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Impact-Weighted Accounts
History The Impact-Weighted Accounts (IWA) project was established in July, 2019 and concluded in December, 2022. The project was led by faculty co-chairs George Serafeim and Ethan Rouen. The mission of the...
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- 2019
- White Paper
Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy
By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed...
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Keywords:
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
IWAI;
Background;
Economic Systems;
Economy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Measurement and Metrics;
Financial Statements
Serafeim, George, T. Robert Zochowski, and Jennifer Downing. "Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy." White Paper, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2019.
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Resources - Impact-Weighted Accounts
Resources Resources These guides and calculation tools are available for users interested in learning about Impact-Weighted Accounts. Environmental Impact Valuation Tool by Gladys Velez Caicedo Practitioner Guide to Calculating Corporate...
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Research - Impact-Weighted Accounts
Research Research A Conceptualization of Sub-Living Wage: Liabilities, Leverage, and Risk by Drew Keller, Katie Panella, and George Serafeim A Framework for Product Impact-Weighted Accounts by George...
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- 2020
- Working Paper
A Preliminary Framework for Product Impact-Weighted Accounts
By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
While there has been significant progress in the measurement of an organization’s environmental and social impacts from its operations, metrics to evaluate the impact of products once they come to market lag far behind. In this paper, we provide a framework for...
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Keywords:
Social Impact;
Product Life Cycle;
Environment;
Sustainability;
Measurement;
Metrics;
Impact Investing;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Reporting;
Product;
Environmental Sustainability;
Measurement and Metrics;
Framework;
Financial Statements
Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "A Framework for Product Impact-Weighted Accounts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-076, January 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
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The Opportunity - Impact-Weighted Accounts
most people relegate impact considerations to philanthropic or volunteering activities. Impact-weighted accounts could increase the salience of business impacts and therefore change our intuition about when...
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Design Methodology - Impact-Weighted Accounts
for managing these choices. The impact accounting methodology should build upon this prior work. Preliminary Design Principles Before designing the specific measurement and reporting standards, we must establish a set of guiding...
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Contact Us - Impact-Weighted Accounts
Contact Us Contact Us General Inquiries If you are interested in learning more about the Impact-Weighted Accounts, please fill out the form below. Your Name* Preferred Email Address* Your Affiliation* Inquiry* *required
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Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: A Paradigm Shift
By: Ethan Rouen and George Serafeim
The last decade has seen an exponential increase in corporate sustainability activities and efforts by investors to use these activities in their portfolio formation, valuation, and stewardship activities. This paper explains the need for a uniform strategy to measure...
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Keywords:
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Measurement and Metrics;
Standards
Rouen, Ethan, and George Serafeim. "Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: A Paradigm Shift." CESifo Forum 22, no. 3 (May 2021): 20–25.
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Value Orientation - Impact-Weighted Accounts
its shareholders. In simple terms, we can think of conventional valuation methods as a ruler. We use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) within the US and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) elsewhere across the...
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Current State - Impact-Weighted Accounts
Current State Current State Capitalism and globalization have, by many measures, been huge successes. Indeed, over the past 200 years, substantial progress has been made in almost every single measure of human well-being.[6] Since 1820, the share of those living in...
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Explore Our Data - Impact-Weighted Accounts
Explore Our Data Explore Our Data Data Visualization Use the interactive visualization to explore our monetized environmental impact data.
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- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact
By: David Freiberg, Katie Panella, George Serafeim and T. Robert Zochowski
Organizations create significant positive and negative impacts through their employment practices. This paper builds on the substantial body of research regarding job quality and impact measurement to present a framework for monetized analysis of employment impact. We...
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Keywords:
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
IWAI;
Employment Impact;
Employment;
Jobs and Positions;
Quality;
Measurement and Metrics;
Analysis;
Framework
Freiberg, David, Katie Panella, George Serafeim, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-050, October 2020. (Revised August 2021.)
- 18 Feb 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
A Preliminary Framework for Product Impact-Weighted Accounts
- 30 Nov 2021
- News
The Impact-Weighted Accounts Project with Professor Ethan Rouen
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Oil and Gas Industry
By: Katie Panella, George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the oil and gas industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary product impact estimates of...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Corporate Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Social Impact;
Oil;
Oil & Gas;
Oil And Gas;
IWAI;
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Product
Panella, Katie, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Oil and Gas Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-140, June 2021.
- 02 Nov 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Pharmaceuticals Industry
By: Amanda Rischbieth, George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the pharmaceuticals industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates of accessible...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Corporate Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Social Impact;
Pharmaceutical Companies;
Pharmaceuticals;
IWAI;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Product;
Safety;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Rischbieth, Amanda, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Pharmaceuticals Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-139, June 2021.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry
By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the airlines industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates of fare...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Corporate Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Social Impact;
Aviation;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Product;
Environmental Sustainability;
Measurement and Metrics;
Framework;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Air Transportation;
Air Transportation Industry
Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-066, November 2020. (Revised February 2021.)