Category: Social Business

Improve your management practices and achieve your social mission with SBS!

The Social Business Scorecard is a self-assessment tool for social businesses to assess themselves against practices that are fundamental to a socially driven enterprise. The process of filling in the SBS gives valuable insights into day-to-day management practices and can help social business determine where to focus efforts, to improve their impact and achieve their…

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Social Business Challenge

A serious game to discover your social entrepreneur profile! The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has collaborated with CERISE to launch its first serious game on the topic of social business in Africa. This mobile application was developed from the Social Business Scorecard (SBS), a self-assessment tool for social enterprises. The SB Challenge game (available…

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22nd MFC Annual Conference

29–31 May 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Microfinance Centre’s Annual Conference is one of the most significant regional events in the sector. This year, the Conference will tackle the practical side of digitalization in inclusive finance. CERISE will take part into the speed networking session with fintechs and investors. Join us on Thursday, 30 May…

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A peak into MetODD-SDG!

A case study of a mission-driven organization using MetODD-SDG to measure its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2018, CERISE and its working group created the first unifying framework that enables mission-driven organizations to track their contribution to SDG Targets. MetODD-SDG gives a list of micro indicators applicable to all kinds of projects and social…

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CERISE’s 20th anniversary!

CERISE started off the new year with a flourish, celebrating our 20th anniversary!    CERISE’s 20th anniversary event on January 11th was a wonderful occasion to connect with our partners near and far, past and future! The day was rich in dialogue, dreams and ideas for the future of ethical finance. Ethical finance must be transparent,…

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