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2.  ''Effects - significant effects.''
2.  ''Sustainability - environmental impact''.
 
Abbreviation for environmental impact.
 
 
3.  ''Effects - significant effects.''


Any effect on an individual, organisation, or system.
Any effect on an individual, organisation, or system.
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3.  ''Verb.''
4.  ''Verb.''


To have an effect, especially a substantial effect.
To have an effect, especially a substantial effect.
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Business impact analysis]]
* [[Business impact analysis]]
* [[Environmental impact]]
* [[Environmental Impact Assessment]]  (EIA)
* [[ESG Credit Impact Scores]]
* [[ESG Credit Impact Scores]]
* [[Global Impact Investing Network]]
* [[Global Impact Investing Network]]

Revision as of 15:37, 16 December 2021

1. Sustainability - impact reporting - Impact Management Project (IMP).

For the purposes of impact management and reporting, the IMP defines impact as a change in an outcome caused by an organisation.

Such a change can be positive or negative, intended or unintended.


2. Sustainability - environmental impact.

Abbreviation for environmental impact.


3. Effects - significant effects.

Any effect on an individual, organisation, or system.

Especially a substantial effect.

For example, business impact analysis includes analysing the potentially negative effects of disruption on business activities.


4. Verb.

To have an effect, especially a substantial effect.


See also


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