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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs by Duke University

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About the Course

How can businesses and investors help fill the multi-trillion-dollar gap needed for sustainable development? Simply put: by incorporating sustainability and social impact factors on people and planet into management decisions. Through this course, anyone can learn to improve their organization's practice of impact measurement and management and align their ESG or impact activities and reporting with emerging global standards. Impact Measurement and Management for the SDGs is a collaboration between UNDP SDG Impact and the award-winning team at CASE at Duke University. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a steward of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were launched in 2015 and to which 193 countries have signed up to achieve by 2030. The SDGs are a shared plan to end extreme poverty, reduce inequality, and protect the planet; they have become the world’s blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. But the public sector cannot meet those goals alone. Climate change, poverty, racial and gender equity, food, health, education, clean water − the list of challenges faced by people and planet is too long. Businesses and investors have stepped in to help. The course was designed around the fundamental elements of the SDG Impact Standards, the only management standards that embed sustainability at the core of an organization in the holistic way intended by the creators of the SDGs. The course demonstrates how the SDG Impact Standards help organizations align with responsible business principles, other standards, and best practices in impact management. In the course, you’ll learn to improve decision-making for positive impact on people and planet in line with the SDG Impact Standards and the Operating Principles for Impact Management. In the course, we have translated 4 universal practices of impact management into practical actions: SET STRATEGY, INTEGRATE, OPTIMIZE and REINFORCE. We teach the steps to implement these actions through short videos and lessons with concrete practical examples. Professionals who know how to apply these sustainable management standards are increasingly in demand by institutions globally as they work to improve their performance and reporting around ESG and impact management. If you work or wish to work within an enterprise, a corporation, a fund that manages assets or an asset owner or advisory that oversees investment assets, or if you just want to learn more about impact investing, ESG, social finance or corporate reporting, this course will help you master the core concepts and practices in impact management for the SDGs and other impacts from enterprise and investor perspectives. This course was written and is delivered by CASE Faculty Director Cathy Clark, and benefitted from extensive input from a larger team from UNDP, CASE, global academic advisors, and other experts. For a full list of acknowledgements, see: https://sites.duke.edu/casei3/for-practitioners/impact-measurement-and-management-for-the-sdgs-course/ Selected course materials have been translated into Baha Indonesia, Thai, and Vietnamese. Spanish and Turkish translations are coming soon. Please find links to these translations under the Resources tab once you are inside the course. This course was made possible by generous support from Norad....

Top reviews

SM

Jan 27, 2022

Week one course is very inspirational. As a Development Consultant under Impact Investment, it is so enriching for my work. I am highly geared to complete this entire course in the next few days.

AM

Jun 29, 2023

The course is great but the quizzes and assignment duplicated each other. It was like re-attempting the same questions all over again.

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By Charity B

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May 3, 2023

Got so much value from this course. I look forward to applying the skills.

By Sandesh G

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Apr 12, 2023

A simple yet thorough understanding of SDG Impact for better management

By Axlender L

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Jul 26, 2024

Great course for understanding SDGs impact measurement and management.

By Dorcas A

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Feb 14, 2023

I really enjoyed the insight and knowledge I gained from this course.

By Campion C

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Feb 28, 2024

This is an excellent course. The presenter is very good as well.

By Arielle O N T

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Feb 4, 2024

I learned more than I expected with this course. It's valuable!

By Amir O A

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Mar 3, 2024

Is there anything called triple materiality ? Then here it is.

By Alaa.M

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Oct 21, 2025

Well structured and lots of practical guidance and resources.

By Joy L L

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Dec 19, 2022

Great knowledge contribution. Thank you so much! More power.

By Himani N

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Aug 17, 2022

Got to learn so much about IMM through this course. Thankyou

By Filip G

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Jul 10, 2024

Well structured approach. Excellent course, well presented.

By Josep M

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Apr 24, 2022

Great course, lots of learnings and insights into IMM!

By Adrian B

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Dec 22, 2022

Very clear content! Complex ideas were made simple!

By Sajit J K

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Jun 13, 2022

A well structured program and very good delivery.

By ANGONIN, S

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May 8, 2022

very intersting introduction to ESG challenge!

By Angie W

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Mar 9, 2022

So helpful and much needed working for a CDFI!

By Ahmed T

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Oct 4, 2025

great presenter; useful resources and content

By Sandrine G

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Mar 27, 2023

Very impressive, and full of information

By MARIA C

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Feb 28, 2023

well-designed and thought-through course

By Claudia C

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Jul 23, 2023

Very clear and straightforward. Thanks!

By Deleted A

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Dec 7, 2022

Clear and comprehensive. Perfect

By Oluwayemisi E

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May 23, 2025

It was an exceptional course

By MD F U R

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Sep 28, 2022

It was amazing opportunity

By laura a

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Nov 20, 2022

Absolutely so helpful!!!

By Haider S (

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Feb 4, 2023

Great Content and flow