GOOD ECONOMICS
SOCIAL IMPACT REPORTING
Guided by wisdom. Innovated by science
Value Your Social Impact
Strategic Insights and Opportunities
Be.Aligned is a data-driven fusion of indigenous wisdom and economics that values social impact in dollars. It is based on tauutuutu, a reciprocity ethic which has sustained high-value economic relationships for numerous generations. It is delivered through powerful scientific tools, which make use of proven statistical methods and underpinned by extensive data.
A Be.Aligned Social Impact Report :
Translates positive impacts into financial terms
Resonates with markets, funders, and investors
Identifies critical linkages that stimulate positive outcomes
Provides a more holistic foundation for impact assessment - underpinned by scientific rigour.
Has been developed alongside prominent organisations, including Ngāi Tahu Holdings, Pounamu Pathway, Pūhoro STEMM Academy, Puro Medical Cannabis, and Zespri
SELECTED CASE STUDIES AND WRITING
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Fisheries
✢ Analysis ✢ Moana: Measuring what matters to our stakeholders - Sustainability Report
Biodiversity
✢ Research ✢ Eco-index: Guiding biodiversity investment in Aotearoa New Zealand
Agricultural Sustainability
✢ Research ✢ The New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard Project
✢ Press ✢ Investment Monitor Article: The importance of agribusiness
✢ Video ✢ Keynote presentation - New Zealand Freshwater Conference
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Social Cost-Benefit Analysis:
✢ Research ✢ Wellbeing Indicators. Developing a framework to assess the impacts of land use change
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Māori Economic Values
✢ Research ✢ Tauutuutu: The cycle of exchange between people and our environment.
✢ Press ✢ Driving transformation with indigenous thinking
Māori Agribusiness
✢ Research ✢ The Development of An Indicator Framework to Measure Enablers And Constraints On Māori Agribusiness
Māori Housing
✢ Press ✢Home owning myth debunked
✢ Research ✢ Exploring the Factors Affecting Māori Home Ownership
✢ Research ✢ The impact of housing policy on Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau
✢ Research ✢ Economics and financing of housing for Māori: literature review
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Financial Markets
✢ Analysis ✢ ESG Reporting Uptake in S&P/NZX 50 Index and Investor Perspective
Aquaculture
✢ Research ✢ Auahatanga from Authenticity: Maximising opportunities for Akaroa Salmon and Ōnuku Rūnanga
Agriculture
Medical Cannabis
✢ Research ✢ Medical Cannabis State of the Industry and Socio-Economic Opportunities
✢ Economic Analysis ✢ Supporting Puro to Break NZ Crowdfunding Record of $2.1m for a medical cannabis growing operation.
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Various Academic Papers
✢ Research Article ✢Prioritizing Sustainability Indicators: Using Materiality Analysis to Guide Sustainability Assessment and Strategy
✢ Research Article ✢ When experts disagree: the need to rethink indicator selection for assessing sustainability of agriculture
✢ Research Article ✢ Comprehensiveness or implementation: Challenges in translating farm-level sustainability assessments into action for sustainable development
✢ Research Article ✢ Performance versus Values in Sustainability Transformation of Food Systems
✢ Research Article ✢ Improving the adoption of agricultural sustainability tools: A comparative analysis
✢ Research Article ✢ Voicing stakeholder visions for biodiversity indicators: A framework using content analysis
✢Research Article ✢ The influence of distributive justice on agricultural environmental sustainability.
✢ Research Article ✢ Exploring the Factors Affecting Māori Home Ownership
✢ Research Article ✢ Indigenising the blue economy in Aotearoa New Zealand
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