The Good Economy is a leading impact advisory firm. We work with investors to build a better and fairer society.
We help our clients measure, improve and report their impact. Our focus is on the "S" in ESG and how business and investment can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We offer research, strategy consultancy and impact measurement and management services:
- Frameworks
- Due Diligence
- Reporting
- Verification
- Training
Most of our clients are investment organisations ranging from responsible asset managers to specialist impact investors. We also work with businesses, government and social sector organisations. Our clients operate in the UK, Europe and internationally.
The Good Economy also facilitates collaborations, bringing stakeholders together across private, public and social sectors to drive the scale-up of investment that contributes to inclusive and sustainable development. Read about our collaborative projects.
Eliminating child poverty and inequality should be a core objective of Levelling Up policies writes our cofounder Mark Hepworth.
With calls for greater transparency about how investments are aiming to achieve positive impact alongside financial returns, The Good Economy has launched an impact assurance and verification service.
Place-based impact framework being developed by collaborative working group of asset owners and fund managers.
How do investors move from IMM theory to IMM practice? Matt Ripley, TGE’s head of impact services, explains
Sarah Forster says the Urban Land Institute's road map report for the global real estate industry represents an important shift in perceptions of "value" across the economy and society
An indepth look at our work in affordable housing, including our work on the ESG Social Housing Working Group and helping investors measure and report on their impact. See our collection of articles, case studies, impact reports and more
Explore our work delivering impact services in diverse sectors – building impact assessment frameworks and IMM systems aligned to our clients' investment and business strategies
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The Good Economy always produce high-quality impact reports for us, and the discipline of having a six-monthly impact audit is driving us to keep maximising our impact.
The Good Economy’s advice has been thoughtful, practical and implementable. They constructively challenged us on all dimensions of impact, many of which we had not thought about before and have now implemented. We are extremely pleased with their work and advice.
The Good Economy has helped us ensure we can demonstrate each of our investments is achieving tangible and measurable social impact.
Working with The Good Economy has been a great experience. The insight and strategic advice they provided has played a key role in our plans to scale up our investment programme for creative businesses.
The Good Economy team’s thoughtful and insightful work helped shaped our plans for the new regional development agency and given us a valuable source of evidence on which to draw as we shape our future priorities.
The Threadneedle Social Bond Fund couldn’t have happened without The Good Economy’s commitment to social change and intellectual rigour in creating the social impact assessment methodology.
Easy to work with, flexible, responsive and keen to understand the nature of what we do and the values that underpin our work.