Transparency Needed

This blog post in Financial Advisor Green makes the case for transparency and consistency in social and environmental performance reporting, noting the work of the GIIN to create the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS).

From original article:

"Impact investing needs indexes, benchmarks and uniform reporting in order for investors to make intelligent investment decisions. Otherwise, it's investing in a vacuum - and that won't do the world as much good over the long term.

"It's happening.

"The Global impact Investing Network has developed Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS). This is a common framework for measuring social and environmental impact of investments."