About the company
GIST Impact is a technology enabled impact measurement company. Their mission is to become the world's leading Analytics, Solutions and Insights firm. This way, they want to help their clients discover, measure, value and manage their externalities' impact, and thus make more sustainable decisions.GIST Impact's inception year
2005
KOIS investment year
2020
Targets corporates, investors & banks, policy makers & regulators and NGOs
Active globally
Understanding impact with a revolutionary sustainability assessment platform
GIST Impact– short for Global Initiative for a Sustainable Tomorrow – turns sustainability metrics into insights. They do so for clients ranging between corporations, financial institutions, non-profits, governments, academic institutions, think-tanks, industry associations and many other types of organizations.
They work at the intersection of Sustainability, Big Data Analytics, & Intelligent Computing. With their technology-enabled solutions, they empower governments and policy makers to measure impact. Their platforms provide insights at global, national and regional levels. These lead to the development and implementation of the right policies, resulting in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.
GIST Impact’s purpose is to help create a Sustainable Tomorrow: a world in which governments and corporations can measure and manage what matters. By going beyond usual measures such as GDP and profit, they wish to nurture a greener & more equitable economy. This purpose, fully aligned with KOIS’ environmental impact objectives, is what drove us to invest in GIST Impact in 2020.
Discover our other projects
The Crop Trust Food Security Bond: ensuring sustainable funding for the conservation of crop diversity
The Crop Trust is an international nonprofit organization working to preserve global crop diversity – a key element in protecting global food security for future generations.
In 2020, KOIS supported the Crop Trust in testing the feasibility of the Food Security Bond, which is designed to ensure long-term funding for its operations.
Promoting innovative business models in food and land use in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2020, as a response to the growing need for innovative climate-smart solutions in land use sectors, KOIS supported a major European impact asset manager to set up a catalytic finance facility promoting truly innovative business models in food and land use in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Emoha: empowering elders to enjoy their lives to the fullest
For Elders & their families Emoha is a “connected” community that brings together world class expertise to deliver single-click access to a range of health & emergency, social & engagement, & conveniences at home. This way, they can enjoy life to the fullest because at Emoha, it’s about elders first.
