OECD Workshop: Measuring Business Impacts on People’s Well-being, 23-24 February 2017, Paris, France, More information at: http://www.oecd.org/statistics/oecd-workshop-on-measuring-business-impacts-on-peoples-well-being.htm

1. INVESTING IN SOCIAL IMPACT
Paris, 24 February 2017
Filipe Silva
Email: filipe.silva@oecd.org

2. • Phase I
– Started in 2013
– Task-Force on Social Impact Investment established by G7
– Expert meetings on definitions, data and measurement
– 2015 report Social Impact Investment: Building the evidence base
– Overview of concepts, available data and how to move forward on
measurement.
• Phase II
– Since 2016
– SII framed in the context of SDGs and focus on development
– Moving forward on data; Case studies; Workshops; and Policy actions
– Report planned to be launched by early-2018
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OECD work on SII

3. SII Framework
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4. • Different data for different players, needs and purposes
• Investors
– Risk-Return-Impact profiles
– Benchmarking
– Market size and growth potential
• Measuring impact in a comparable way is key
– Across countries and regions
– Across social target areas (“sectors”)
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What kind of data?

5. Comparability? Example of social target areas
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Further work on data comparability
• Goal
– Move towards greater transparency in the SII
market by increasing data comparability
• Deliverables
– Preparation of draft global data standards
– Transparency charter
– Development of guidelines
– Development of an implementation plan
GSG in Chicago
in July 2017
SII Phase II
Report 2017/18

7. • Harmonisation
• Incentives
– for Businesses
– for Investors
• Regulation
– Impact reporting
– Corporate law
• Tax regimes
• Other (policy) tools
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Some topics for discussion

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Thank you!
For more information, please visit:
www.oecd.org/sti/ind/social-impact-investment.htm