Part I: GIIRS Overview
GIIRS Ratings & Analytics adds value to investors, advisors, funds and companies by: (1) measuring social and environmental impact; (2) providing comparable, independent, and verified metrics & ratings and (3) creating customized reporting and analytics solutions. In this section, learn about -
- What is a GIIRS Impact Rating?
- History of GIIRS and Relationship with B Lab
- Governance
- Approach to Impact Assessment
- IRIS & GIIRS
Part II: GIIRS Company Impact Ratings
What ratings products are available for companies seeking investment capital? GIIRS offers a company seeking investment capital a rating of its social and environmental impact including: (1) an overall rating; (2) ratings in approximately 15 sub-categories; (3) key performance indicators (KPI's) relevant to the company's industry, geography, size, and social mission; and benchmark data highlighting a company's performance as compared to its peers. In this section, learn about -
- GIIRS Company Assessment Structure
- GIIRS Assessment Weightings & Star Ratings
- Company Rating Process including data verification details
Part III: GIIRS Fund Impact Ratings
What ratings products are available for fund managers? GIIRS Fund Rating is comprised of the score from a Fund Manager Assessment (10% of total rating) and an aggregation of the scores of the companies in the fund's portfolio (90% of total rating). In this section, learn about -
- GIIRS Fund Rating Methodology including criteria to get a GIIRS Fund Rating
- Fund Ratings Process including data verification details
- Fund Manager Assessment - components of the fund manager assessment depending on the fund's market type, investing status and security type
- Investment Roll-Up - how a fund's portfolio company ratings are integrated into the overall fund rating
Part IV: Appendix
- Appendix I: Privacy
- Appendix II: Other Disclosures
- Appendix III: GIIRS and Theory of Change Logic Model
- Appendix IV: GIIRS Company Assessment - Key Issues and Indicators
- Appendix V: Relationship of the Impact Focused Business Models to Each Impact Area
- Appendix VI: Company Assessment Weights Charts by Geography, Size, Sector
- Appendix VII: County Classification List - classification of all countries globally into developed, emerging and frontier markets
- Appendix VIII: Fund Manager Assessment Weightings - to learn how the fund manager assessment is weighted and scored