Fw: Impact Measurement Case Study from GIIN & KL Felicitas Foundation

my buzz & my blog "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my linkedin --- 2011年4月20日 星期三，Global Impact Investing Network <info@thegiin.org> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Global Impact Investing Network <info@thegiin.org> 主題: Impact Measurement Case Study from GIIN & KL Felicitas Foundation 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2011年4月20日,星期三,下午11:51 Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. IRIS Use Case Study Released by the KL Felicitas Foundation and the Global Impact Investing Network Join the KL Felicitas Foundation & the IRIS team for a Webinar Next Week Click Here to Download the Case Study To provide a model of IRIS adoption by impact investors, the KL Felicitas (KLF) Foundation and the Global Impact Investing Network jointly released today a case study which explains KLF’s motivation for IRIS adoption and details the Foundation’s application of IRIS across its active investment portfolio. IRIS, the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards, is a common language for reporting the social, environmental, and financial performance of impact investments. Impact investments aim to address critical global challenges while generating financial returns for investors. The KL Felicitas IRIS Case Study can be downloaded from both the IRIS website and the KLF Foundation website. We hope that this case study is a valuable resource for you and we encourage you to share it with your colleagues and stakeholders. If you would like to learn more about IRIS and the Kleissners’ decision to use IRIS to track the performance of KLF’s portfolio, please join Sarah Gelfand, Director of IRIS at the Global Impact Investing Network, Charly and Lisa Kleissner, Co-Founders of KLF Foundation, and Will Morgan, Portfolio Manager of KLF Foundation, for a webinar next week: Monday, April 25 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time Tuesday, April 26 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Click here to RSVP for a webinar The IRIS standards, which are developed by industry experts and are aligned with established standards where they exist, allow for greater transparency and comparability across impact investments. By using the IRIS standardized metrics to track and report social and environmental performance, impact investors like the KLF Foundation contribute to more coordinated and consistent performance reporting across the impact investing industry. IRIS data collection also enables data comparison that can support performance benchmarks and other aggregate analyses that are likely to attract more capital to businesses and projects providing global solutions. IRIS is an initiative of the Global Impact Investing Network, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. The KL Felicitas Foundation was created in 2000 by Charly and Lisa Kleissner, who had successful careers in technology and architecture prior to pursing philanthropy full time. The mission of the KLF Foundation is to enable social entrepreneurs and enterprises worldwide to develop and grow sustainably, with an emphasis on rural communities and families. Impact investing is a key strategy employed by the KLF Foundation because it allows the Kleissners to direct not only their grant funding, but also the Foundation’s invested capital towards their goal. You are receiving this email as a user of ImpactBase. Unsubscribe incubator.hou@gmail.com from this list | Forward to a friend | Update your profile Our mailing address is: Global Impact Investing Network 420 5th Avenue 22nd Floor New York, NY 10018 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2011 Global Impact Investing Network All rights reserved.