In the words of Catherine Von Dahle, Nov’Impact Founder, who is launching this initiative:

“… our idea is to provide information that is valid and comparable across sectors. Our intuition pushes us to propose a scale of:

• the fragility of beneficiaries (as described by Maslow, there is a range of concerns from emergency situations to self-fulfillment)
• the intended leverage effect (accessibility of the service, improvement of living conditions, empowerment …)
• the effectiveness of the activity (depth, scope, cost ..)
• the growth path (model, governance, sharing, ..)
• other positive and negative externalities
• credibility of information (labels, ..) »

To learn more about the project, read this article (in french): Participate in the co-construction of the Social Index Nov’impact

Note to those who wish to co-build this index, please contact Catherine directly: catherine@novimpact.org