Signatories & Reporting

SIGNATORIES AND REPORTING

Signatories

183

Countries

40

Covered Assets

US$ 533,722 MM

Signatories to the Impact Principles are impact investors that publicly demonstrate their commitment to implementing a global standard for managing investments for impact. The Impact Principles instill a discipline around impact investing, fostering greater mobilization of capital for impact and a high standard for the social and environmental impact that it can achieve. The Impact Principles assist investors in identifying investments that are being managed for impact and help reduce the dilution of the term “impact” in the marketplace.

Signatories also become part of the community of impact investors working together to learn from one another as they develop and implement best practices in the management of impact investments. As ambassadors for the Impact Principles, many are leading roundtables and workshops or are being featured at industry conferences to showcase the Impact Principles and the way in which asset owners and asset managers invest for impact.

Each Signatory is required to publish an annual Disclosure Statement in which they describe how each Principle is incorporated into its investment process and the alignment of its impact management system and processes with each Principle. The Disclosure Statement must be published on the Signatory's website, and a link provided to the Secretariat for posting on the Impact Principles website. The first Disclosure Statement must be published on or before the first anniversary of the effective date of the Signatory Letter.

The links to the Disclosure Statements will be posted below. 

In addition to the annual Disclosure Statement, Principle 9 requires that each Signatory provide regular independent verification affirming the alignment of its impact management systems with the Impact Principles. The verification may also highlight aspects of the systems and processes where alignment may be enhanced. Independent verification may be conducted in different ways, for example, as part of a financial audit or through a portfolio/fund performance evaluation. The verification may be performed by an external third party, an independent internal unit of the Signatory or an external verification committee formed by or on behalf of one or more Signatories.  The verification must provide the name, registered address and qualifications of the verifier. If the verification is performed by an internal unit or external verification committee or other non-traditional verifier, the Signatory must provide a description of the verification process and how it is separate from the operational units and investment management process. 

The frequency of the verification report may vary depending upon the type of organization.  If it is not performed on an annual basis in conjunction with the annual disclosure statement, the Signatory must disclose the frequency of the independent verification and the underlying rationale. 

Only Signatories may state that they align with the Impact Principles. Non-Signatories do not meet the Principle 9 requirement of publishing an annual disclosure statement that is reviewed by the Secretariat and posted on the Impact Principles website.