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Nexii Blog: Reporting impact - Why standardisation may be the key to funding

The impact investment sector is evolving, and with this evolution, new and improved approaches to impact investing are emerging. One particular area gaining traction is impact reporting, the measurement of social and environmental returns. Nexii's Kelly Notcutt took some time out to discuss developments with Advisory Board member and CEO of the SROI Network, Jeremy Nicholls.

Impact performance reporting is paving the way for high impact initiatives to demonstrate the attractiveness of viable, sustainable business models that integrate both impact outcomes and financial returns to investors. While financial reporting is a great way to measure the absolute financial return on investment, Nicholls suggests that on its own financial reporting fails to provide the level of information needed to give one the sense of the real value created by a high impact business or fund.

Read the full blog post here.