April 25, 2013
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The European Venture Philanthropy Association released 'A Practical Guide to Measuring and Managing Impact,' a new easy-to-use guide to help both social investors and social purpose organizations more effectively measure and manage impact. The Guide was launched in 2013, and updated mid-2015 to include information on the uptake of the Guide, the remaining challenges that practitioners face, the contribution of the guide to policy work, and EVPA’s future plans in terms of research on impact measurement and management. The impact measurement standard in this Guide has been endorsed by the European Commission as the EU wide best practise standard of impact measurement.
From the guide:"The manual should be useful both for beginners in impact measurement, who are considering how to get started, and for more advanced investors who are struggling with how to better integrate an impact focus into everyday investment management decisions."