Fund-level impact decision-making tools for asset allocators

The Impact Target Setter and Impact Qualifier tools are now completed! You can now use the tools and learn more about their development here.

The impact investing industry strives to address global problems, and with a mandate that big, investors need rigorous tools to help them make the right decisions. Imagine choosing between investing in clean water in rural India or quality jobs in Botswana. How could an investor know which option is best?

The GIIN’s prototype fund-level impact decision-making tools offer an analytical approach for investors to compare potential positive impacts across sectors, geographies and timeframes. By translating potential impact outcomes into a measure of the quality and length of human life improved by an investment, these tools can significantly aid investors making decisions about where and how to invest.

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The Impact Target Setter and Impact Qualifier tools are now completed! You can now use the tools and learn more about their development here.

Explore the target setting and QALY tools

Review the GIIN’s prototype tools and their corresponding methodologies in the windows below. We kindly ask that you submit your feedback as we refine these tools ahead of their release. Click the expand arrows in the corner of each frame to view our tools in full screen. Click and drag in the display to explore a walkthrough of the tool. Please note there are instructions on the right hand side of the prototype with helpful guidance and comments.

Impact target setting tool:

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Impact investing QALY explorer:

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Having technical issues? Please email [email protected] to get help.

Invitation to comment

The GIIN welcomes input from investors, enterprises, field builders, researchers, advisors and other stakeholders on the prototype tools. Your feedback, reflections and critiques are essential to enhance these tools for consistent and rigorous fund-level impact comparisons. Share your input by January 31, 2025.

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