WHAT WE DO
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How to use impact finance more effectively
We collaborate with public funders and impact investors globally to scale high-performing enterprises and innovations with strong potential for positive impact on people and the planet.
Effective Financing Solutions
We design and implement innovative impact finance solutions, in which public and catalytic funds optimize and reward impact performance while enabling private investment:
- Innovative region- and/or sector-specific Impact-Linked Funds (via the implementation platform IMPACT-LINKED FINANCE FUND)
- SIINC PROGRAMS (region- or sector-specific)
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Other Impact-Linked Finance programs
Capacity Building for Impact Enterprises
With our SOCIAL FINANCE ACADEMY, we help create vibrant impact ecosystems and provide critical capacity building for impact entrepreneurs:
- Impact Investment Readiness (IIR) and Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) train-the-trainer programs in partnership with enterprise support organisations such as incubators and accelerators
- Impact ecosystem-building support in programs with funders and partners (e.g. B-BRIDDHI in Bangladesh)
- Open and free knowledge resources for impact enterprises on IIR and IMM
- Impact-Linked Finance Readiness bootcamps and IMM core skills training
Research, Education and Advice
We are deeply involved in improving the evidence base and sharing knowledge around effective impact finance:
- Research and education for effective blended & innovative finance in partnership with the INITIATIVE FOR BLENDED FINANCE
- Advice on innovative & blended finance for catalytic funders
- An OPEN PLATFORM FOR IMPACT-LINKED FINANCE with free resources and tools
- Creating a Community of Practice to support learning and peer exchange and a digital platform to enable practitioners to efficiently manage Impact-Linked Finance transactions (to be launched in 2025)
