impak SDG Alignment (iSA)
Analysis of both positive and negative SDGs alignment of a company
- Assessment of the full scope of potential positive and negative impacts
- Adapted for listed and private companies
- First step toward a complete impact assessment
Rigorous methodology
Based on a double materiality analysis
Aligned with 20+ materiality standards
– SASB, GRI, IFC
Avoid impact or SDG washing
Main features
Capturing a company’s specific alignment to SDGs
Thanks to an in-depth analysis of a company’s positive and negative alignment with one of the 169 SDG targets.
Assess positive alignments based on real-world impacts and outcomes
- Temporal Alignment
- SDG Relevance
- Impact Amplification
- Theory of Change
- Validation
- Material Significance
Beyond ESG Double Materiality Approach
Get access to a comprehensive 360° analysis that draws from a dataset which maps both positive & negative alignments with SDGs.
How we deliver data
SaaS Platform
CSV file
API
Crafted to assist
- Asset Managers
Assess and report on the potential impacts on the UN 17 SDGs of their investment universe/portfolios
- Banks
Assess and report on the potential impacts on the UN 17 SDGs of their lending portfolio
- Companies
Better understand their potential positive and negative impacts on the UN 17 SDGs and their suppliers potentials positive or negative impacts
- ETF issuers
Build an SDG aligned ETF
Methodology & Sources
Methodology
The impak SDG Alignment (iSA) offers an assessment of a company’s positive and negative contributions to the SDGs. Based on a double materiality approach, it aligns with several materiality standards, including the GRI, SASB, and IFC. The iSA includes an analysis of a company’s mitigation strategy, affected stakeholders and an overview of its positive contributions to the 169 SDG targets. The overall alignment generates a company-tailored Potential Impact Indicator. The iSA serves as the foundation for a comprehensive Impact Assessment.
Sources
The sources used for an iSA are exclusively collected from publicly available documents, including corporate disclosures (i.e., Sustainability Reports, EU Taxonomy, TCFD disclosures), and corporate websites. To collect information from private companies, impak has developed the impak Data Collection Platform (iDCP), which provides an interactive online questionnaire where companies can themselves fill in the relevant information to perform an analysis.
