IAAF is a Section 8 not-for-profit company dedicated to strengthening the quality, credibility, and usefulness of impact assessment reports. It was co-founded by two practitioners who have spent decades inside every part of the impact assessment chain — and is guided by an Advisory Council whose members have shaped the frameworks that give impact reporting its authority. Level 4 full accreditation is reviewed by an independent Accreditation Committee drawn from a distinguished pool of evaluators and practitioners.
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 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.
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 as a developmental tool, helping practitioners to strengthen their impact reporting and the design of their interventions.
Impact is relational and multi-dimensional, shaped by social, institutional, and temporal contexts, and not just numeric measures.
Methodological choices shall be fit-for-purpose, with qualitative, quantitative, or mixed approaches selected based on evaluation questions, scale, and materiality.
Accreditation assesses the credibility of the assessment process, including design, evidence, and reasoning, and does not constitute validation of outcome performance or impact claims.
Public disclosure and scrutiny are integral to legitimacy, enabling accountability, learning, and continuous improvement beyond the accrediting decision.
Between the reality of what an organisation does and how it accounts for it.
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From the architect of India's CSR policy to a member of the IFRS Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council — the Advisory Council brings together legislative authority, academic depth, and practitioner experience across India, Turkey, and the United States.
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The Accreditation Committee is distinct from the Advisory Council. When an organisation applies for Level 4 full accreditation, IAAF selects three members from this pool to conduct an independent review against all nine principles — including the public comment period and formal accreditation decision.
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