New Frontiers | Our WorkImpact Management for Social Equity
STATE: Active
DATE: October 22, 2024
STATUS: Open for public comment
In 2024, Impact Frontiers is developing guidance on emerging impact management practices for investors aiming to advance social equity. This initiative seeks to fill a critical gap: while more investors are adopting strategies to promote social equity, knowledge about how to measure, manage and report on the impact of these efforts has not kept pace.
Acknowledging the multidisciplinary nature of impact management for social equity, we began with an in-depth literature review and collaborated with the expert partners listed below to integrate best practices from both investing and related fields, such as civic engagement, philanthropy, international development, and social sciences.
- Erika Seth Davies: Chief Executive Officer at Rhia Ventures and Founder of The Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL).
- Tynesia Boyea-Robinson: Founder, President and CEO, CapEQ.
- Cathy Clark: Faculty Director at The Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Founding Director of the CASE i3 Initiative on Impact Investing, along with team member Carrie Gonnella.
- Rebecca Fries: CEO and Co-founder of Value for Women, along with team member Asya Troychansky.
- Heather Krause, PStat: Founder of We All Count Project for Data Equity.
The resulting discussion document guidance is organized according to four steps on impact management and focuses on areas of impact management where making progress on social equity may require additional considerations or distinct approaches.
Public Consultation
Impact Frontiers launched this effort in Q1 2024 with the support of the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing. We are inviting feedback on the discussion document via public consultation through December 2nd, 2024. We will incorporate feedback and publish a final guidance document by the end of 2024.
Responses are welcome via whichever medium listed below is most convenient for you. You may also choose to engage through all three options:
- E-mail written responses directly to info@impactfrontiers.org
- Join an interactive webinar to discuss and provide feedback alongside other practitioners. Please register in advance for the webinar(s) you would like to participate in by clicking the hyperlinked date(s) below. If you run into any tech issues during this process please email: info@impactfrontiers.org. Note: To receive a calendar invite, you will need to follow the instructions in the registration e-mail to download the invite and add it to your calendar!
- November 6th – 9am San Francisco / 12pm New York / 5pm London
- November 15th – 9am Singapore & Hong Kong / 10am Tokyo / (11/14 8pm New York)
- November 21st – 8am San Francisco / 11am New York / 4pm London
- Discuss in our online forum
Consultation Questions
We invite your thoughts on any aspect of the discussion document, including the following discussion questions:
- What feedback do you have on the overall approach of the project?
- What additional guidance or recommendations should be included within each of the four steps?
- Are there additional case examples of emerging practices that you would recommend including?
Share your views below!
