most effective ways to do this is by measuring their social impact. Social impact is a broad term that encompasses a great deal of potential initiatives to create positive change – be that planting trees, upskilling young people, employee […]
Microsoft and GIST Impact’s approach to embedding social value
Did you know we’ve been working with Microsoft to measure the social impact of some of their key programmes? Since 2022, Microsoft and GIST Impact partnered to track and measure the social and economic outcomes of Microsoft programmes by building an impact platform that quantifies each programme’s effect on the economy, nature, and society in […]
ESG Ratings vs. ESG Framework: Is Impact Valuation the real path forward?
In 2005, ESG was introduced as a framework to measure company performance across Environmental, Social, and Governance pillars – pillars that are inherently linked to impact. Over time, however, ESG has been sidetracked by the rise of subjective ratings that have proven to be inadequate. To achieve real systems change, we need to recognise that […]
TMX Datalink & GIST Impact: what investors need to know about biodiversity reporting standards
It is our pleasure to announce the publication of a short article co-authored with TMX Datalinx, the Information Services division of TMX Group (the operator of multiple stock exchanges including the Toronto Stock Exchange). Since the launch of the Global Biodiversity Framework at the Kunming-Montréal conference in December 2022, we are seeing an international movement […]
Beyond ESG: Embracing Impact Valuation and Sustainability – An Interview with Mahima Sukhdev
Introduction: As part of Reset Connect London 2024 and our participation at “From ESG and Sustainability to Impact: The Future of Finance” panel, we delved deeper into the concepts that our SVP, Commercial Development, Mahima Sukhdev discussed on her panel on the future of finance. In this interview, Mahima shares her expert insights on impact […]
The Future of Social Impact: 7 Trends to Watch in 2024
In recent years, an increasing number of companies have actively sought to understand how to better track and measure the social impact they have on the communities they serve. Whether that is being driven by major societal trends, such as the prolonged impacts of the pandemic or protests against gender and racial injustice, legislation like […]
Navigating recent updates to the EU sustainability agenda
This is the seventh post in our CSRD blog series – feel free to also check out: CSRD preparations march on with recent clarifications from EFRAG. Companies are now moving fast to get ready for the requirements of the EU sustainability regulations expected in 2024. GIST Impact has the data and tools to streamline preparations, […]
GIST Impact welcomes the TNFD recommendations
At GIST Impact, we welcome the launch of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations, which represent a monumental step forward in our collective efforts to address the critical issue of nature loss and its impact on businesses and financial markets. Why are the recommendations so significant? Nature loss is not just an environmental issue; it’s a […]
