Types of impact risk

Last updated: 2018

Guidance on types of impact risk. The IMP community of 2000+ practitioners identified nine types of impact risk, which are often relevant when managing impact. This content is now hosted by Impact Frontiers.

Use this resource to:

  • Assess: Use the nine types of impact risk as a checklist to identify the most common types are of impact that are considered.

Natural Capital Protocol

Last updated: 2016

Guidance that outlines a process organisations should follow to identify, measure and value their impacts and dependencies on the natural environment.

Use this resource to:

  • Set and revise objectives: Use the guidance on how to identify and engage with stakeholders in order to set objectives for a natural capital assessment.
  • Identify sustainability topics: Use the guidance on how to map the links between significant impacts and the business activities that affect or rely on them. This process helps organisations determine whether each impacted stakeholder is likely to affect their business model (and therefore enterprise value).
  • Estimate value created: Use the guidance to value impacts and dependencies on natural capital. This methodology draws on organisational data, data collected from stakeholders and publicly available country- or sector-level data.

Five dimensions of impact

Last updated: 2018

Guidance on the types of data needed to understand and assess impact performance. The IMP community of 2000+ practitioners identified five dimensions of impact that can be broken down into 15 more detailed data categories.

For organisations

Use this resource to:

  • Assess impacts: Use the five dimensions as a checklist to ensure the information gathered is sufficient for the decision it will inform (see also the ‘Investment classification’ resource).

For investors and financial institutions

Use this resource to:

  • Assess: Use as a checklist to ensure the information gathered is sufficient for the decision it will inform (see also the ‘Investment classification’ resource)