What Impact Institute does

Impact Institute is a Netherlands-based private company (founded 2012, headquartered in Utrecht with an Amsterdam office, 51-100 employees) that provides organisations with tools, technology, consultancy, and education for data-driven sustainable decision-making. Its core proposition is the monetisation of environmental and social impacts — quantifying externalities in financial terms so they can be integrated alongside conventional financial reporting — underpinned by three proprietary technology assets: the Global Impact Database (GID), an award-winning sector-level dataset spanning 65 sectors across 140 countries with 20-30+ impact indicators; the Impact Weighted Accounts Framework (IWAF), a methodology co-developed with Harvard Business School, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Singapore Management University; and the CSRD Suite Software, a SaaS platform for double materiality assessment and stakeholder engagement.

The company monetises through four revenue streams: (1) impact consulting engagements (double materiality assessments, CSRD compliance, impact measurement and valuation); (2) SaaS subscriptions to CSRD Suite and licensing of GID data packages for SFDR PAI proxy compliance; (3) the CSRD Academy e-learning platform with freemium and paid professional courses; and (4) data licensing for ESG reporting and sustainable finance use cases. Customers span large enterprises and listed companies subject to CSRD, impact investors and asset managers, and select government and NGO clients including ABN AMRO, UBS, Danske Bank, DBS Bank, Itaú, Triodos Bank, Zeeman, Stedin, Port of Rotterdam, ACTIAM, and the City of Amsterdam.

Distribution is hybrid: a sales-led motion targeting enterprise and government accounts, complemented by product-led self-serve onboarding for the CSRD Suite, an annual CSRD DAY conference attracting 400+ enterprise participants, and the open-source IWAF standard developed in conjunction with sister organisations True Price and the Impact Economy Foundation. Geographic focus is European (with Netherlands as home market), though the GID is distributed globally through partners such as Preqin. Pricing for consulting, software, and data licensing is not publicly disclosed and is handled via custom enterprise quotes.

Name

Impact Institute

Legal name

Impact Institute

Website

https://impactinstitute.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Impact Institute is a Netherlands-based impact management firm (founded 2012, 51-100 employees) that combines consulting, proprietary impact data (Global Impact Database), SaaS software (CSRD Suite), and training (CSRD Academy) to help enterprises, financial institutions, and governments quantify, monetise, and report environmental and social impacts for CSRD, SFDR, and ESRS compliance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Impact Consulting Services: Advisory and consulting engagements for impact measurement, CSRD compliance, double materiality assessments, and sustainability strategy. Delivered by expert consultants with 10+ years of experience in impact modelling and reporting.
2. Software Subscriptions: SaaS subscriptions for the CSRD Suite Software, enabling companies to conduct their own double materiality assessments, identify IROs, and manage stakeholder engagement. Offered with expert support as an add-on.
3. Training & E-Learning: CSRD Academy e-learning platform offering courses on CSRD, biodiversity impact, and sustainability reporting. Includes free modules and paid professional courses.
4. Data Licensing: Licensing of Global Impact Database (GID) data for compliance with SFDR, CSRD, and other sustainability regulations. Data packages are sold to financial institutions, companies, and investors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Impact Institute provides organisations with tools, technology, consultancy and education for data-driven sustainable decision-making. Its core offerings are the Global Impact Database (proprietary impact data covering 65 sectors across 140 countries), the CSRD Suite Software (a SaaS platform for double materiality assessment under CSRD/ESRS), the GID Biodiversity Dataset, and expert consulting engagements in impact measurement and valuation. The portfolio is delivered alongside the CSRD Academy e-learning platform and the Impact-Weighted Accounts Framework (IWAF) methodology co-developed with Harvard Business School.

Product overview

Impact Institute offers an integrated platform of advisory and technology products for impact management and ESG compliance. The core offerings include the Global Impact Database (GID) for environmental and social impact data, the CSRD Suite Software for regulatory compliance, and biodiversity measurement tools. These are complemented by consulting services (Impact Strategy, Impact Measurement & Valuation), the CSRD Academy for training, and the Impact Investor Tool. The portfolio also includes proprietary methodologies like the Impact-Weighted Accounts Framework (IWAF). Together, these products enable organizations to measure, manage, and report their environmental and social impacts while meeting regulatory requirements such as CSRD, SFDR, and ESRS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Global Impact Database (GID): Award-winning database providing global sector-level impact data across 65 sectors and 140 countries, covering approximately 20–30 impact indicators including climate change, air pollution, water pollution, land use, and forced labor.
• CSRD Suite Software
• CSRD Academy

Products and services

• Global Impact Database (GID) An award-winning proprietary database providing global sector-level coverage across 65 sectors and 140 countries, encompassing 20–30 impact indicators (climate change, air pollution, water pollution, land use, forced labor, etc.) with quantitative metrics and monetised impact values for direct and indirect (value chain) impacts. Licensed to financial institutions, asset managers, and companies for SFDR PAI and CSRD compliance.
• CSRD Suite Software SaaS software for ESRS/CSRD-compliant double materiality assessment; features automated IRO (Impacts, Risks, Opportunities) generation, step-by-step DMA guidance, stakeholder engagement surveys, automated double materiality matrix visualisation, and integration with TNFD and ENCORE frameworks. Used by companies conducting their own double materiality assessments under CSRD/ESRS.
• GID Biodiversity Asset Dataset Company-level biodiversity dataset measuring the biodiversity impact of companies and their value chains across the MSCI World Index (1,500+ constituents). Includes company-reported pressure data, upstream and downstream value chain impacts, four main biodiversity pressures (climate, air pollution, water pollution, land use), a geospatial land use model for 42 crops, and data for 9,100 global sectors to fill data gaps. Developed in collaboration with ACTIAM N.V.
• CSRD Academy E-learning platform offering CSRD, biodiversity, and sustainability reporting courses for sustainability and reporting professionals. Includes free introductory modules and paid professional courses; also hosts webinars such as 'Highlights of CSRD DAY'. Globally accessible via csrdacademy.com.
• CSRD Consulting Advisory services for CSRD compliance including double materiality assessment, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability reporting support. Delivered by expert consultants with 10+ years of experience in impact modelling and reporting.
• Impact Strategy Consulting Strategic advisory services helping organisations transform towards sustainable and regenerative business models. Positions impacts across social and planetary boundaries for each stakeholder.
• Impact Measurement & Valuation Services Services for quantifying and monetising impact across all capitals (natural, social, human, financial), applying the IWAF methodology so impacts become comparable with financial figures. Used by clients such as Zeeman for environmental footprint measurement and the City of Amsterdam for true-price analysis of data storage.
• Impact Investor Tool Tool helping impact investors measure and assess the environmental and social impact of their investments, typically leveraged against the Global Impact Database.
• SFDR PAI Proxy Data Packages Data packages providing proxy data for Principal Adverse Impact indicators required under SFDR, covering GHG emissions (scopes 1, 2, and 3) for country-sector combinations. Licensed to financial institutions such as Triodos Bank and Inconfin.

Quantifiable outcome

• Environmental costs of data storage are more than twice the market price — mainly due to water use in production and CO2 emissions during use phase
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Amsterdam ImpactminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner contributing input for the 2025 CSRD Best Practices Report, particularly on the local perspective and role of local communities in CSRD reporting.
• Van der Molen E.I.S.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-organiser of CSRD DAY and CSRD Awards with Impact Institute. Van der Molen E.I.S. is a sustainable entrepreneur initiative that also runs the CSRD DAY sustainability congress and CSRD Awards programme.
• Duurzaam GebouwdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-organiser of CSRD DAY sustainability conference alongside Impact Institute and Van der Molen E.I.S. Provides expertise in sustainable buildings and CSRD compliance for the built environment sector.
• PreqincoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Impact Institute partnered with Preqin, the global leader in alternative assets data, to integrate GID asset-level impact data within Preqin ESG Solutions. This enables investment professionals in private capital markets to access Impact Institute's biodiversity and impact data through Preqin's platform.
• ACTIAM N.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023ACTIAM N.V., one of the ten largest Dutch asset management companies with approximately EUR 20 billion in assets under management, actively collaborated with Impact Institute's data scientists, researchers, and biodiversity experts to develop the GID Biodiversity Asset dataset covering MSCI World Index constituents.
• TNFD Data Catalyst Working GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Impact Institute is part of the Task Force for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Data Catalyst working group, helping organisations align with biodiversity-related initiatives and frameworks.
• Finance for Biodiversity (F4B)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Impact Institute's GID Biodiversity data solution has been included in the 2nd edition of Finance for Biodiversity's Guide on Biodiversity Measurement Approaches.
• True PricecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrue Price is a sister organisation within the Impact Institute ecosystem. Both organisations collaborate on open-source standards and methodologies, including the Impact Weighted Accounts Framework (IWAF), with the shared goal of making social and ecological value visible alongside financial results to accelerate the transition to the Impact Economy.
• Impact Economy FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Economy Foundation is a sister organisation co-developing and publishing open-source standards and methodologies (IWAF) in collaboration with Impact Institute and True Price. IEF co-organises the CSRD Awards and CSRD DAY conference with Impact Institute.
• 21 Markets B.V.minorOthers21 Markets B.V. handles privacy-related matters and contact for Impact Institute. Located at Van Diemenstraat 292, 1013 CR Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• HivosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSR Africa portal developed by Ufadhili Trust, Hivos, and Impact Institute to help horticulture companies in Africa improve their social performance in gender equality, health and safety, underpayment, and water use.
• Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFSD collaborated with Impact Institute on the De Fruitmotor project to develop a nature-inclusive regional accounting framework for Rivierenland. FSD brings expertise in monetary valuation of ecosystem services through the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Watershed: Enterprise climate and ESG platform combining carbon accounting with disclosure-grade reporting for regulated sustainability mandates (CSRD, SEC). Direct overlap with Impact Institute's CSRD Suite and GID-style data offering for large enterprises.
• Sweep: Sustainability management and ESG data platform targeting mid-market and enterprise customers with carbon accounting and CSRD-style reporting. Directly comparable SaaS product positioning to Impact Institute's CSRD Suite.
• Persefoni: Climate Management & Accounting Platform serving enterprises and financial institutions with carbon accounting and SFDR/CSRD-aligned disclosure data. Comparable technology stack and customer overlap in financial services.
• South Pole Group: Global climate solutions and sustainability consultancy offering carbon accounting, climate strategy, and CSRD/SFDR advisory. Overlaps with Impact Institute's Impact Consulting and Impact Strategy services, especially for European enterprises.
• Quantis: Sustainability consulting firm specialising in environmental footprinting, science-based targets, and ESG strategy. Comparable to Impact Institute's Impact Measurement & Valuation practice across food, beauty, and industrial clients.
• Position Green: Nordic ESG software platform for sustainability reporting, CSRD double materiality, and ESG data management. Direct peer in CSRD tooling, particularly for Nordic and Northern European enterprise customers.
• EcoAct: European climate consultancy and carbon accounting provider, now part of ENGIE Impact, serving enterprises on CSRD/SFDR reporting and decarbonisation strategy. Comparable consulting-led footprint to Impact Institute's Impact Measurement practice.

Broad incumbents

• Workiva: Established cloud platform for ESG, sustainability, and financial regulatory reporting used by thousands of large enterprises. Competes with Impact Institute's CSRD Suite in double materiality and ESRS-aligned reporting workflows at the upper end of the market.
• Anthesis Group: Large global sustainability consultancy with a software arm (Anthesis Envision) for ESG data management. Competes with both Impact Institute's consulting practice and emerging software/data offerings across CSRD, SFDR, and TNFD.

Others

• True Price: Sister organisation within the Impact Institute ecosystem that co-developed the IWAF methodology. Adjacent impact valuation and true pricing services overlap conceptually with Impact Institute's monetised impact work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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