Increase Sales and Reputation
• Increase revenue by up to 20%
• Drive up to 20% price premium
• Build a reputation asset based on CR worth up to 11% of total firm value
Enhance Firm Value, Share Price & Reduce Risk
• Increase market value by up to 6%
• Over a 15 year period, increase stakeholder value by $1.28 billion
• Reduce systemic risk by 4%
Improve Human Resources
- Reduce the company’s turnover rate by up to 50%
- Increase employee productivity by up to 13%
- Increase employee engagement by up to 4%
ABOUT IMPACT ROI
Our Story
The world has entered the sustainability era.
Every business, non-profit, social enterprise, and government agency needs a partner to help it deliver superior results against a scorecard of financial, social, and environmental key performance indicators.
This is the role and mission of Impact ROI. It’s the purpose that drives us, and the experience and expertise we’ve built over decades.
As the lead author of the Project ROI research series, acclaimed by Forbes magazine as a game-changer for the field, we have developed the pathway for companies, civil society organizations, and government agencies to deliver sustainable impact for people, planet, and profit.
Our Services
We support our clients across the full range of services and research they need to help them achieve superior social, environmental, and financial performance. Our clients include leading businesses, social enterprises, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and government agencies.
Our core services include:
Impact Strategies
Design strategies that achieve measurable social, environmental, and financial impact.
The Business Case
Make and measure the business case for ESG (environment, social, and governance, including sustainability and corporate social responsibility). Project the financial value and payback for your organization.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communications
Design and implement stakeholder engagement strategies and develop communication strategies to build the trust and support of key stakeholders and audiences.
Outcome & Impact Measurement
Measurement is essential but challenging. Our approach balances rigor with practicality, using metrics to support continuous improvement and competitive positioning.
ESG and CSR Services
Our leading experts and former practitioners can support the full range of ESG and CSR needs. Our advantage is that we go beyond cookie-cutter approaches to connect your core ESG and CSR activities to impact and value-creating strategies.
Partnership Development
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals requires cooperation. Our unique experience and knowledge make multi-sector partnerships succeed.
Building Purpose-driven, Sustainable Organizations
Define your company’s purpose and enhance organizational culture, policies, processes, and procedures while developing organizational and staff capabilities.
Enhancing ESG Due Diligence
We support Financial Service, Private Equity, Legal, and other firms seeking to understand how ESG risks and opportunities will factor into the potential growth and success of investments.
Facilitation and Training
Our team includes world-renowned facilitators and trainers across the core elements of ESG.
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Why Impact ROI?
Impact ROI has the knowledge and tools you need to make meaningful and lasting progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in a way that supports financial objectives.
- The leader in defining and measuring the financial and competitive business case for sustainability.
- The leader in designing and building Impact ESG, Sustainability, and CSR strategies.
- Trusted by business and external stakeholders alike.
Dozens of Leading Clients Across Sectors
Lead Author of the 3 Project ROI Research Reports
Decades of Experience
Our Team
Steve Rochlin
CEO and Founder
Steve Rochlin formed Impact ROI as the new banner to continue the work of IO
Bob Beer
Senior Advisor
Bob has 30 years experience in business-to-business marketing, product and market development, and
Louise Hilsen
Senior Advisor
Louise Hilsen draws on more than three decades of public policy experience in Washington, DC and
Terry Huang
Senior Advisor
Terry Huang is Professor and Director of the Center for Systems and Community Design at the City
Chris Lloyd
Senior Advisor
Chris is the former executive director of corporate responsibility for Verizon Communications. For over 25
Jessica McGlyn
Senior Advisor
Jessica is Founder and President of Catalynics, a consultancy with the mission to help corporations
Andy Molinsky
Senior Advisor
Andy Molinsky is a Professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School, with a joint
Rodell Mollineau
Senior Advisor
Rodell Mollineau is a political and public affairs strategist with 20 years of experience
Lisa Novick
Senior Advisor
Lisa has worked in the marketing/communications and philanthropy fields for 30 years. She ran the
Matt Rees
Senior Advisor
Matthew Rees is the founder of Geonomica, an editorial consulting firm that works with clients on
Lisa White
Senior Advisor
Lisa has a Master’s in Public health from the University of Washington (UW), focusing on Maternal
Garnet Heraman
Senior Advisor
Garnet S. Heraman is an investor + influencer with over 25 years experience at the intersection of brands,
Lane Jost
Senior Advisor
Lane Jost, is Head of ESG Advisory US, Edelman Smithfield
Lane is a seasoned ESG executive having
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What People Say About Us
Michael S. Carren
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Guardian Life Insurance CompanyImpact ROI provides the most informed and thoughtful research, consulting and guidance that a Corporate Responsibility leader can wish for. Their deep experience in the space, coupled with their outstanding research capabilities and market intelligence allows CR practitioners to unify their business strategies, support for their company’s priorities and true impact on society to create wins for all involved. If you are a CR professional that wants to integrate your strategy to have maximum impact for your company, its brand and the communities you serve, Impact ROI is the right partner to enlist.
Luis Neves
Managing Director and CEO Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)Impact ROI has been a valued strategic partner for GeSI for the past five years. They deliver top quality research, expert analysis, and creative and actionable recommendations that have helped us to enhance our strategy and services. They have earned the trust of our leading corporate members and the wider stakeholder community we engage with. They are proven experts across a wide range of sustainability issues. I am happy to provide my strong recommendation and endorsement for their work.
Dave Stangis
Chief Sustainability Officer, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility The Campbell Soup CompanySteve and Impact ROI have been providing sustainability and business executives with actionable insights and useful tools for years while forecasting what’s coming next. Project ROI has been vital to establish sustainability as an essential and high-value business function.
Nancy Gillis
CEO, The Green Electronics CouncilSteve and his team at Impact ROI were invaluable in identifying emerging trends in sustainability as part of a strategic planning process and translating those trends into opportunities and risks for my organization. If done by anyone else, this project could have been too “pie in the sky” with minimal business value but Steve and his team know how to do the hard work of turning thought into action and integrating sustainability into organizations. This is a combination that is both rare and invaluable and I’m very appreciative to have Impact ROI as a strategic partner.
Maureen Kline
Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability, Pirelli Tire North AmericaThe work of Steve Rochlin and his team on measuring the ROI of sustainability is groundbreaking. Sustainability practitioners know there is a business case to be made for sustainability but need tools to help measure impacts and articulate the case for investing in the enormous cultural shift that sustainability represents. The sustainability of the future needs to be grounded in the financial language and metrics of sound, profit-focused business, and Impact ROI can help provide research and communication tools to get us there.