The access to energy sector has overcome many challenges and the electrification of millions of customers has paved the way for achieving access to reliable and affordable electricity for nearly all households by 2030. So the next challenge is: When will all small businesses and smallholder farmers have access to… Read More
Our mission is to make the use of high-quality customer / supplier impact data the norm in social purpose organizations. This will create widespread accountability and facilitate management towards greater social impact, pushing social performance towards equal footing with financial results in assessing returns on capital Q&A Where is it… Read More
Triple Jump is an impact-focused investment manager that provides meaningful and responsible investment opportunities in developing countries. We believe that opportunities are not spread equally around the world, but talented people are. By providing financing and support to companies in developing countries, we aim to empower individuals to… Read More
The DOEN Foundation supports pioneers who work hard to establish a greener, more socially inclusive, and more creative society, in which: the capacity of the planet is the starting point (green); everybody can participate, where people work together and help each other with respect for individual needs and possibilities (socially… Read More
Shell Foundation is an independent charity established by the Shell Group in 2000 to create and scale new solutions to global development challenges. We apply business thinking to major social and environmental issues linked to the energy sector – and seek to leverage the skills and networks of Shell where possible… Read More
Oikocredit is a social impact investor and worldwide cooperative with over four decades of experience in leading positive change through investments in financial inclusion, agriculture, and renewable energy. Guided by the principle of empowering low-income people to improve their quality of life, Oikocredit supports partner organizations in Africa, Asia and… Read More
Since launch in August 2017, Energise Africa (a partnership between two of Europe’s leading impact investing platforms Lendahand and Ethex) has raised over £13 million in blended finance from a community of 2,500 individual investors, alongside investment from UK aid, Virgin Unite and Good Energies Foundation. This investment has been… Read More
EDFI – the Association of European Development Finance Institutions – was established in 1992 to support and promote the work of bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs). With a combined portfolio of €38 billion, EDFI’s 15 members invest in the private sector in developing countries to: create jobs, boost growth fight poverty and climate change. Read More
Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with an average of 86,000 employees in more than 70 countries. As part of its approach to thriving in the energy transition to a lower-carbon energy system, Shell’s ambition is to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 in… Read More
DWS (Deutsche Asset Management)’s Sustainable Investments business focuses primarily on private debt and equity-type sustainable investments around the world, offering the ability to quantify the real social and environmental outcomes from its investments. As part of the Alternatives platform, the business has the ability to generate viable financial returns and… Read More