Social impact
Journal article
Measurement of the translation and impact from a childhood obesity trial programme: rationale and protocol for a research impact assessment
Background: There is growing recognition amongst health and medical research funders and researchers that translation of research into policy and practice needs to increase and that more transparency is needed on how impacts are realised. Several approaches are advocated for achieving this, including co-production of research or academic-practitioner research.
Report
Views from the impact investing playing field in Australia on what’s happening and what’s needed next
In 2017 the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing undertook a scan of the impact investing field in Australia to assess what has changed over the last three years since the last scan in 2014, what is happening and what is needed to inform the next wave of strategy development to support the ongoing development...
Guide
Social impact assessment guideline: for state significant mining, petroleum production and extractive industry development
Social impact assessment is the process of identifying, predicting, evaluating and developing responses to the social impacts of a proposed state significant resource project, as part of the overall environmental impact assessment of that project.
Article
SVA Fundamentals for Impact: Are you doing good?
The SVA Fundamentals for Impact enable organisations to assess whether they are being effective and how to do better.
Report
Measuring impact with social return on investment
This report introduces Social Return on Investment and highlights the importance of measuring social impact.