# From M&E to MEALP

> For fifty years, monitoring and evaluation has kept gaining letters: an L, an A, a P, an R. The history of an acronym that keeps growing, and what each letter…

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For fifty years, monitoring and evaluation has kept gaining letters: an L, an A, a P, an R. The history of an acronym that keeps growing, and what each letter says about who was forgotten at first.

3 min read22 October 2026

2025–2026· 3 frameworks on the path

We looked for an organisation that uses the word MEALP. We found none. Still, it would not surprise us to see the acronym in a job advert next year. The field once called M&E has been gaining new letters for fifty years. This is the history of those letters, and of the question behind each one.

1966–1991

## First there was M&E

It started with a table. In 1969 Leon Rosenberg developed the logical framework for USAID, or logframe for short. In four rows you set out the goal, the results, the activities and the means. Next to them went the indicators and how you would check them. That gave monitoring and evaluation a fixed place in every development programme.

In 1991 the OECD set out how to evaluate a programme. The criteria were relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability. Two letters were enough: M for following what you do, E for judging whether it worked. The question behind them was the funder’s. After a grant, a foundation wanted to know: was our money well spent? The report to the board gave the answer.

1992–2002

## An L joins in

It soon became clear that judging is not the same as learning. An evaluation at the end of a programme comes too late to change anything. In 2001 Canada’s IDRC published Outcome Mapping. Its subtitle said it all: building learning and reflection into development programmes.

So M&E slowly became MEL, or M&E&L. The L stood for learning. The question moved from the funder to the team itself: what do we do with this?

2003–2014

## An A for those it affects

Around the turn of the century, the humanitarian sector took a hard look at itself. Aid arrived, but those who received it had little say. In 2003 the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership began. It was the first international body in which aid agencies held each other to their duty towards the people they helped.

In 2014 came the Core Humanitarian Standard. Accountability now also ran to the people at the centre of the work, not only to whoever pays. That is how the A entered the acronym: MEAL. The question became: can participants hold us to account for what we do?

2009–2016

## P, R and more

Meanwhile the acronym grew at both ends. In 2009 UNDP published a handbook that brought planning and monitoring into one guide. The P for planning moved to the front: PM&E, and later PMEL.

In 2014 a conference in Washington was still called M&E Tech. A year later it was MERL Tech. The R stood for research, the L for learning. In 2016 USAID asked its country offices for plans to collaborate, learn and adapt. That approach, CLA in USAID’s words, soon came with a MEL plan.

2017–2024

## A field with a course

In 2019 the MEAL DPro appeared, a guide and a certificate for anyone who wants to learn the trade. That same year the OECD added coherence as a sixth criterion. And in 2024 ACT Alliance brought out a new version of its manual. It is called PMEAL: planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning.

Along the way came variants such as MERLA, with an A for adapting, and MELIA, which adds impact assessment. Read job adverts and you will see them used side by side. Behind a title such as MEAL officer there is often the same work as behind M&E officer. Sometimes not.

2025–2026

## And now, MEALP

In October 2026 the evaluator Daniel Ticehurst wrote about it with some scorn. He called it an alphabet soup. In his view a new letter solves little if the questions underneath stay the same.

MEL became MEAL because accountability was evidently too important to leave out.

He has a point. Yet every letter tells you something. Each one stands for a group or a purpose that was forgotten at first. The E came for the funder, the L for the team, the A for participants. The R came for those who want to know why something works, the P for those who want to think ahead.

If a P were to follow MEAL, participation would be the obvious choice. Not only accounting to participants, but letting them take part in what you measure. Whether it will ever be called that matters little. What matters is the question you ask of your own work: who are you measuring for, and who is still missing?

Sources for the time path

Every moment on the path has its own source. The frameworks sit in the year they first appeared, according to their owner.

1. 1969[The logframe, for USAID: M&E gets a fixed place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Framework_Approach)
2. 1991[The OECD sets five criteria for evaluation](https://alnap.org/help-library/resources/dac-principles-for-evaluation-of-development-assistance/)
3. 2001[Outcome Mapping: learning enters the programme, the L](https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/book/outcome-mapping-building-learning-and-reflection-development-programs)
4. 2003[The Humanitarian Accountability Partnership begins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_Accountability_Partnership_International)
5. 2009[UNDP brings planning and monitoring together: the P](https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/671515/files/pme-handbook.pdf)
6. 2014[The Core Humanitarian Standard: the A in MEAL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Humanitarian_Standard_on_Quality_and_Accountability)
7. 2015[M&E Tech is renamed MERL Tech: the R](https://ictworks.org/please-rsvp-now-for-merl-tech-the-future-of-technology-in-me-research-and-learning)
8. 2016[USAID asks for plans to collaborate, learn and adapt](https://www.acdivoca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CLA_Playbook_VER_1.1_FINAL.pdf)
9. 2019[The MEAL DPro: a guide and a certificate](https://pm4ngos.org/meal-dpro)
10. 2024[ACT Alliance brings out a new manual for PMEAL](https://actalliance.org/documents/manual-for-planning-monitoring-evaluation-accountability-and-learning-pmeal/)
11. 2026[An evaluator calls it an alphabet soup](https://danielticehurst.substack.com/p/all-acronyms-no-answers)

Every framework with its year, country and language

356 frameworks from the alphabet soup, Fabrik’s reference data and sources, and this history. Each shows the year it first appeared, the country where it was made and the language of its first version. A ± marks a year we estimated.

Every framework with its year, country and language

| Year | Name | Country | Language |
| 1946 | [Constitution of the World Health Organization](https://www.who.int/about/governance/constitution) | United States | multilingual |
| 1946 | [Participatory evaluation and action research](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#participatieve-evaluatie) | United States | en |
| 1948 | [RCTs and quasi-experiments (RCT)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#experimenteel-onderzoek) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1948 | [Universal Declaration of Human Rights](https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights) | France | multilingual |
| 1959 | [Kirkpatrick model](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#kirkpatrick) | United States | en |
| 1961, estimated | [Systems map](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#systeemkaart) | United States | en |
| 1966 | [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights](https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights) | United States | multilingual |
| 1966 | [International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights](https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-economic-social-and-cultural-rights) | United States | multilingual |
| 1969 | [Life cycle assessment (LCA)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#lca) | United States | en |
| 1969 | [Logical framework](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#logframe) | United States | en |
| 1971 | [Ramsar Convention on Wetlands](https://www.ramsar.org/about/history-of-the-ramsar-convention) | Iran | multilingual |
| 1972 | [Goal-free evaluation](https://www.betterevaluation.org/methods-approaches/approaches/goal-free-evaluation) | United States | en |
| 1972 | [Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment](https://www.un.org/en/conferences/environment/stockholm1972) | Sweden | multilingual |
| 1972, estimated | [Theory-based evaluation / theory-driven evaluation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory-driven_evaluation) | United States | en |
| 1973 | [Responsive evaluation](https://people.bath.ac.uk/edspd/Weblinks/MA_CS/PDFs/Session%205/Stake%201975%20UoI.pdf) | United States | en |
| 1973, estimated | [The Green Book](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-government) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1974 | [Democratic evaluation](https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/29614/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1974 | [Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#trl) | United States | en |
| 1976 | [Grameen microcredit model](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2006/grameen/facts/) | Bangladesh | bn |
| 1976 | [OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises](https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/) | France | multilingual |
| 1978 | [Adaptive management (evaluation approach)](https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/823) | Austria | en |
| 1978 | [Declaration of Alma-Ata](https://www.who.int/teams/social-determinants-of-health/declaration-of-alma-ata) | Kazakhstan | multilingual |
| 1978, estimated | [Rapid evaluation / rapid appraisal](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137271631_12) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1978 | [Utilization-focused evaluation](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#utilization-focused-evaluation) | United States | en |
| 1979, estimated | [Logic model](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#logic-model) | United States | en |
| 1979 | [Process tracing](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#process-tracing) | United States | en |
| 1983 | [Critical Systems Heuristics](https://www.wulrich.com/csh.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 1983 | [Objectives and key results (OKR)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#okr) | United States | en |
| 1983 | [ROI Methodology](https://roiinstitute.net/roi-institute-celebrates-40th-anniversary-of-handbook-of-training-evaluation-and-measurement-methods/) | United States | en |
| 1987 | [Appreciative inquiry](https://www.betterevaluation.org/methods-approaches/approaches/appreciative-inquiry) | United States | en |
| 1987 | [Beneficiary assessment](https://library.bracu.ac.bd/vufind/Record/8034) | United States | en |
| 1987 | [ISO 9001](https://www.iso.org/standard/16533.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 1987 | [Montreal Protocol](https://ozone.unep.org/treaties/montreal-protocol) | Canada | multilingual |
| 1987 | [Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)](https://www.betterevaluation.org/methods-approaches/methods/qualitative-comparative-analysis) | United States | en |
| 1987 | [Rainforest Alliance](https://rainforest-alliance.org/insights/our-founder-daniel-katz-reflects-on-the-origins-of-the-rainforest-alliance) | United States | en |
| 1988 | [Fairtrade](https://www.fairtrade.net/news/fairtrade-statement-on-the-passing-of-frans-francisco-van-der-hoff) | Netherlands | nl |
| 1989 | [Basel Convention](https://www.basel.int/TheConvention/Overview/History/Overview/tabid/3405/Default.aspx) | Switzerland | multilingual |
| 1989 | [Convention on the Rights of the Child](https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-rights-child) | United States | multilingual |
| 1989 | [Fourth generation evaluation](https://www.sagepub.com/shop/buy-a-book/fourth-generation-evaluation-1-2748) | United States | en |
| 1989 | [Participatory budgeting](https://prefeitura.poa.br/smgov/orcamento-participativo) | Brazil | pt |
| 1989 | [The Natural Step](https://naturalstep.ca/about/) | Sweden | sv |
| 1990 | [BREEAM and LEED](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#breeam-leed) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1990 | [Human Development Index (HDI)](https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-1990) | United States | en |
| 1990, estimated | [Kaupapa Māori evaluation](https://ces.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/cjpe/article/view/514) | New Zealand | en |
| 1990, estimated | [Positive deviance](https://positivedeviance.org/background) | United States | en |
| 1990 | [USDA National Organic Program](https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/national-organic-program) | United States | en |
| 1991 | [EFQM Model (EFQM)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFQM) | Belgium | en |
| 1991 | [EU organic farming regulation](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:31991R2092) | European Union | multilingual |
| 1991 | [Humanitarian principles](https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/world/ocha-message-humanitarian-principles-enar) | United States | multilingual |
| 1991 | [OECD-DAC criteria (OECD-DAC)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#oecd-dac) | France | en |
| 1991 | [Village Savings and Loan Association](https://www.care.org.au/stories/care-savings-groups-are-changing-the-world/) | Niger | fr |
| 1992 | [Balanced scorecard (BSC)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#balanced-scorecard) | United States | en |
| 1992 | [Convention on Biological Diversity](https://www.cbd.int/history/) | Kenya | multilingual |
| 1992 | [EU Ecolabel](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:31992R0880) | European Union | multilingual |
| 1992 | [Rio Declaration on Environment and Development](https://www.un.org/en/conferences/environment/rio1992) | Brazil | multilingual |
| 1992 | [Self-Help Group–Bank Linkage Programme](https://findevgateway.org/sites/default/files/publications/files/mfg-en-paper-nabard-and-microfinance-2002.pdf) | India | en |
| 1992 | [UN Framework Convention on Climate Change](https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-convention/history-of-the-convention) | United States | multilingual |
| 1993 | [Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1993/1836/oj) | European Union | multilingual |
| 1993 | [Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)](https://fsc.org/en/our-history) | Mexico | en |
| 1993, estimated | [ISS ESG Corporate Rating (formerly oekom Corporate Rating)](https://www.csrwire.com/press-release/oekom-research-to-join-institutional-shareholder-services/) | Germany | de |
| 1994 | [Developmental evaluation](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#developmental-evaluation) | United States | en |
| 1994 | [Empowerment evaluation](https://www.betterevaluation.org/methods-approaches/approaches/empowerment-evaluation) | United States | en |
| 1994 | [Green Key](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#green-key) | Denmark | da |
| 1994 | [IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria](https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/6912) | Switzerland | en |
| 1994 | [King Reports on Corporate Governance (King I to IV)](https://www.iodsa.co.za/page/history) | South Africa | en |
| 1995 | [Theory of change (ToC)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#verandertheorie) | United States | en |
| 1996 | [Costa Rica's Payment for Environmental Services programme (PSA)](https://www.fonafifo.go.cr/es/servicios/pago-de-servicios-ambientales/) | Costa Rica | es |
| 1996 | [ISO 14001](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#iso-14001) | Switzerland | en |
| 1996 | [Most significant change (MSC)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#most-significant-change) | Bangladesh | en |
| 1996, estimated | [Results-Based Accountability (RBA)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#results-based-accountability) | United States | en |
| 1996, estimated | [Social Return on Investment (SROI)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#sroi) | United States | en |
| 1997 | [GlobalG.A.P. (originally EUREPGAP)](https://globalgap.org/about/history/) | Germany | en |
| 1997 | [Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (Philippines)](https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8371_1997.html) | Philippines | en |
| 1997 | [Kyoto Protocol](https://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol) | Japan | multilingual |
| 1997 | [Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)](https://www.msc.org/uk/media-centre/blog/news/2018/05/18/20-years-of-the-msc-a-view-from-wwf) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1997 | [Photovoice](https://www.betterevaluation.org/methods-approaches/methods/photovoice) | United States | en |
| 1997 | [Realist evaluation](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#realist-evaluation) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1997 | [SA8000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA8000) | United States | en |
| 1997 | [Sufficiency Economy Philosophy](https://www.mfa.go.th/en/content/sufficiency-economy-philosophy) | Thailand | th |
| 1998 | [Aarhus Convention](https://unece.org/environment-policy/public-participation/aarhus-convention/introduction) | Denmark | multilingual |
| 1998 | [Culturally responsive evaluation](https://crea.education.illinois.edu/home/origins) | United States | en |
| 1998 | [Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)](https://www.environdec.com/about-us/international-epd-system) | Sweden | sv |
| 1998 | [ETI Base Code (ETI)](https://www.ethicaltrade.org/about-eti/why-we-exist/etis-origins) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1998 | [ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work](https://www.ilo.org/ilo-declaration-fundamental-principles-and-rights-work) | Switzerland | multilingual |
| 1998 | [Rotterdam Convention](https://www.pic.int/TheConvention/Overview/History/Overview/tabid/1360/language/en-US/Default.aspx) | Netherlands | multilingual |
| 1998 | [Sphere Standards](https://spherestandards.org/sphere-reaches-its-quarter-century-part-1) | Switzerland | en |
| 1999 | [AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000)](https://www.accountability.org/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 1999 | [Contribution analysis](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#contributieanalyse) | Canada | en |
| 1999 | [Decent Work Agenda](https://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc87/rep-i.htm) | Switzerland | multilingual |
| 1999, estimated | [Decolonial evaluation](https://ces.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/cjpe/article/view/514) | New Zealand | en |
| 1999 | [Deliberative democratic evaluation](https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/values-in-evaluation-and-social-research/book9567) | United States | en |
| 1999 | [Do No Harm framework](https://www.cdacollaborative.org/publication/do-no-harm-how-aid-can-support-peace-or-war/) | United States | en |
| 1999 | [Fair Wear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Wear_Foundation) | Netherlands | nl |
| 1999, estimated | [IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation](https://www.iap2.org/page/SpectrumEvolution) | United States | en |
| 1999, estimated | [MSCI ESG Ratings](https://www.msci.com/our-solutions/esg-investing/esg-ratings) | United States | en |
| 1999 | [S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA)](https://www.spglobal.com/esg/csa/) | Switzerland | en |
| 1999 | [Transformative mixed methods / transformative paradigm](https://doi.org/10.1177/109821409902000102) | United States | en |
| 2000 | [CDP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_Disclosure_Project) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2000 | [Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz](https://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?startbk=Bundesanzeiger_BGBl&jumpTo=bgbl100s0305.pdf) | Germany | de |
| 2000 | [Ethos Indicators](https://www.ethos.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Indicadores-Ethos-NSR_Conteudo.pdf) | Brazil | pt |
| 2000 | [eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)](https://xml.coverpages.org/xfrml.html) | United States | en |
| 2000 | [GRI Standards (GRI)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#gri) | United States | en |
| 2000 | [International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 (ISAE 3000)](https://www.ifac.org/system/files/publications/files/ISAE-3000-Basis-for-Conclusions.pdf) | United States | en |
| 2000 | [Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)](https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/) | United States | multilingual |
| 2000 | [Social cost-benefit analysis (MKBA)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#mkba) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2000 | [UN Global Compact (UNGC)](https://unglobalcompact.org/about) | United States | en |
| 2001 | [FTSE4Good](https://www.lseg.com/en/ftse-russell/indices/ftse4good) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2001 | [Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#ghg-protocol) | United States | en |
| 2001 | [Outcome mapping](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#outcome-mapping) | Canada | en |
| 2001 | [Société coopérative d'intérêt collectif (collective-interest cooperative)](https://www.les-scic.coop/sites/fr/les-scic/les-scic/textes-de-reference.html) | France | fr |
| 2001 | [Stockholm Convention on POPs](https://www.pops.int/TheConvention/Overview/History/Overview/tabid/3549/Default.aspx) | Sweden | multilingual |
| 2002 | [BRAC Graduation approach](https://www.brac.net/program/ultra-poor-graduation/) | Bangladesh | en |
| 2002, estimated | [Feminist evaluation](https://jmde.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/199) | United States | en |
| 2002, estimated | [Iceberg model](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#ijsbergmodel) | United States | en |
| 2002, estimated | [Outcome harvesting](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#outcome-harvesting) | Egypt | en |
| 2003 | [amfori BSCI (BSCI)](https://www.amfori.org/amfori-bsci/) | Belgium | en |
| 2003 | [Equator Principles (EP)](https://equator-principles.com/about-the-equator-principles/) | United States | en |
| 2003 | [EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/87/oj) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2003 | [Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)](https://eiti.org/history) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2003 | [Gold Standard](https://www.goldstandard.org/about-us) | Switzerland | en |
| 2003, estimated | [LSEG ESG Scores (formerly ASSET4)](https://www.ecgi.global/publications/working-papers/is-history-repeating-itself-the-unpredictable-past-of-esg-ratings) | Switzerland | en |
| 2003 | [Success Case Method](https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/415) | United States | en |
| 2003 | [The Magenta Book](https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/10521/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2003 | [United Nations Convention against Corruption](https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CAC/) | United States | multilingual |
| 2004 | [Civil economy (Economia civile)](https://www.mulino.it/isbn/9788815096739) | Italy | it |
| 2004 | [Dutch Transparency Benchmark](https://english.rvo.nl/topics/csr/crystal-transparency/history) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2004 | [Impact value chain](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#impactwaardeketen) | United States | en |
| 2004 | [Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP)](https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1082) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2004 | [Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundtable_on_Sustainable_Palm_Oil) | Switzerland | en |
| 2004 | [Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA)](https://info.sedex.com/hubfs/Reports/Introduction%20to%20SMETA.pdf) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2005 | [Cradle to Cradle Certified (C2C)](https://mbdc.com/about-mbdc/) | United States | en |
| 2005 | [Innovation histories](https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/52515/files/ILAC_Brief05_Histories.pdf) | Colombia | en |
| 2005 | [UNEG Norms and Standards for Evaluation (UNEG)](https://www.unevaluation.org/document/detail/21) | United States | en |
| 2006, estimated | [Collaborative Outcomes Reporting](https://betterevaluation.org/node/2707) | Australia | en |
| 2006 | [Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities](https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-rights-persons-disabilities) | United States | multilingual |
| 2006 | [Forest Rights Act (India)](https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_parliament/2006/the-scheduled-tribes-and-other-traditional-forest-dwellers-recognition-of-forest-rights-act-2006.pdf) | India | en |
| 2006 | [Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)](https://global-standard.org/the-standard/story) | Germany | en |
| 2006 | [Horizontal evaluation](https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/ilacbr/52522.html) | Peru | en |
| 2006 | [IFC Performance Standards (IFC PS)](https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standards) | United States | en |
| 2006 | [Institutional histories](https://alliancebioversityciat.org/publications-data/engaging-scientists-through-institutional-histories) | India | en |
| 2006 | [ISO 14064](https://www.iso.org/standard/38381.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 2006 | [Outcomes Star](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#outcomes-star) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2006 | [Polish Social Cooperatives Act](https://www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU/2006/651) | Poland | pl |
| 2006 | [Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)](https://www.unpri.org/about-us/about-the-pri) | United States | en |
| 2006, estimated | [Social business (Yunus model)](https://www.yunussb.com/social-business) | Bangladesh | en |
| 2006 | [Three Horizons](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#three-horizons) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2006 | [Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)](https://verra.org/verra-fact-check-of-die-zeit-article/) | Switzerland | en |
| 2007 | [B Corp certification](https://bcorporation.net/en-us/faqs/how-did-b-corp-movement-start) | United States | en |
| 2007 | [B Impact Assessment (BIA)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#bia) | United States | en |
| 2007 | [Beter Leven label](https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/03/animal-rights-groups-slam-better-life-meat-label) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2007 | [Ecological civilisation (shengtai wenming)](https://www.mee.gov.cn/ywgz/xcjy/gzcy_27007/200804/t20080416_121267.shtml) | China | zh |
| 2007 | [EcoVadis](https://ecovadis.com/about-us/) | France | en |
| 2007, estimated | [Made in Africa Evaluation](https://afrea.org/made-in-africa-evaluation-mae/) | Niger | en |
| 2007 | [Reality Check Approach](https://cdn.sida.se/publications/files/sida44809en-bangladesh-reality-check-annual-report-2007.pdf) | Bangladesh | en |
| 2007 | [Social Enterprise Promotion Act (South Korea)](https://www.law.go.kr/%EB%B2%95%EB%A0%B9/%EC%82%AC%ED%9A%8C%EC%A0%81%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%85%EC%9C%A1%EC%84%B1%EB%B2%95) | South Korea | ko |
| 2007 | [Standard 3810N](https://www.nba.nl/siteassets/wet--en-regelgeving/consultaties-en-projecten/2020/standaard-3810n/consultatiedocument-herziene-standaard-3810n---versie-ter-consultatie-210712.pdf) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2007 | [United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples](https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf) | United States | multilingual |
| 2008 | [Accra Agenda for Action](https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/paris-declaration-on-aid-effectiveness-and-accra-agenda-for-action_9789264098107-en-fr.html) | Ghana | en |
| 2008 | [Buen Vivir (Sumak Kawsay, 'good living')](https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ec/es/contenido/constitucion-de-la-republica-del-ecuador) | Ecuador | es |
| 2008 | [Climate Change Act 2008](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/contents) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2008, estimated | [Constituent Voice](https://keystoneaccountability.org/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2008 | [DCED Standard for Results Measurement (DCED)](https://www.enterprise-development.org/measuring-results-the-dced-standard/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2008 | [Dutch energy label](https://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/toelichtingen/alfabet/e/energielabel1.htm) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2008, estimated | [Dutch socially responsible procurement (MVI)](https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-30196-20.html) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2008 | [Effect ladder](https://www.nji.nl/kennis/effectieve-jeugdhulp/werken-aan-effectiviteit) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2008 | [Gross National Happiness Index](https://ophi.org.uk/node/2038) | Bhutan | en |
| 2008 | [International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)](https://iatistandard.org/en/about/iati-history/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2008 | [OECD DAC Guidance on Evaluating Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities](https://alnap.org/help-library/resources/guidance-on-evaluating-conflict-prevention-and-peacebuilding-activities-working-draft/) | France | en |
| 2008 | [Participation ladder](https://www.regioplan.nl/wp-content/uploads/data/file/rapporten-1700-1799/1776-Ontwikkeling-participatieladder.pdf) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2008 | [Rights of Nature in Ecuador's Constitution](https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Ecuador/english08.html) | Ecuador | es |
| 2008, estimated | [Systems evaluation (Systems Evaluation Protocol)](https://help.evaluationnetway.com/?p=15) | United States | en |
| 2008 | [Walloon Decree on the Social Economy](https://base.socioeco.org/docs/decretes-rw_20081120_moniteur20081231.pdf) | Belgium | fr |
| 2009 | [Better Cotton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Cotton_Initiative) | Switzerland | en |
| 2009 | [CO₂ Performance Ladder](https://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/ruimte-en-milieu/arcadis/co2-prestatieladder-een-versneller-geen-papierwinkel) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2009 | [GRESB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRESB) | Netherlands | en |
| 2009, estimated | [Indigenous evaluation framework](https://webassets.aihec.org/Initiatives/AIHECAimsDocs/AIHEC%20Indigenous%20Evaluation%20Framework%20Book_2019.pdf) | United States | en |
| 2009 | [IRIS+](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#iris) | United States | en |
| 2009 | [Mauritius mandatory corporate social responsibility framework](https://www.mra.mu/download/CSRGuide.pdf) | Mauritius | en |
| 2009 | [Planetary boundaries](https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-boundaries.html) | Sweden | en |
| 2009 | [Principles of Social Value](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#social-value) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2009, estimated | [Ubuntu evaluation](https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/9614) | Australia | en |
| 2010 | [Economy for the Common Good (ECG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_for_the_Common_Good) | Austria | de |
| 2010 | [ISO 26000](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#iso-26000) | Switzerland | en |
| 2010 | [Law of the Rights of Mother Earth (Ley 071)](https://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-L-N71.html) | Bolivia | es |
| 2010 | [Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)](https://ophi.org.uk/global-mpi) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2010 | [Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing](https://www.cbd.int/abs/) | Japan | multilingual |
| 2010 | [National Solid Waste Policy (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos)](https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2010/lei/l12305.htm) | Brazil | pt |
| 2010 | [Outcomes-based finance and social impact bonds (SIB)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#outcomes-based-finance) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2010, estimated | [Ripple effects mapping](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#ripple-effects-mapping) | United States | en |
| 2010 | [Satoyama Initiative](https://satoyama-initiative.org/) | Japan | en |
| 2010, estimated | [Self-Sufficiency Matrix (ZRM)](https://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/sociaal/infrastructuur/de-participatiemaatschappij-gemeten) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2010 | [Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)](https://press.un.org/en/2010/100308_unifem.doc.htm) | United States | en |
| 2011, estimated | [CSR Performance Ladder](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#csr-prestatieladder) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2011 | [Dutch Green Deals](https://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl/kst-33043-26.pdf) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2011 | [Equity-focused evaluation](https://alnap.org/help-library/resources/how-to-design-and-manage-equity-focused-evaluations/) | United States | en |
| 2011 | [ISO 50001](https://www.iso.org/standard/51297.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 2011 | [OECD Better Life Index](https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/about/better-life-initiative/) | France | en |
| 2011 | [Organic Law of the Popular and Solidarity Economy (Ecuador)](https://www.oas.org/juridico/pdfs/mesicic4_ecu_econ_pop_sol.pdf) | Ecuador | es |
| 2011 | [Positive Health](https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4163) | Netherlands | en |
| 2011, estimated | [Rights-based evaluation (human rights-based approach)](https://www.unwomen.org/en/docs/2011/3/integrating-human-rights-and-gender-equality-in-evaluation) | United States | en |
| 2011, estimated | [Six Capitals](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#six-capitals) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2011 | [Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship Law (Law 4019/2011, Greece)](https://www.kodiko.gr/nomothesia/document/77282/nomos-4019-2011) | Greece | el |
| 2011 | [Social Entrepreneurship Act (ZSocP, Slovenia)](https://socioeco.org/bdf_fiche-legislation-194_en.html) | Slovenia | sl |
| 2011 | [Spanish Social Economy Act (Ley 5/2011)](https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2011-5708) | Spain | es |
| 2011 | [UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#ungp) | Switzerland | multilingual |
| 2012 | [ASC Aquaculture Standard](https://asc-aqua.org/news/first-asc-certified-farmed-tilapia-now-available/) | Netherlands | en |
| 2012 | [Balanced Value Impact model (BVI)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#bvi) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2012, estimated | [BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework](https://www.betterevaluation.org/frameworks-guides/rainbow-framework) | Australia | en |
| 2012 | [Doughnut Economics](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#donuteconomie) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2012 | [Framework Act on Cooperatives (South Korea)](https://leap.unep.org/en/countries/kr/national-legislation/framework-act-cooperatives) | South Korea | ko |
| 2012 | [Framework Law of Mother Earth and Integral Development for Living Well (Bolivia, Law 300)](https://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-L-N300.html) | Bolivia | es |
| 2012 | [General Law on Climate Change (Mexico)](https://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/LGCC.pdf) | Mexico | es |
| 2012 | [Nesta Standards of Evidence](https://andeglobal.org/?p=4561) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2012 | [Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI)](https://www.unepfi.org/insurance/insurance/) | Switzerland | en |
| 2012 | [PSO ladder for social enterprise](https://publications.tno.nl/publication/34623045/V7GlaO/smit-2012-prestatieladder.pdf) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2012 | [Public Services (Social Value) Act](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/3/enacted) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2012 | [SAFA Guidelines (Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems)](https://orgprints.dk/id/eprint/21169/1/SAFA_Guidelines_12_June_2012_final_v2.pdf) | Italy | en |
| 2012 | [Sustainable civil engineering ambition web (Duurzaam GWW)](https://leden.technieknederland.nl/stream/werkwijze-aanpak-duurzaam-gww) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2012 | [True Price](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#true-pricing) | Netherlands | en |
| 2013 | [ALNAP Evaluation of Humanitarian Action Guide](https://alnap.org/help-library/resources/evaluation-of-humanitarian-action-eha-guide/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2013, estimated | [Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) framework](https://www.oecd.org/development-cooperation-learning/practices/usaid-collaborating-learning-and-adapting-bb879930/) | United States | en |
| 2013 | [EU Accounting Directive 2013/34/EU](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013L0034) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2013 | [Integrated Reporting Framework](https://www.integratedreporting.org/resource/international-ir-framework/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2013 | [KnowTheChain](https://knowthechain.org/?p=1398) | United States | en |
| 2013, estimated | [Lean Data](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#lean-data) | United States | en |
| 2013 | [Minamata Convention on Mercury](https://minamataconvention.org/en/about/history) | Japan | multilingual |
| 2013 | [Outcomes Matrix](https://www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/mapping-outcomes-for-social-investment/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2013 | [Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013H0179) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2013, estimated | [SASB Standards (SASB)](https://www.ifrs.org/issued-standards/sasb-standards/sasb-history/) | United States | en |
| 2013 | [Social Economy Act (Québec)](https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/pdf/lc/E-1.1.1.pdf) | Canada | fr |
| 2013 | [Social Enterprise Monitor](https://social-enterprise.nl/publicatie/social-enterprise-monitor-2013/) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2013 | [Social Impact Navigator](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#social-impact-navigator) | Germany | de |
| 2013 | [Social Progress Index (SPI)](https://www.socialprogress.org/) | United States | en |
| 2013, estimated | [Values-based evaluation](https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/epplan/v36y2013i1p1-14.html) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2014 | [Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS)](https://www.corehumanitarianstandard.org/the-standard/history) | Switzerland | en |
| 2014 | [French Social and Solidarity Economy Act (Loi n° 2014-856)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000029313296) | France | fr |
| 2014 | [Green Bond Principles (GBP)](https://www.icmagroup.org/sustainable-finance/the-principles-guidelines-and-handbooks/green-bond-principles-gbp/) | Switzerland | en |
| 2014, estimated | [MAEX](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#maex) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2014 | [Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/95/oj) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2014 | [Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)](https://standard.open-contracting.org/latest/en/history/changelog/) | United States | en |
| 2014 | [Social Value Bank](https://socialvalueuk.org/the-sroi-network-hact-release-joint-linkages-paper) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2014 | [WELL Building Standard](https://www.wellcertified.com/about-iwbi/) | United States | en |
| 2015 | [African Union Agenda 2063](https://au.int/en/agenda2063/overview) | Ethiopia | multilingual |
| 2015 | [Assessing low-Carbon Transition (ACT)](https://actinitiative.org/faq/) | France | en |
| 2015 | [Diversity Charter (SER)](https://www.regioplan.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/16005-Eindrapport-Charter-Diversiteit-Regioplan.pdf) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2015 | [Gender-responsive evaluation](https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/4/un-women-evaluation-handbook-how-to-manage-gender-responsive-evaluation) | United States | en |
| 2015 | [Loi relative à la transition énergétique pour la croissance verte (incl. Art. 173)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000031044385) | France | fr |
| 2015 | [Material Circularity Indicator (MCI)](https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/material-circularity-indicator) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2015 | [Modern Slavery Act 2015](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/contents) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2015 | [Paris Agreement](https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement) | France | multilingual |
| 2015 | [Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)](https://pacta.rmi.org/about-2/) | France | en |
| 2015 | [Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#pcaf) | Netherlands | en |
| 2015 | [Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#sbti) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2015 | [SDG Compass](https://unglobalcompact.org/library/3101) | United States | en |
| 2015 | [Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction](https://www.undrr.org/publication/sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030) | Japan | multilingual |
| 2015 | [Social Economy Law (Law 219/2015, Romania)](https://legeaz.net/monitorul-oficial-561-2015/legea-219-2015-economia) | Romania | ro |
| 2015 | [Strategy for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship 2015–2020 (Croatia)](https://social-economy-gateway.ec.europa.eu/my-country/croatia_en) | Croatia | hr |
| 2015 | [Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#sdgs) | United States | multilingual |
| 2015 | [UNGP Reporting Framework](https://www.ungpreporting.org/first-comprehensive-guidance-for-companies-on-human-rights-reporting-launches-in-london/) | United States | en |
| 2015 | [Well-being of Future Generations Act](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/2/contents) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2016 | [AMEC Integrated Evaluation Framework (AMEC)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#amec) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2016 | [Blue Marble Evaluation](https://www.guilford.com/books/Blue-Marble-Evaluation/Michael-Quinn-Patton/9781462541942) | United States | en |
| 2016 | [Capitals Coalition protocols](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#capitals-protocols) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2016 | [CBF accreditation (CBF)](https://cbf.nl/historie-van-cbf-toezicht-op-goeddoen) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2016 | [Dutch Environment and Planning Act](https://www.eerstekamer.nl/9370000/1/j4nvhf0njnhd6ks_j9vvkfvj6b325az/vjkqocehjqx1) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2016 | [Dutch responsible business conduct agreements (IMVO)](https://www.ser.nl/-/media/ser/downloads/overige-publicaties/2016/convenant-duurzame-kleding-textiel.pdf) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2016 | [Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard](https://flwprotocol.org/flw-standard/) | United States | en |
| 2016 | [Future-Fit Business Benchmark](https://sustainabilityadvantage.com/2016/05/17/announcing-5-firsts-for-the-future-fit-business-benchmark/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2016, estimated | [Goldilocks Toolkit and CART principles (right-fit evidence)](https://www.poverty-action.org/goldilocks/toolkit) | United States | en |
| 2016 | [Impact Gaps Canvas](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#impact-gaps-canvas) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2016, estimated | [Integrated Profit & Loss (IP&L)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#integrated-pl) | Netherlands | en |
| 2016 | [ISO 37001](https://www.iso.org/standard/65034.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 2016 | [R-ladder](https://www.pbl.nl/node/4803) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2016 | [Société d'impact sociétal (societal impact company)](https://impotsdirects.public.lu/dam-assets/fr/legislation/legi16/a255.pdf) | Luxembourg | fr |
| 2017 | [Causal Link Monitoring](https://www.betterevaluation.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/CLM%20Brief_20170615_1528%20FINAL.pdf) | United States | en |
| 2017 | [Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB)](https://www.ihrb.org/latest/chrb-2017-results) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2017 | [CSR-Richtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz](https://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?startbk=Bundesanzeiger_BGBl&jumpTo=bgbl117s0802.pdf) | Germany | de |
| 2017 | [Déclaration de performance extra-financière](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000035250851) | France | fr |
| 2017, estimated | [Five dimensions of impact](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#vijf-dimensies) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2017 | [ISO 20400](https://www.iso.org/standard/63026.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 2017 | [Klimaloven (Climate Change Act)](https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2017-06-16-60) | Norway | no |
| 2017 | [Loi de vigilance (devoir de vigilance)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000034290626) | France | fr |
| 2017 | [Principles-focused evaluation](https://www.guilford.com/re/9781462531820) | United States | en |
| 2017 | [Social Bond Principles (SBP)](https://www.icmagroup.org/assets/documents/Regulatory/Green-Bonds/Green,-Social-and-Sustainability-Bonds-Press-release.pdf) | Switzerland | en |
| 2017 | [Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)](https://www.fsb-tcfd.org/about/) | Switzerland | en |
| 2017 | [Themes, Outcomes and Measures (TOMs)](https://socialvalueportal.com/national-toms/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2018 | [Act on the Social Economy and Social Enterprises (Act 112/2018, Slovakia)](https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2018/112/) | Slovakia | sk |
| 2018 | [Broad wellbeing](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#brede-welvaart) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2018, estimated | [Code for Social Enterprises (NL)](https://stibbe.com/publications-and-insights/corporate-social-responsibility-for-dutch-companies-from-b-corp-to-bvm) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2018 | [ENCORE](https://www.unepfi.org/themes/ecosystems/groundbreaking-new-tool-enables-financial-institutions-to-see-their-exposure-to-natural-capital-risk/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2018 | [Escazú Agreement](https://www.cepal.org/en/escazuagreement) | Costa Rica | multilingual |
| 2018 | [European Single Electronic Format (ESEF)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/815/oj) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2018, estimated | [Impact Management Norms](https://impactfrontiers.org/history/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2018 | [ISO 45001](https://www.iso.org/standard/63787.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 2018 | [Monitor of Well-being](https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/publicatie/2018/20/monitor-brede-welvaart-2018) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2018 | [SDG India Index](https://sdgindiaindex.niti.gov.in/) | India | en |
| 2018 | [Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings](https://www.sustainalytics.com/esg-news/news-details/2018/09/11/sustainalytics-launches-its-esg-risk-ratings) | Netherlands | en |
| 2018 | [TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework (True Cost Accounting for Food)](https://teebweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Foundations_Report_Final_October.pdf) | Switzerland | en |
| 2018 | [The Impact Path (Het Impactpad)](https://eur.nl/en/ice/media/2020-06-het-impactpad) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2019 | [Article 29 Loi Énergie-Climat](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000039355955) | France | fr |
| 2019 | [Brennstoffemissionshandelsgesetz](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/behg/) | Germany | de |
| 2019 | [Bundes-Klimaschutzgesetz](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ksg/) | Germany | de |
| 2019, estimated | [Circular Performance Ladder](https://www.kiwa.com/nl/nl/over-kiwa/nieuws/kiwa-reikt-nederlands-eerste-certificaat-prestatieladder-circulair-uit-aan-eps-nederland-bv/) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2019 | [Double materiality assessment](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#dubbele-materialiteit) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2019 | [Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Act](https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2019-401.html) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2019 | [Dutch Climate Act](https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2019-253.html) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2019 | [Dutch Climate Agreement](https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2019/06/28/klimaatakkoord) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2019 | [Operating Principles for Impact Management](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#operating-principles) | United States | en |
| 2019 | [Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)](https://www.triodos-im.com/articles/2022/pbaf---standard-for-impact-assessment) | Netherlands | en |
| 2019 | [Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB)](https://www.unepfi.org/banking/bankingprinciples/) | Switzerland | en |
| 2019 | [Science Based Targets Network (SBTN)](https://sciencebasedtargetsnetwork.org/about/) | United States | en |
| 2019 | [SDG Impact Standards](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#sdg-impact-standards) | United States | en |
| 2019 | [Social and Solidarity Economy Law of Uruguay (Ley 19.848)](https://impo.com.uy/bases/leyes-originales/19848-2019) | Uruguay | es |
| 2019 | [Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#sfdr) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2019 | [UAE National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031](https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2019/6/09-06/uae-cabinet-approves-national-strategy-for-wellbeing-2031) | United Arab Emirates | ar |
| 2019 | [Value Balancing Alliance (VBA)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#value-balancing-alliance) | Germany | en |
| 2019 | [World Benchmarking Alliance benchmarks (WBA)](https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/how-it-started/) | Netherlands | en |
| 2020 | [Circular Transition Indicators (CTI)](https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/sites/default/files/wbcsd_circular_transition_indicators_v1.0-metrics_for_business_by_business_1.pdf) | Switzerland | en |
| 2020 | [EU Taxonomy](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#eu-taxonomie) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2020 | [UK mandatory TCFD-aligned disclosure](https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/policy/ps20-17.pdf) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2020, estimated | [Wellbeing-adjusted life year (WELLBY)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-book-supplementary-guidance-wellbeing) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2021 | [Åpenhetsloven (Transparency Act)](https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2021-06-18-99) | Norway | no |
| 2021 | [ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance](https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ASEAN-Taxonomy.pdf) | Indonesia | en |
| 2021 | [Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR)](https://www.sebi.gov.in/legal/circulars/may-2021/business-responsibility-and-sustainability-reporting-by-listed-entities_50096.html) | India | en |
| 2021 | [China's dual carbon policy framework (carbon peaking and carbon neutrality)](https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2021-10/24/content_5644613.htm) | China | zh |
| 2021 | [Environment Act 2021](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/contents) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2021 | [Impact Management Platform (IMP)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#imp) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2021 | [Inner Development Goals](https://mycourses.aalto.fi/pluginfile.php/2128700/mod_folder/intro/211201_IDG_Report_Full%20%281%29.pdf) | Sweden | en |
| 2021 | [ISO 30415](https://www.iso.org/standard/71147.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 2021 | [Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/lksg/) | Germany | de |
| 2021 | [Loi Climat et Résilience](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043956924) | France | fr |
| 2021 | [Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#tnfd) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2022 | [Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#csrd) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2022 | [Impact Weighted Accounts Framework (IWAF)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#iwa) | Netherlands | en |
| 2022 | [Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework](https://www.cbd.int/gbf) | Canada | multilingual |
| 2022 | [Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI)](https://sdpi.wpdev0.koumbit.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/manual-sdpi-2022.pdf) | Switzerland | en |
| 2022 | [Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT)](https://www.ifrs.org/sustainability/knowledge-hub/transition-plan-taskforce-resources/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2022 | [VCMI Claims Code of Practice (VCMI)](https://vcmintegrity.org/vcmi-provisional-claims-code-of-practice-launch-event-7th-of-june-2022/) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2023 | [Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/oj) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2023 | [Core Carbon Principles (CCP)](https://www.kirkland.com/publications/kirkland-alert/2023/04/voluntary-carbon-market-standard-setter-issues-core-carbon-principles) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2023 | [Dutch National Circular Economy Programme](https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2023/02/03/kamerbrief-nationaal-programma-circulaire-economie-2023-2030-npce-incl-kabinetsreactie-op-icer-en-ser-verkenning) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2023 | [EU Battery Regulation](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R1542) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2023 | [EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1115/oj) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2023 | [European Green Bond Standard (EuGBS)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2631/oj) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2023 | [European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#esrs) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2023 | [IFRS S1 and S2 (ISSB)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#issb) | Germany | en |
| 2023 | [ISO 14068](https://www.iso.org/standard/43279.html) | Switzerland | en |
| 2023 | [Policy Compass](https://eerstekamer.nl/overig/20241010/wodc_rapport_evaluatie/document) | Netherlands | nl |
| 2023 | [Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (UK SDR)](https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/policy-statements/ps23-16-sustainability-disclosure-requirements-investment-labels) | United Kingdom | en |
| 2024 | [China’s Basic Standard for Corporate Sustainability Disclosure](https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-unveils-basic-standards-for-corporate-sustainability-esg-disclosure/) | China | zh |
| 2024 | [Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#csddd) | European Union | multilingual |
| 2024 | [IFVI Impact Accounting (General Methodology)](https://www.iasplus.com/en/news/2024/02/vba-ifvi) | United States | en |
| 2024 | [International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 (ISSA 5000)](https://www.iaasb.org/) | United States | en |
| 2024 | [Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD)](https://sdgfinance.undp.org/news-events/launch-taskforce-inequality-and-social-related-financial-disclosures-tisfd) | United States | en |
| 2024 | [Voluntary sustainability reporting standard for SMEs (VSME)](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks#vsme) | Belgium | en |
| 2025 | [SSBJ Sustainability Disclosure Standards (Japan)](https://sustainablefutures.linklaters.com/post/102l78a/esg-quick-guide-japan-sustainability-disclosure-standards) | Japan | ja |

## Read on

- [All frameworks side by side](https://narrate.works/impact-management/frameworks)
- [The space in between](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/the-space-in-between)
- [The go-betweens](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/the-go-betweens)
- [Seventy years of impact management](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/history-of-impact-management)
- [From crickets to a stadium: seven years with Impact Hub Amsterdam](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/impact-hub-amsterdam-seven-years)
- [Do the standards finally speak one language?](https://narrate.works/resources-and-insights/do-the-standards-speak-one-language)

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