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3- year rating partnership with Asirvad

March 3, 2022 No Comments

Exciting news from our Rating team! We have struck a 3-year partnership with Asirvad Microfinance Limited – Official Page (“Asirvad”) to provide them with an annual sustainability …

AFI in India – DD Aye Finance

March 3, 2022 No Comments

Invest in Visions GmbH disburses a second tranche of EUR 5 mln to Aye Finance Pvt. Ltd and successfully concludes a EUR 15 mln ECB transaction with AYE …

Bundesinitiative Impact Investing

March 3, 2022 No Comments

Welche Wirkung haben Kapitalallokationen & wie kann diese Wirkung gemessen und gemanagt werden? Mit dem Ziel nachhaltiger Entwicklung gewinnt nicht nur Impact Investing an Bedeutung …

EUR 25mln debt finance to Asirvad

March 3, 2022 No Comments

We have double good news to announce today! Agents for Impact has successfully completed a EUR 25 million debt financing from Invest in Visions GmbH toAsirvad …

3- year rating partnership with Sonata

March 3, 2022 No Comments

The Rating team of AfI is extremely happy to announce another 3-year partnership with Sonata Finance Pvt. Ltd.(“Sonata”) to provide them with an annual sustainability performance …

3- year rating partnership with Dvara

March 3, 2022 No Comments

Here comes a new three-year SDG partnership established in cooperation with Northern Arc Capital! We are so happy to announce the onboarding of a new client …

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement (both adopted in 2015) as well as the European Green Deal call for a deep transformation towards an inclusive, socially just, carbon-neutral and regenerative economy.

The UN estimates that annually $2.5 trillion need to be mobilised to finance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). And yet, the COVID-19 pandemic SDG Golas creates a massive setback in the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Amidst the health, economic and social impacts of the pandemic, financing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) remains an important vehicle to stimulate growth and socio-economic development. Among other effects, the COVID-19 crisis has caused a slowdown in microfinance activities and thereby threatens the financial inclusion of low-income populations. In this context, Impact Investing can significantly contribute to the solution of societal issues. In response to the effects of pandemic, at Agents for Impact we focus on exploring new opportunities and identifying strategic partners around the globe to support local entrepreneurship, encourage women empowerment and contribute to sustainable development.

The 2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) estimates the impact investing market to cover USD 715 billion. In fact, globally more and more investors are shifting their capital into impact investing, i.e. investments pursuing not only a financial return, but also a positive environmental and/or social impact. Evidence-based impact measurement is not only of the core characteristics of impact investing, but also serves as a starting point for impact management. Yet, due to its multidimensionality and complexity impact measurement poses a challenge to investors and investees.

As impact investors have to demonstrate the social and/or environmental impact of their investments (especially financial institutions subject to the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, SFDR), they also need an enhanced sustainability measurement, which is clear, reliable, quantifiable & comparable. Consequently, the financial sector is increasingly seeking data and evidence from their investees. In order to source funding from international impact-oriented investors, investees (such as microfinance institutions/MFIs) are well advised to provide evidence regarding their sustainability performance. Besides a roadmap towards a more prosperous and sustainable world by 2030, the SDGs are also offering a positive, common language advocating for social and environmental issues. This is where impact measurement comes into play to assess the status quo and pave the way to create even more positive impact.

As mentioned above, further capital needs to be mobilised to address the prevalent global challenges (such as climate change, persisting inequalities and a biii sustainable COVID-19 recovery) and finance the SDGs. In order to further strengthen the German Impact Investing ecosystem, we joined the Federal (German) Initiative Impact Investing (https://bundesinitiative-impact-investing.de/) as member and are co-leading its initiative “Impact Measurement & Management” (together with PHINEO) as a platform for impact practitioners to facilitate discussions about impact measurement approaches as enabler towards an impact-oriented economy and exchange of best practices.