What Valuing Impact does

Valuing Impact is a boutique impact valuation consultancy founded in 2015 by Samuel Vionnet and registered in Guatemala, operating with a globally distributed team of approximately twelve specialists across Latin America, Europe, and the United States. The company serves multinational corporations, private equity and venture capital investors, family offices, and foundations, helping them translate social and environmental impacts into a single comparable monetary unit of societal value. Its core technology is the proprietary eQALY (equivalent Quality-Adjusted Life Year) Impact Valuation Method, a well-being-anchored framework that uses seven generic outcome pathways and region-specific value factors to value impacts across natural, human, and social capital. Supporting assets include the publicly available Value Factors & Outcomes Database v2.2b covering 266 countries/territories/regions, the Impact Statement Framework (IP&L) for producing a one-page societal P&L across 27 indicators, and the ROImpact Canvas that maps sustainability initiatives to 14 P&L business value levers.

The company's offerings sit across four product categories: (1) core consulting services across impact accounting, impact strategy and execution, and impact innovation and co-development; (2) data and methodology products published as open-source public goods; (3) the impactaccounting.ai automated platform that wraps the eQALY workflow into a self-service tool; and (4) vertical-specific publications such as the forthcoming Brazilian Social Impact Measurement Guide and the National Safety Council collaboration on safety and health valuation. Valuing Impact monetizes primarily through bespoke, quote-based professional services engagements with multinational and investor clients, supplemented by sponsored publication tiers (e.g., R$50–100k Founding Sponsor spots for the Brazilian guide). Customer acquisition is driven by thought leadership (whitepapers, open-access methodology papers, the 'From Measurement to Decision' case-study compilation, webinars), inbound interest through the website, and referrals from an advisory board that includes senior figures from Wilstar, Astanor, Summa Equity, and Bluerisk. The company is actively engaged with global standards bodies — Capitals Coalition, IVSB, WBCSD, and the Value Balancing Alliance ecosystem — to shape impact accounting standards and reinforce its position as an intellectual leader in the field.

Name

Valuing Impact

Legal name

Valuing Impact

Website

https://valuingimpact.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Valuing Impact is a boutique impact valuation consultancy that uses its proprietary eQALY methodology and 266-country value-factor database to translate social and environmental impacts into monetary terms for multinational corporations, impact investors, and foundations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability & Impact Valuation Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Valuation (Private Company & Enterprise) (FSAEAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Impact Investing (Intentional, Measurable Social/Environmental Outcomes) (FSAAALAC), Impact / ESG Venture Capital (FSANAAAG)

Keywords

• Impact valuation consulting
• Sustainability advisory services
• ESG strategy consulting
• Social impact measurement
• Natural capital valuation

Headquarters

HQ city

Antigua

HQ country

Guatemala

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Impact Valuation Consulting Services: The primary revenue stream is bespoke consulting engagements for businesses and investors, ranging from initial impact assessments to complex portfolio-level impact valuation. Engagements cover impact accounting system design, impact strategy and execution, and impact innovation co-development. Pricing is quote-based and engagement-specific.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Valuing Impact is a boutique consultancy that helps businesses and investors measure, understand, and act on their impact on society and nature. The firm sells bespoke impact valuation consulting engagements built on its proprietary eQALY methodology, the Impact Statement (IP&L) framework, and the publicly available Value Factors & Outcomes Database, ranging from impact accounting assessments and portfolio due diligence to impact strategy execution and co-development of new methods. It also operates impactaccounting.ai, an automated platform that ingests organizational data and produces Impact Statements directly.

Product overview

Valuing Impact offers an integrated impact accounting system comprising core methodologies, data products, and platforms. The flagship offerings include the eQALY Impact Valuation Method (the foundational valuation methodology translating impacts to well-being monetary units), the Impact Statement Framework/IP&L (a reporting matrix covering 27 indicators across three capitals), the Value Factors & Outcomes Database (publicly available value factors for 266 countries), and the ROImpact Canvas (a tool mapping sustainability initiatives to 14 P&L business value levers). These are supplemented by the Living Wage Dataset, Impact Valuation Lenses framework, and the proprietary impactaccounting.ai automated platform. The company also produces open-source methodology publications and guidance documents including the Brazilian Social Impact Measurement Guide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• eQALY Impact Valuation Method A consistent, comparable well-being-anchored valuation methodology that translates social and environmental impacts across natural, human, and social capital into a single monetary unit of societal value (change in well-being), using 7 generic outcome pathways. For businesses and investors needing comparable, decision-useful impact numbers.
• Impact Statement Framework (IP&L) An accounting framework (also known as Integrated Profit & Loss) that produces a one-page societal P&L, quantifying and valuing positive and negative societal impacts in monetary terms across the full value chain. Covers 27 impact indicators across natural capital (15), human capital (10), and social capital (2), organized as a matrix with value-chain steps in rows and capital types in columns.
• Value Factors & Outcomes Database A free, publicly available database of value factors and outcome parameters covering 266 countries, territories, and regions for impact valuation analysis across human, social, and natural capital. Includes HUI (well-being return on income), HUT (well-being return on taxes), 18 natural capital indicators via ReCiPe 2016, Living Wage data, and 5 Outcome datasets, denominated in USD (2025) and anchored to a Social Value of Life of USD 62,082.
• ROImpact Canvas A tool and methodology that maps sustainability and impact initiatives to 14 P&L business value levers (Brand & Reputation, Sales & Market Share, Fines & Regulations, Debt/Interests, OPEX, Talent, etc.) using the equation Business value = Output × Outcome × Additivity (Probability × Attribution). Complements the societal eQALY lens with financial return analysis.
• Living Wage Dataset Country-level living wages for all 266 countries and territories, with additional city-level resolution for 188 cities across 101 countries, built on the Anker and Anker framework. Used as an input to impact valuation analyses addressing human capital outcomes.
• Impact Valuation Lenses A framework defining five valuation perspectives (well-being, economic valuation, solution cost, risk impact, business value) to match different business decision-making contexts. Helps organizations select the right valuation lens for trade-off analysis, materiality, and strategy work.
• impactaccounting.ai An automated impact-accounting platform that wraps Valuing Impact's eQALY data and methods into a workflow that ingests organizational data and produces an Impact Statement directly, removing friction for organizations that want to integrate impact valuation into routine reporting.
• Referência Brasileira de Mensuração de Impacto Social A Brazilian social impact measurement guide developed in collaboration with local companies, based on Capitals Coalition protocols and IVSB standards. To be published as open access in H1 2027, with Contributor (free) and Founding Sponsor (R$50,000–100,000) participation tiers.
• Impact Accounting Consulting Services Bespoke impact accounting engagements covering value-chain impact valuation across natural, human, and social capital using the eQALY method, Impact Statement Framework, and Value Factors & Outcomes Database. For multinationals, investors, foundations, and NGOs needing comparable, defensible impact numbers.
• Impact Strategy and Execution Consulting Strategy and execution engagements that use impact valuation outputs (eQALY, ROImpact) to inform capital allocation, portfolio management, materiality, supplier prioritization, due diligence, and operational decisions for businesses and investors.
• Impact Innovation and Co-development Co-development of the next generation of impact valuation methods and tools with clients and partners, including sector-specific applications and joint methodology work with standards bodies such as the National Safety Council and Capitals Coalition.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average SROI of 1:18 across 200 investment and activity assessments — meaning for each dollar spent, $18 of societal value is delivered.
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Capitals CoalitionflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerValuing Impact is actively engaged with the Capitals Coalition, contributing to global standardization of impact accounting. The eQALY method is explicitly aligned with the Capitals Coalition's Governance for Valuation guidance. Valuing Impact participates in the coalition's standards development processes and has communicated its 10 structural requirements for value factors to support IVSB and Capitals Coalition work.
• Impact Value Standards Board (IVSB)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerValuing Impact is actively engaged with the IVSB, contributing structural requirements for value factors and participating in the development of globally accepted impact valuation standards. The IVSB was established by the Capitals Coalition to build the architecture for globally accepted impact valuation standards.
• National Safety Council (NSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerValuing Impact partnered with the NSC (funded by Lloyd's Register Foundation) to develop the full methodology for valuing safety and health from both societal and business value perspectives, producing 'The New Value of Safety and Health' report and activation guide. Valuing Impact developed a case study on Nike supply chain program as part of this partnership.
• Impact Accounting AI (impactaccounting.ai)coreTechnology or Integrationimpactaccounting.ai is Valuing Impact's automated impact-accounting platform that wraps the same eQALY data and methods into a workflow. The platform ingests organizational data and produces an Impact Statement directly, removing friction for organizations that want to integrate impact valuation into routine reporting.
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerValuing Impact collaborated with WBCSD on benchmarking natural capital accounting methods, first reporting methodological inconsistencies in impact valuation in 2021. The joint report highlighted significant methodological discrepancies in the field and advocated for transparency and consistency.
• Value Balancing Alliance (VBA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerValuing Impact is aligned with and monitors the VBA's work. In 2025, Capitals Coalition completed a strategic merger with IFVI and formed a partnership with VBA to standardize impact accounting methodology — Valuing Impact is engaged with the resulting ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PwC (Strategy&): Big Four firm with established Total Impact Measurement & Valuation framework and Climate-related impact services; competes for the same board-level impact-valuation mandates from large multinationals.
• EY (Climate Change and Sustainability Services): Big Four firm offering sustainability advisory, non-financial reporting, and impact valuation services; competes with Valuing Impact for the same multinational audit-adjacent and CSRD-driven impact mandates.
• KPMG (True Value / Impact services): Big Four firm offering enterprise-wide impact valuation and "True Value" services to large corporates; broad incumbent with overlapping methodology and significantly greater delivery capacity for multinational clients.

Others

• Social Value International: Global standards body for Social Return on Investment (SROI) and social value methodology; functions as both an ecosystem enabler and a methodological reference point that shapes how Valuing Impact's clients frame impact valuation.
• Deloitte (Sustainability & Climate services):
• Capitals Coalition: Global coalition advancing natural, social, and human capital accounting; Valuing Impact is explicitly aligned with its Governance for Valuation guidance and contributes to its standards processes, making it both a partner and an indirect competitor for influence over the field.

Direct peers

• WifOR Institute: German research institute that translates economic activity into monetized impact drivers via its WISIT (Sustainability Impact Tool); explicitly partnered with Valuing Impact on the S&P 500 societal value analysis, making it both a methodological collaborator and a direct peer in monetized impact valuation.
• Sinzer: Amsterdam-based impact advisory and SROI/social value consulting firm serving corporates, investors, and NGOs across Europe and emerging markets — a like-sized boutique peer with comparable SROI and impact measurement offerings.
• Impact Institute: Amsterdam-based impact valuation consultancy that produces integrated profit & loss (IP&L) accounts and monetizes social/environmental impacts for businesses and investors — direct methodological and customer-overlap competitor to Valuing Impact.
• Value Balancing Alliance: Coalition of large multinationals (including several Valuing Impact clients) developing standardized impact valuation methodologies; the 2025 strategic merger with IFVI and Capitals Coalition partnership makes it both a partner and a direct rival for methodological authority.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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