Opinion: Forget pie-in-the-sky measurement methods – impact investing just needs third-party certification

Nigel Ball and Gen Maitland Hudson 15th June 2023

Whether an impact measure corresponds with reality is irrelevant for impact investors because they – quite rationally – want to demonstrate credibility, not truth. That means methodological dilemmas are a distraction: we shouldn't think impact investing is so special that it doesn't need third-party certification.

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