The Impact Assessment Accreditation Forum is a Section 8 not-for-profit company dedicated to strengthening the quality, credibility, and usefulness of impact assessment reports across sectors.
Increasingly, civil society organisations, companies, impact investors, multilateral bodies, and governments seek to understand the social, environmental, and economic impact of their interventions. Yet inconsistencies in methodologies and reporting practices limit understanding and effective decision-making.
IAAF was established to address this gap. We provide a principles-based standard and a structured accreditation pathway — from instant AI-powered benchmarking to full independent accreditation — that helps organisations move beyond compliance-driven reporting towards genuinely credible impact assessment.
We are registered as a Section 8 company under the Companies Act, 2013, underscoring our commitment to operating in the public interest, independent of commercial pressures.
IAAF administers the Impact Report Accreditation Standard (Ver 2.0), a nine-principle framework for evaluating the credibility of impact assessment reports. We offer four levels of engagement — from free AI benchmarking to full committee-based accreditation — allowing organisations to progressively strengthen their reporting.
Beyond accreditation, we contribute to the field through thought leadership, methodology guidance, and community engagement. The Standard is designed not only as an evaluative mechanism but as a developmental tool, helping practitioners improve both their reporting and the design of their interventions.
Shaped by social, institutional, and temporal contexts — cannot always be reduced to numeric measures.
Selected based on evaluation questions, scale, and materiality — not methodological preference.
Accreditation assesses the integrity of the assessment process, not the success of the project.
Public disclosure and scrutiny are integral to accountability and continuous improvement.
IAAF's advisory council brings expertise across impact assessment, evaluation methodology, social development, and institutional governance.