In general I think criteria along the lines of those proposed are useful.
But if the objective is to nudge the valuation community (in reality, consultancies more than businesses) towards standardisation, and therefore build broader confidence in the process, then I think you're missing a step.
The first step is standardisation of impact pathways. The Coalition and Value Commission could produce a compendium of detailed impact pathways covering all of the typical types of social and natural capital impacts and dependencies. These need to be more detailed than those produced as illustrative examples by the coalition to date.
Impact pathways should be consistent, across different applications. The relative importance of different impact end points will change. But the relationships are fairly consistent. It would be a hugely valuable step forward to get consistency on those first. Then the criteria apply to how those pathways are adapted and applied to a specific context and business need.
Having these first would also allow the criteria to be more targeted and specific. See other comments, but several of the criteria presented are too vague to be useful
In general I think criteria along the lines of those proposed are useful.
But if the objective is to nudge the valuation community (in reality, consultancies more than businesses) towards standardisation, and therefore build broader confidence in the process, then I think you're missing a step.
The first step is standardisation of impact pathways. The Coalition and Value Commission could produce a compendium of detailed impact pathways covering all of the typical types of social and natural capital impacts and dependencies. These need to be more detailed than those produced as illustrative examples by the coalition to date.
Impact pathways should be consistent, across different applications. The relative importance of different impact end points will change. But the relationships are fairly consistent. It would be a hugely valuable step forward to get consistency on those first. Then the criteria apply to how those pathways are adapted and applied to a specific context and business need.
Having these first would also allow the criteria to be more targeted and specific. See other comments, but several of the criteria presented are too vague to be useful