Hosted by Impatec, part of Impact Institute - Wednesday 16 September - 15:00 - 16:00 (CEST)
For impact investors and investors interested in sustainability - where we share our thinking on AI-driven impact measurement and introduce the Impact Intelligence tool
Welcome
We will introduce our speakers and agenda for the day (by Simone van Klaveren)
Speakers:
Adrian de Groot Ruiz, CEO & Co-Founder Impact Institute
Adrian is the CEO and Co-founder of Impact Institute. He is also the Co-Founder of True Price (and True Price Foundation) and the Co-Initiator and Board Member of the Impact Economy Foundation. Adrian holds a cum laude PhD in Economics from the University of Amsterdam, and has served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Utrecht University since 2022. He was recognised as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum and as one of the top-20 of most influential people in sustainability by the Dutch newspaper Trouw.
Rogier Schutte, Head of Product Impatec
Rogier Schutte is a software expert with over 10 years of experience as a founder of several startups before he joined Impact Institute, when he worked within a wide range of industries, from fintech to health tech. Rogier is a skilled product manager with a focus on user research and usability. He helped set up Impatec, the impact and sustainability software arm by Impact Institute.
Host: Simone van Klaveren, Sr Manager External Affairs & Strategic Partnerships
Simone manages our External Affairs, Marketing & Communications, including the development of our strategic multistakeholder partnerships. Before joining Impact Institute, she worked at London's Pioneers Post – the leading international social enterprise and impact investors news platform.
Introduction: our vision on AI in impact measurement
Our CEO Adrian de Groot Ruiz will give a brief introduction on Impact Institute, Impatec and our vision on why we set up Impact Intelligence, and how we build with AI.
Talking points:
Our vision and principles for using AI in a, high-stakes field like impact investing and ESG
Our no 'black box AI' promise: why we treat AI as extended intelligence rather than an automated black box: in our view every output should be explainable by a person, not just generated by a model
How we safeguard data security and critical thinking in the design of the tool (EU-hosted, zero data retention with LLM providers)
Impact Intelligence, how the tool is built
Our technology expert Rogier will explain more about our tooling.
Talking points:
How the tool is structured, and the years of methodological knowledge from Impact Institute that underpin it
Examples of how we use the tool ourselves in our own client work - it's built on real practice, not just theory
Continuous improvement: how feedback from daily use feeds back into the models and workflows
How to use Impact Intelligence in practice
Rogier will continue to speak how the tool can be used, and already is used by some of our clients
Talking points:
How the tool fits into an investment lifecycle and existing reporting flow, rather than sitting next to it
Support across the full investment lifecycle: from initial screening and due diligence, through investment monitoring, to exit
Consistency across annual (YoY) impact assessments, as the underlying models, calculations and methods stay the same year after year, results become far more robust and comparable over time
Live quick demo of Impact Intelligence
A hands-on walkthrough of the tool itself: how a screening, assessment or annual reassessment actually looks and feels in practice, using real workflows from scoping to reporting.
Q&A
Simone opens the floor for questions from the audience, drawing on what's been submitted via chat throughout the session as well as live questions.