Sustainability

Learm how our supplier iShamba is advancing farming outcomes in East Africa.

As climate change continues to destroy vulnerable communities, the impact community's approach needs to adapt. Current approaches are slowing the planet's degradation, but more needs to be done before true climate reversibility is possible.

CGM and its partner organizations advocate for results-based financing, which increases the efficacy and transparency of impact-focused giving. Current approaches often fail to produce meaningful outcomes, and the popular perception of best practices must change if investors seek to make actual change in the future.

There have been countless articles in the last few months detailing the many failings of ESG. Perhaps the industry should consider using rigorously quantified, independently verified and valued social impacts as both more credible performance markers and valuable assets.