Metrics and Measurement

Metrics and Measurement are considered essential components of an effective social finance marketplace. They provide social ventures with a standard mechanism with which to convey the social impact of specific programs to investors.

Top Publications

• Simple Measures for Social Enterprise by Brian Trelsad, Acumen Fund
• Measuring and/or Estimating Social Value Creation by Melinda Tuan, Gates Foundation
• Double Bottom Line Project Report: Assessing Social Impact in Double Bottom Line Ventures
• Catalog of Approaches to Impact Measurement, by SVT Group
• The Blended Value Map: Tracking the Intersects and Opportunities of Economic, Social and Environmental Value Creation by Jed Emerson and Sheila Bonini
• Measurement @ GIIN
• The Impact Investors Handbook: Lessons from the World of Microfinance

Top Blog Posts from SocialFinance.ca

• The Limits of Metrics for Social Finance
• Why Impact Investors Should Embrace the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
• Why Impact Investors Should Run From the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
• New Support for Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS)
• What’s Wrong with Social Metrics?
• Networks as Drivers of Social Impact
• Measuring Your Impact

Additional Resources

• Blended Value
• Demonstrating Value Initiative
• The SROI Network
• Social Assets Measurement