LAYER 4 · Impact measurement & management
Impact Frontiers – Five Dimensions of Impact
Saying “the project has positive impact” is not enough. You need to answer what impact, for whom, how much, what your real contribution is and what the risks are. On Sustainability 360° (Bền vững 360°), FTS CSRA experts explain the Five Dimensions of Impact stewarded by Impact Frontiers, the 15 data categories, nine impact risk types and the ABC classification, with examples for companies and funds in Vietnam.
Criteria used by FTS Impact Lab
In the Assess tool you can check your initiative against each criterion below (met, partly met, not met, not applicable).
- What: the specific outcome and how important it is to people/planet
- Who: who benefits and how underserved they were
- How much: scale, depth of change and duration
- Contribution: what would have happened anyway
- Impact risk: likelihood impact differs from expectations and mitigation
- Classified as act to avoid harm / benefit stakeholders / contribute to solutions
Example indicators to track
- People reached (scale)
- Average improvement in outcome (depth)
- % sustaining outcome after 12 months (duration)
- % beneficiaries from underserved groups
FTS Impact Lab refers to this framework for analysis and advice. Results are not a certification or an official conformity assessment.