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Optimizing for Impact: What are the five dimensions of impact?
Article
ImpactAlpha. Author Cathy Clark
PART 2 The Purposeful Investment Landscape
Traditional Wealth Management
A Green Look at How They Work
Examines how to define and assess impact using the five key dimensions from the Impact Management Project, enhancing their investment decision-making process.

Article (ImpactAlpha) by Cathy Clark — “Optimizing for Impact: What are the five dimensions of impact?” offers a concise, visual explanation of the Impact Management Project’s five dimensions and recommends using them as a five‑part checklist to define and assess impact; included in Part 2 (The Purposeful Investment Landscape) under Chapter “Traditional Wealth Management” → Sub Chapter “A Green Look at How They Work” to give wealth managers a practical framework for improving investment decisions by adding context beyond simple WHAT/HOW MUCH metrics, guiding SDG targeting and data‑collection conversations (source: ImpactAlpha/Coursera materials). URL: https://impactalpha.com/optimizing-for-impact-what-are-the-five-dimensions-of-impact/
