SDG-IRIS Crosswalk!

ANDE Metrics Conference June 2016, Washington, DC

Joseph Schuchter, DrPH Miller Center

for Social Entrepreneurship

–  Background –  Methods –  Results –  Discussion

Outline

•  Different but overlapping purposes and audiences –  social entrepreneurs are interested in transformative

change –  what resonates?

•  Help social entrepreneurs speak to investors •  Growing glut of metrics to sort through, increasing

demand for an integrated framework

Why crosswalk?

IRIS SDGYes 13 58No 16 5No,butweplanto 22 10Notsure,I'mnotfamiliarwithIRIS 29 7

•  Does your organization use…?

SDG IRIS

Purpose Endpoverty,protecttheplanet,andensureprosperityforall.

Measurethesocial,environmentalandfinancialperformanceofaninvestment.

Audience Governments,theprivatesector,civilsociety.

Impactinvestorsandsocialenterprises.

Structure

Top-level 17goals 12sectors

Second-level 169targets 559metrics

Health (SDG 3?) Housing/ Community Development (SDG 11?) Land Conservation (SDG 15?) Water (SDG 6?) Other

Agriculture (SDG 2?) Education (SDG 4?) Energy (SDG 7?) Environment Financial Services Financial Services: Microfinance Financial Services: Microinsurance

•  Single student knowledgeable of both systems •  Initially IRIS 3.0 then 4.0, using IRIS guide on changes •  Focused on “direct” connections •  Erred on the side of “no match”

•  Step 1: 559 IRIS metrics matched to 17 SDGs •  Step 2: Added SDG targets. Eliminated some matches

and created other new ones

METHODS

RESULTS

SDG: 126 Targets

IRIS: 429 Metrics

SDG: 128 Targets 41 Targets

130 Metrics

SDG #oftargets

#oftargetsalignedw/

IRIS

#ofrelatedIRIS

metrics

1.NoPoverty 7 1 12.ZeroHunger 8 0 03.GoodHealthandWell-Being 13 4 54.QualityEducation 10 7 195.GenderEquality 9 1 16.CleanWaterandSanitation 8 3 117.AffordableandCleanEnergy 5 2 118.DecentWorkandEconomicGrowth 12 4 169.Industry,Innovation,andInfrastructure 8 1 2

SDG #oftargets

#oftargetsalignedw/

IRIS

#ofrelatedIRIS

metrics

10.ReduceInequalities 10 1 611.SustainableCitiesandCommunities 10 5 1212.ResponsibleConsumptionandProduction 11 5 2913.ClimateAction 5 1 314.LifeBelowWater 10 1 115.LifeonLand 12 4 1116.Peace,Justice,andStrongInstitutions 12 0 017.PartnershipsfortheGoals 19 1 2

•  SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production –  “To encourage companies… to adopt sustainable

practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle”

•  How to implement in your organization? •  How to improve? •  How to build-out for ecosystem?

DISCUSSION

•  jschuchter@scu.edu