Version 2 - Release January 5 2023

Transferred to new report format (webpage instead of PDF)

• Overall score updated to correct some math errors
  • Updated from 97% to 100%; our former calculations had failed to include the bonus points in the impact stack (+8.6%)
  • Updated scoring on Transparency (had been miscalculated, was 87 and should have been 100%)
• Question moved — “How efficiently does the solution leverage natural processes?” moved from Impact Innovation to Additional Questions to conform with new vetting report format (Impact Innovation score recalculated)
• Added question — “How significant are the known negative consequences (or trade-offs) of this solution?” to Wisdom section (Wisdom score recalculated).
• As part of our efforts to standardize scoring across all reports, we removed “Custom” questions that previously impacted the scores of individual sections, and instead moved them to Additional Questions:
  • Custom Questions # 1-4 had been in Effectiveness; score recalculated.
  • Custom Question # 5 had been in Track Record; score recalculated.
• Added ‘Snapshot’ sections that are new in the updated report format (expert consensus, time to realize impact, key drawbacks, fund usage)
• Removed mention of former Executive Director John Leary in “Effectiveness” section; he left the organization in 2022 to pursue other projects and get back to in-country work.
• Removed mentions of reforestation work (projects that they do on degraded community land, e.g. schools or riverbanks), and kept impact (per dollar and for the big goal) specific to forest gardens.
  • Updated CO2 sequestered (per dollar per year) from 62 lbs to 16 lbs. This follows the most recent calculations (to be more conservative) from Trees for the Future. Rationale of how the carbon calculations are made and why this number has been updated is here. This has been updated in the “Overview” and “Measurability” sections.