Impact Measurement & Management
Driving the integration of impact considerations across the full investment lifecycle, from thesis development to investment due diligence, deal selection, monitoring, reporting, learning, and stakeholder engagement.
Introducing MicroVest's Pyramid of Intentionality
Maximizing Learning & Improvement in IMM: Lessons from Impact Investors
How are impact investors optimizing their impact performance with continuous learning and improvement? Moderated by Head of Secretariat for the Impact Principles, this discussion features Signatory panelists from the IFC, Trill Impact, Closed Loop Partners, and MicroVest Capital Management. The panel focuses on the application of OPIM Principle 8, which requires investors to assess each investment’s achievement of impact—expected and unexpected, positive and negative—and use these findings and lessons to improve future investment decisions and management processes.
MicroVest's Pyramid of Intentionality
MicroVest’s Pyramid of Intentionality is a Framework that seeks to standardize the practice of Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) across of MicroVest’s current and future funds by providing a structured and systematized approach to defining, assessing, managing, and measuring the impact targeted by our investments. The MicroVest PI ensures accountability for the intended impact of MicroVest's investments and pivots the practice toward the evaluation of impact outcomes and performance.
Interconnected by Design
Impact Management (IM) Systems are interconnected by nature and iterative in practice. MicroVest’s PI employs a top-down approach where goals inform subsequent levels of the Pyramid. By placing impact objectives at the forefront, MicroVest’s PI emphasizes the importance of intentionality in setting targets, establishing impact criteria for fund investments, and determining what metrics to measure. Each of MicroVest's funds is guided by goals tailored to its specific strategy, underscoring the critical role of clear objectives in driving meaningful impact.
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Aligned with Leading Industry Standards
Selected components of MicroVest’s PI were designed to align with three chosen industry standards and best practices, which we selected following a two-month period of research and deliberation. These chosen standards include the Operating Principles for Impact Management, of which MicroVest is a founding Signatory; IRIS+’s Thematic Taxonomy and Catalogue of Metrics, which was designed to align with 50 other Standards; and the Impact Management Project’s 5 Dimensions of Impact, which we believe to embody a straightforward approach to assessing and documenting the impact of each investment according to the 5 Dimensions encompassing What, Who, How Much, Contribution, and Risk. The degree of alignment with each of these standards will vary in breadth and depth according to our strategic priorities, weightings, internal processes, and resources. The following pages will further demonstrate how MicroVest integrates its chosen set of Standards into its fund formation and investment processes.
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