We’re building and scaling the practice of impact accounting to promote decision-making based on risk, return, and impact.
Participate in the Public Comment
On February 25, IFVI and the Value Balancing Alliance (VBA) launched a public comment to receive feedback on the exposure draft for the Framework for Industry-Specific Product Impacts (Product Framework).
Deadline to submit comments: April 30, 2025
Global Value Factors
Access IFVI’s Global Value Factor Database, a centralized resource of nearly 100,000 value factors included in the interim and official environmental methodologies and ready to be applied by investors and companies.
“We must remember that the financial accounts we use today have taken nearly a century to refine. Every journey starts with a single step.”
Sir Ronald Cohen, IMPACT
New environmental impact accounting resources
On October 15, IFVI released the Interim Methodologies, environmental impact accounting resources that enable companies and investors to measure and value in monetary terms the most significant environmental impacts covering Air Pollution, Land Use and Conversion, Waste, and Water Pollution.
GHG Emissions Topic Methodology
The GHG Topic Methodology confronts the climate crisis by translating emissions impact into currency to understand the actual societal costs of emissions to the world.
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Impact-Weighted Accounts lesson
A 35-minute free interactive lesson led by Professor George Serafeim and Sir Ronald Cohen that shows how impact accounting can help measure the positive and negative impacts organizations have on society and the environment.
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