Podcast: TMX Presents – ESG VS. Impact Investing: Understanding the difference with Pavan Sukhdev

Our CEO Pavan Sukhdev joined the TMX Presents podcast to discuss what is at the heart of impact economics, growing investor interest in nature and biodiversity impacts, and why it’s important to include the value of all four capitals (human, natural, social, and produced) in investment and policy decision-making. Listen to the full podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UWuUVrHq0eReIBORRhVLX

Industry reveal: What is the natural capital impact of the top pharmaceutical companies?

We recently looked at the top pharmaceutical companies across developed markets to assess how successful they’ve been in reducing their natural capital impacts. Our analysis found that only 3 of the largest companies (by revenue) in developed markets outperformed the sector average in terms of reducing their overall natural capital impacts (measured by impact intensities […]

GIST Impact and SIR partner to support companies with CSRD

April 9, 2024 – GIST Impact today announced the launch of our new partnership with Sustain It Right (SIR), a SaaS platform designed to help companies manage their CSRD journey. Together we are enhancing double materiality assessments through the integration of GIST Impact’s quantitative double materiality scores into Sustain It Right’s “Intelligent DMA” (iDMA) solution. […]

Key Takeaways from Natural Capital Investment EMEA

We were proud to sponsor Environmental Finance’s fifth annual 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗔 and to connect with over 400 peers to discuss the key issues related to natural capital investment, regulation and policy, tackling data challenges and more. Our VP and Head of Biodiversity Products, Thomas Moran, helped kick off the day by moderating a […]

Exploring the nexus of AI and social impact with Microsoft

Earlier this month, we were thrilled to be invited to participate in Microsoft’s event on “Inclusive Economic Growth in the Era of AI” as part of their National Apprenticeship Week Celebrations.  The spotlight of the day was on creating, maximising and measuring social value, with the event featuring a range of prominent leaders from government, […]

The Future of Social Impact: 7 Trends to Watch in 2024

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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 […]

GIST Impact featured in Wipro’s whitepaper on impact accounting

Recently we were featured in a whitepaper by our esteemed client, Wipro on the “The Rise of Impact Accounting” – check out the full piece below to learn how impact measurement enables companies to deliver standardised and comprehensive reporting by harnessing quality big data and advanced technology. Over the past seven years, Wipro has trusted GIST Impact […]