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Why early-stage social ventures are embracing ‘product-impact’ fit (ImpactAlpha)

Is measuring impact from the get-go really unreasonable? Four years of partnership between Catalyst Fund and 60 Decibels have demonstrated the value of understanding the impact of startup ventures from their earliest days.

Investors find child-lens impact through interviews with customers (ImpactAlpha)

Lindsay Smalling (60dB) and Erin Egan (UNICFEF USA's Impact Fund for Children) explore where impact on children is already apparent in three major sectors: off-grid energy, agriculture, and microfinance.

Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains (Sustainable Brands)

60 Decibels Agriculture Lead, Ellie Turner, features in Sustainable Brands unpacking key findings from the 2024 Coffee Farmer Thriving Index report.

Improving livelihoods with ‘productive use appliances’ and other off-grid innovations

Though electrification rates are growing, growth remains uneven, particularly in Africa. At the 2024 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum in Nairobi, investors talked risk mitigation, blended finance and opportunities for growth.

A Better Way to Measure Social Impact (Harvard Business Review)

Explore how Bayer’s Crop Science division has developed reliable stakeholder reported measures of the social impact of its inclusive growth projects with the support of 60 Decibels.

Smallholder farmer adoption of agtech ‘high but inconsistent,’ (AgFunderNews)

Jennifer Marston, AgFunderNews, shares 4 key findings from our report: 'Digital Farmer Services in Kenya: The Farmer Perspective'.

Grassroots Power: The Success and Promise of Local Renewable Energy Enterprises (Power for All)

Kat Harrison (60dB) digs into insights uncovered on the impact of locally-owned energy organizations from Why Off-Grid Energy Matters 2024.

Measuring impact by listening to smallholder farmers at scale in Latin America (ImpactAlpha)

Carla Grados Villamar (60dB) and Camila Aguilar (Fundación Alpina) explore insights from speaking directly to 200+ farmers across 5 countries in Latin America.

El rol de las fintech en la inclusión financiera de Perú y Chile

El análisis, resultado de una asociación con Kayyak Ventures y CIM, muestra el impacto de la fintech chilena Galgo en ambos países, con énfasis en migrantes.

79,000 Interviewed in World’s Largest Off-Grid Energy Report Grounded in Customer Voice

60 Decibels is proud to announce the publication of Why Off-Grid Energy Matters 2024, the world’s most comprehensive impact assessment of the off-grid sector to date.

The Next Frontier in Inclusive Fintech: The Value of Client-Centric Impact Measurement

As the fintech industry expands, placing the customer’s perspective at the forefront becomes increasingly crucial, to ensure that fintech solutions are responsible and genuinely enhance clients’ lives.

How three investors are measuring their impact on climate resilience

The following case studies demonstrate how three different investors have approached measuring impacts on resilience, with an aim to provide practical examples of how investors can more easily measure resilience and contribute to closing the adaptation finance gap.

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Why early-stage social ventures are embracing ‘product-impact’ fit (ImpactAlpha)

Investors find child-lens impact through interviews with customers (ImpactAlpha)

Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains (Sustainable Brands)

Improving livelihoods with ‘productive use appliances’ and other off-grid innovations

A Better Way to Measure Social Impact (Harvard Business Review)

Smallholder farmer adoption of agtech ‘high but inconsistent,’ (AgFunderNews)

Grassroots Power: The Success and Promise of Local Renewable Energy Enterprises (Power for All)

Measuring impact by listening to smallholder farmers at scale in Latin America (ImpactAlpha)

El rol de las fintech en la inclusión financiera de Perú y Chile

79,000 Interviewed in World’s Largest Off-Grid Energy Report Grounded in Customer Voice

The Next Frontier in Inclusive Fintech: The Value of Client-Centric Impact Measurement

How three investors are measuring their impact on climate resilience

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