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Social impacts are typically long-term, making it challenging to evaluate the success and effectiveness of initiatives in the short term. This can lead to misaligned expectations and difficulties in ...

In the past two decades, impact evaluation has become an unavoidable topic in the social sector. Yet beyond the discourse on how to measure social impact lies a structural problem: We are not ...

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Large companies around the world disclose sustainability information in their ESG reports. Much of the content is climate-related, but many companies also report on social impacts — the “S” in ESG.