Research on calculating impact for corporates, start-ups, and investors, interview w. Rob Zochowski (International Foundation for Valuing Impacts) 🕵️

Key insights:* Interview with Rob Zochowski, President & CEO at The International Foundation For Valuing Impacts (IFVI)* Rob suggests investors and companies of all sizes (public and non-public) should increase their efforts to measure climate and social impact and put a dollar value on the impact - it’s the only way to make it comparable* Ignoring social and environmental impacts is a hidden risk. In Rob’s words: "Equity holders own residual risk - so you'd better account for it."* Impact can reveal hidden value. In IFVI pilots, companies found impact data uncovered growth opportunities and helped optimize their models* Rob believes that we are moving into a world with impact accounting - Rob believes we’re leaving the “early adopter” phase — and entering the acceleration phase of impact accounting adoptionAgenda:* 💡 Impact measurement vs management vs monetization* ⚙️ How investors can help companies with impact monetization: Start small and build* 🧠 Social vs. environmental impact: Can you really compare?* 🚀 Adoption is accelerating* 📬 What this means for you as an impact investor This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit impactvc.substack.com