Insights for Action: Impact Monetisation

In this seminar the Skoll Centre will discuss impact monetisation, within the context of impact measurement. In response to the increasing demands of measuring social and environmental impact, there has been renewed interest in assigning monetary numbers to social and environmental value. With this comes a range of different approaches, choices, and consequences. Join Sam Vionnet, Founder of Valuing Impact, and Karim Harji, Director of the Oxford Impact Measurement Programme, with Marya Besharov, Academic Director of the Skoll Centre, as for a timely and provocative discussion on monetizing and valuing impact.

The seminar will be followed by an outdoor garden reception.

Speaking:

Karim Harji is the Programme Director of the Oxford Impact Measurement Programme at the Said Business School, University of Oxford, where he also teaches in the Impact Investing and Impact Finance Innovations executive programmes. He is also a Skoll Centre Fellow. Karim has published on industry trends and innovative practices in impact investing; supported field-building initiatives to promote the value and integrity of impact measurement; and designed social impact education and training programs across established and emerging markets.

Samuel Vionnet is the founder of Valuing Impact, a boutique consulting firm which supports organizations to measure and value natural, social and human capital across value chains, to support decision-making and strategies. Valuing impact works with multinational companies, impact funds and family offices across the world while investing in parallel in the development of data and methods innovations for the next generation of impact measurement.

Moderator:

Professor Marya Besharov is Professor of Organisations and Impact and Academic Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. Her research and teaching focus on leadership, social impact, and hybrid organisations. She engages with leaders and organisations worldwide to help them manage competing demands of social impact and financial performance. Marya received a BA in Social Studies, an MA in Sociology, and a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from Harvard University. She also holds an MBA from Stanford University.