Inclusive finance

Impact Finance Barometer 2022

 

Building Resilience in Inclusive Finance Organisations. Article on page 16 written by Oricel Caminero, Executive Coach, Consultant & Trainer at Achieve Consulting Group, S.R.L ; Cara S. Forster, Independent Microfinance Consultant, SPTF ; and Célia Fernandez, Head of Communication and SDG Project at Cerise.

MicroVest 2019 Social Impact Report

 

In view of purposeful investing, MicroVest uses SPI4 ALINUS from CERISE “to help us standardize our measurement of a portfolio company’s social performance” says Gil Crawford, the CEO of MicroVest.

GIIN report on the State of Impact Measurement and Management Practice, 2nd Edition

Based on data from 278 impact investors—including 109 two-year repeat respondents—this report provides the most comprehensive view of how impact investors assess their social and environmental impact, and the trends that have shaped IMM practices in the past two years. See the Spolight section about “Impact Investing Audits” p.56-57.

2019 Microfinance Barometer

What can impact investing learn from microfinance. Article on page 9 written by Bonnie Brusky, Deputy Director of CERISE.

Progress in microfinance should be a source of inspiration for digital finance

Article published on the ID4D platform (Ideas for Development), the blog hosted by the French Development Agency. By Cécile Lapenu, Executive Director of CERISE, and Jurgen Hammer, Managing Director of SPTF Europe, March 26th, 2019.

Study on Social Performance Management in Microfinance

Practices, results and challenges analyzed by Mathilde Bauwin, ADA, in collaboration with CERISE, 2018

Key questions to build a robust and sustainable APEX

Handbook for apexes and their partners, based on lessons learned from SIDI‘s apex partners.

In partnership with F3E, 2017

The USSPM as an inspiring framework for impact investing

 

Article by CERISE, 2018.

 

The Universal Standards for Social Performance Management – Where do we go from here?

 

e-MFP brief serie n°7, October 2018. Edited by European Microfinance Platform

 

The challenge of microfinance



The challenge of microfinance: being responsible to be sustainable, being profitable to be responsible. Article in the Microfinance Barometer 2018.

Making microfinance work better

 

Making microfinance work better with the Universal Standards and CERISE-SPI4. Article in the Microfinance Barometer 2017.

 

Eco d’ici et ailleurs

In French only.

CERISE’s Jon Sallé is interviewed by Jean-Pierre Boris of RFI, along with Philippe Guichandut, of Fondation Grameen du Crédit Agricole and Cyril Fouillet, Economist at ESSCA, l’Ecole de Management d’Angers.

 

 

 

Behind the buzz: the rise of client-centred finance

 

Article from the Microfinance Barometer 2016

 

De nouveaux objectifs pour la microfinance

In French only.

Après une phase de crise et de doutes, elle repart sur des bases assainies et intègre l’enjeu environnemental.

Article in L’AGEFI Hebdo from 27/08/2015.


Prefinancing mechanisms in fair trade

Factsheets for companies and producer organizations. Study conducted by CERISE and published in 2015 by the Platform for Fair Trade in partnership with Max Havelaar France and Ethiquable. The study identifies the main financing options available in Europe for pre-financing of fair trade contracts.

 

Does good client protection impact financial performance

 

e-MFP Brief Series, Brief 2, October 2011. Edited by European Microfinance Platform

Strengthening Governance for Responsible Finance: Examples from European Investment Funds

 

e-MFP Brief Series, Brief 2, October 2011. Edited by European Microfinance Platform

Driving Investment Decisions with Social Performance Information

 

e-MFP Brief Series, Brief 1, October 2011. Edited by European Microfinance Platform

Making Microfinance Investment Responsible – State of the Practice in Europe

European Dialogue No. 3, Nov 2010. Edited by European Microfinance Platform

 

The Role of Investors in Promoting Social Performance in Microfinance

 

European Dialogue No. 1, June 2008. Edited by European Microfinance Platform

 

Producer’s organizations & financial institutions – a guide

 

In French only.

This guide explores how to reinforce partnerships between producer organizations and rural finance institutions. Developed in partnership with SupAgro and IRAM.