Dry Run of the AGILE Tool

In the frame of the International Annual Conference on Impact Finance – Geneva Forum, Tuesday December 9, 2025.

The Geneva Foundation for the Future is organizing, during the International Annual Conference on Impact Finance of the Geneva Forum, a Dry Run of its AGILE tool – a shared and evolving framework to align finance, philanthropy, and impact projects.

Uses of the AGILE Tool

The AGILE tool is designed as a simplified transversal methodological benchmark and allows for:

1. Identification of impact projects (eligibility filters, first intention criteria),
2. Initial evaluation (scorecards and red flags),
3. Monitoring and follow-up (dashboards, dynamic indicators),
4. Support and coaching (mentoring by experts and peers),
5. Acceleration and scaling up (replication, duplication, growth plans),
6. Final evaluation & assessment (societal ROI, systemic impact, shared lessons)...

Reference criteria of impact finance integrated

AGILE simplifies daily work and harmonizes the main taxonomies and existing frameworks:

• ESG (Environmental – Social – Governance),
• SDG (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals),
• EU Green Taxonomy and public frameworks,
• International standards: OECD-DAC, IRIS+, ISO26000...
• Proprietary standards.

Its innovation, the result of 3 years of intersectoral collaborative work, is based on 5 families of criteria:

1. Alignment (values, SDGs, ESG, local realities)
2. Governance (participation, transparency, accountability)
3. Intention (deep, systemic, measurable impact)
4. Leadership (mobilization, co-creation, sustainability)
5. Efficiency (resource use, viability, scalability)

You can access two levels of participation in the Dry Run

Level 1 – Simple AGILE tool

Any actor can bring their project, according to their field:

• Impact project holder
• Foundation / philanthropy
• Family office
• Impact investment fund
• Bank / financial institution
• Incubator / impact platform
• Academic (university, MBA, laboratory)
• Public institution
• NGO / local association
• Blended finance catalyst

These participants will benefit directly from methodological insights on how to use the simple AGILE tool to position and evaluate their project.

Renseignements and Registration.

Level 2 – Pitch of projects evaluated with AGILE

Participants will be able to present to the audience a pitch structured around the AGILE criteria and showcase their project.

All types and stages of projects are eligible:

• Small pilot projects / local innovations (50–500k€),
• Intermediate projects / scalable initiatives (500k–10M€),
• Large systemic or institutional projects (above 10M€),
• Projects in seed stage, in growth, in scaling up or infrastructure.

Each pitch will be analyzed using the AGILE grid, allowing for collective feedback and a concrete illustration of its role as a transversal benchmark for impact finance.

Submit here your project for an AGILE pitch.

This Dry Run marks a key step in the collaborative development of the AGILE tool, now capable of becoming the common language between philanthropists, investors, public institutions, and project holders, to re-enchant finance and accelerate the transition toward a regenerative economy.

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