The IFC Operating Principles for Impact Management (the Principles) have been developed by a group of asset owners, managers, and allocators to describe essential features of managing investment funds with the intent to contribute to measurable positive social, economic, or environmental impact, alongside financial returns… Impact investments have the potential to make a significant contribution to important outcomes by addressing challenges related to, for example, economic inequality, access to clean water and sanitation, agriculture productivity, and natural resource conservation... The Principles have been formulated based on two fundamental concepts: (1) core elements of a robust impact management system; and (2) transparency of signatories’ level of alignment with the Principles... [Principles include:] 

• Define strategic impact objective(s), consistent with the investment strategy...
• Establish the investor’s contribution to the achievement of impact... [and]
• Assess, address, monitor, and manage the potential negative effects of each investment... [among others]