Impact Measurement & Management

Impact Measurement & Management
As a leading social advisory firm specialising in Impact Measurement and Management, our knowledge and expertise enables clients to understand, enhance and communicate their positive impact on people and planet.
Explore our work in delivering impact services – building impact assessment frameworks and IMM systems aligned to our clients' investment and business strategies. Our impact services are aligned to globally recognised frameworks, including the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management and the Impact Management Project.
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.

The Place-Based Impact Investing Project publishes eagerly awaited white paper

How do investors move from IMM theory to IMM practice? Matt Ripley, TGE’s head of impact services, explains

A "roadmap" co-written by TGE for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) has been launched to guide global real estate to understand, capture and enhance its social value

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

Full video In case you missed the launch event for the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing hosted by Centrus

ESG reporting standard launched with 70 banks, investors and housing providers committed to boost transparency and consistency

The Good Economy has joined forces with consultancy COCREATIF to design a framework to measure the social impact of real estate and development for the Urban Land Institute

The Stanford Social Innovation Review profiles our rapid insights approach to help understand the impact performance of CDC Group investments in Africa

We’re part of a core consortium managing the current phase of the Impact Programme, increasing the supply of impact capital in Africa and South Asia

Half Year Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

Annual Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

Annual Impact Report reviewing the performance of Cheyne Impact Real Estate Trust. CIRET was launched in 2020 with the goal of increasing the provision of high-quality affordable and specialist housing and improving the quality of lives of people with a range of housing needs.
Half Year Impact Report published by The Good Economy for Civitas Social Housing PLC, a fund launched in November 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing

The third Annual Impact Report for Residential Secure Income Plc, a REIT managed by Gresham House, which was launched in 2017 to invest in various forms of UK affordable housing
In partnership with the Scottish National Investment Bank we explore what impact investing means for Scotland.
Annually published impact report for Funding Affordable Homes, a social impact investment company set up in 2015 to invest in government regulated affordable housing

Half Year Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

The first Sustainability and Impact Report produced by The Good Economy for Legal & General Affordable Homes, which was launched in 2018 to invest in the UK affordable housing sector

Annual Impact Report published by The Good Economy for Civitas Social Housing PLC, a fund launched in November 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing

TGE's first annual Impact Report for RM Infrastructure Income (RMII), an investment trust which specialises in secured social and environmental infrastructure lending.
Annual Impact Report reviewing the performance of Cheyne Impact Real Estate Trust, a fund launched by Cheyne Capital in 2020 to invest in a range of affordable general needs and specialist housing

Annual Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

The second Annual Impact Report for Residential Secure Income Plc, a REIT managed by Gresham House, which was launched in 2017 to invest in various forms of UK affordable housing

"Half Year Impact Report" published by The Good Economy (TGE) on a fund launched in November 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing

Annually published impact report for Funding Affordable Homes, a social impact investment company set up in 2015 to invest in government regulated affordable housing

Half Year Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

The fourth annual Impact Report produced for Civitas Social Housing PLC, which was launched in 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing, with a focus on Specialised Supported Housing

A report with Big Society Capital exploring affordable housing equity investment models from a risk, return and impact perspective – to accompany our report "Towards an approach to impact reporting in social and affordable housing"

The Executive Summary from our full white paper developed by The Good Economy for the Place-Based Impact Investing Project, a partnership of The Good Economy, the Impact Investing Institute and Pensions for Purpose

Impact report reviewing the social performance of the Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), as carried out by TGE on a bi-annual basis and following work to support its impact assessment methodology

Annually published impact report for Funding Affordable Homes, a social impact investment company set up in 2015 to invest in government regulated affordable housing

A new framework developed by The Good Economy is being used to understand how financial sector development in sub-Saharan Africa can stimulate more and better jobs

The sixth annual impact report produced by The Good Economy for Big Issue Invest on the Threadneedle Social Bond Fund, launched in 2014 as the first mainstream fixed income impact investment offering in the UK

"Half Year Impact Report" published by The Good Economy (TGE) on a fund launched in November 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing

The first Impact Report published by The Good Economy for Residential Secure Income, part of Gresham House, covering the period up to 30th September 2020

Published by The Good Economy for the ESG Social Housing Working Group to address the lack of transparency, consistency and comparability in reporting ESG performance

A project summary for the Place-Based Impact Investing initiative led by The Good Economy, the Impact Investing Institute and Pensions for Purpose (October 2020)

A consultation paper setting out recommendations to enhance ESG reporting by housing associations to boost flows of investment

Download a two-page Factsheet outlining the methodology behind our Good Jobs Rating tool

Our position paper outlines our vision and four-pillar model for inclusive and sustainable development

Understanding the UK public's demand for opportunities to invest in the Sustainable Development Goals (TGE research with PwC for DFID's Impact Programme)

This second paper in our Insight series introduces The Good Economy Job Ratings methodology and presents the 2017 results for FTSE 350 companies, which include many of the country’s leading employers and market leaders
