This is a report on the first pass at "crosswalking" two prominent sets of indicators used by social entrepreneurs worldwide: IRIS, and the Sustainable Development Goals. This was conducted by the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship in spring of 2016, and presented at the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs conference in June 2016.

1. SDG-IRIS
Crosswalk!
ANDE Metrics Conference
June 2016, Washington, DC
Joseph Schuchter, DrPH
Miller Center
for Social Entrepreneurship

2. – Background
– Methods
– Results
– Discussion
Outline

3. • 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?

4. IRIS SDG
Yes 13 58
No 16 5
No, but we plan to 22 10
Not sure, I'm not familiar with IRIS 29 7
• Does your organization use…?

5. SDG IRIS
Purpose End poverty, protect the
planet, and ensure
prosperity for all.
Measure the social,
environmental and
financial performance of
an investment.
Audience Governments, the private
sector, civil society.
Impact investors and social
enterprises.
Structure
Top-level 17 goals 12 sectors
Second-level 169 targets 559 metrics

6. 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

9. • 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

10. RESULTS
SDG: 126 Targets
IRIS: 429 Metrics
SDG: 128 Targets
41 Targets
130 Metrics

11. SDG
# of
targets
# of targets
aligned w/
IRIS
# of
related
IRIS
metrics
1. No Poverty 7 1 1
2. Zero Hunger 8 0 0
3. Good Health and Well-Being 13 4 5
4. Quality Education 10 7 19
5. Gender Equality 9 1 1
6. Clean Water and Sanitation 8 3 11
7. Affordable and Clean Energy 5 2 11
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth 12 4 16
9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure 8 1 2

12. SDG
# of
targets
# of targets
aligned w/
IRIS
# of
related
IRIS
metrics
10. Reduce Inequalities 10 1 6
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities 10 5 12
12. Responsible Consumption and Production 11 5 29
13. Climate Action 5 1 3
14. Life Below Water 10 1 1
15. Life on Land 12 4 11
16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions 12 0 0
17. Partnerships for the Goals 19 1 2

13. • SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
– “To encourage companies… to adopt sustainable
practices and to integrate sustainability information into
their reporting cycle”

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

15. • jschuchter@scu.edu