Esafon 4th Annual Global Impact Investing Conference

Thursday 16 May 2019

Geneva, Switzerland

Impact investors, asset owners, investment and fund managers are activist investors who identify and assess impact investee companies that in turn need to communicate their company commitment towards SDGs through KPIs as impact is becoming the 3rd dimension after risk and return to profile a targeted investee .

The conference will help address and assess the gap between supply and demand in both traditional and mainstream impact segments.

Amongst others, the following topics will be developed and detailed:

Methodology & Tools for Evaluating and Communicating on SDG Commitment and ESG Performance : The investee and investor’s perspective
Creating a Methodology for Investing in a Portfolio of Socially Responsible Assets
New EU Regulatory Framework for Sustainable Growth and its impact on Institutional Investors and Financial Advisers Behaviour
Round-table : Innovative Ideas to Incentivize Impact Investment
Selected case-studies and discussion over completed impact investments with proven large scale positive correlation amongst impact and return
Impact Investing in Action : A selection of top-notch impact investment projects
Pro’s and Con’s of Different Impact Investment Models and Strategies from both an Investee and Investor’s Perspective – Discussion
State of the Art for Mitigating Risk in an Impact Fund
Results from a 2018 Benchmarking Survey of Swiss and Global Family Offices Involved in Impact Investing
Highlighting the added –value of Blockchain Technology in Managing Global Impact Investment Strategies – a step by step approach alongside the value chain
Innovative Solutions for Sourcing and Scaling Investments in Niche Impact Market Environment – Discussion

Among the speakers will be our Yvonne Bakkum, CEO of FMO Investment Management.

About ESAFON

ESAFON is an independent non-profit Swiss Association created 17 years by two partners Anne & François Golbery with the sole objective to drive the impact agenda forward and encourage private and public investors to use impact investment to enhance financial and social returns, better manage risks taking into account externalities and engage stakeholders within the impact ecosystem while preserving the interests of investees.

ESAFON has launched a Swiss Impact Initiative with the objective to gather expertise to scale impact globally from Switzerland. This implies to transform the Swiss Impact Investment Ecosystem including private banking, philanthropic foundations, family offices as well as pension funds and life insurance/re-insurance to drive economies of scale and collaboration amongst investors, intermediaries and investees.

ESAFON is a Member of the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions set-up by the Solar Impulse Foundation sourcing 1000 Investible solutions to bridge the gap between economy and ecology & fast-track clean global economic growth.
http://www.esafon.com

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Blogs

The new IRR - 4 ways to define impact

Last year I posted a blog called “The new IRR - Impact, Risk and Return”. With almost 900 viewers, this blog is my best read post to date and triggered many enthusiastic reactions. In essence, I advocated a new IRR: looking at every investment taking into account its Impact, Risk and Return.

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Towards a more inclusive top 100

"Influential people from emerging market countries make up a far smaller share than emerging markets’ 85% share of the world’s population, their 75% of global land mass or their 55% share of global GDP."

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Impact investing as a stable alternative

“Well, emerging markets were down 3% again today.” This is how an institutional investor kicked off a meeting with one of my colleagues recently.

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4 IDEAS on HOW TO CHANGE FOR IMPACT

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been widely adopted as a useful framework for impact investing. Really?

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been widely adopted as a useful framework for talking about impact investing. Really!

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Daar waar het verschil echt gemaakt kan worden

Na het succes van de eerste close van het NN FMO Emerging Markets Loans Fund zijn afgelopen week de eerste investeringen gedaan. Maureen Schlejen, hoofd institutionele relaties NN Investment Partners en Yvonne Bakkum, Managing Director van FMO Investment Management gaan in op de achtergronden van deze succesvolle launch.

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Vlogs, Video's & more

Raising the bar @Harvard

On October 26th, 2017 Yvonne Bakkum lectured impact investing classes at Harvard Kennedy school.
Watch her vlog and share her experience.
Visting Harvard
BNR Newsradio Interview

On November 13, 2017 Yvonne Bakkum was a guest in the studio of BNR newsradio - a well known and renowned Dutch radio station for the business comunity.

The interviewed focussed on impact investing and how investors can create more impact by investing via FMO Investment Management.

Listen to the whole interview (in Dutch) here. BNR News Radio - Zakendoen
Research covering 2000 studies on ESG vs CFP

The search for a relation between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria and corporate financial performance (CFP) can be traced back to the beginning of the 1970s. Scholars and investors have published more than 2000 empirical studies and several review studies on this relation since then. This study extracts all provided primary and secondary data of previous academic review studies.
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More interesting things
Of course there is much more interesting information to find on the web.

Here are some of our favorites:
- SDG - the UN website itself
- SDG Atlas by the World Bank

Some real examples

A catalyst to the underserved

Vistaar Financial Services was the idea of two first-generation entrepreneurs who had witnessed first-hand the lack of both financial and non-financial support for smaller enterprises and businesses across the country. It was clear that a “one-size-fits-all” approach when it came to financing wasn’t sustainable or practical in the long run; to truly help the local economy boom, customized products needed to be offered.

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A sustainable supply chain is a resilient one

The agronomic support provided by Agri Commodities and Finance (ACF) includes efficient fertilizer usage, soil assessment, and post-harvest services like storage and transportation, empowering the farmers with the tools and know-how to maximize their output. One key pillar of ACF is farmer livelihood, as they focus on improving the standard of living for farmers in their supply chain.

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Filling the gap

This project is situated in the south-eastern part of Pakistan in the province of Sindh. Its provincial capital, Karachi, is the largest city of Pakistan and among the world’s largest megacities. The solar project financed by FMO makes use of innovative bi-facial solar panels, which increase total energy generation. This is the first time that bi-facial solar panels are utilized in Pakistan.

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Pioneering in aquaculture for a sustainable future

Kılıç Deniz is a leading global supplier of various Mediterranean fish species, exporting seafood to over 60 countries. Headquartered in Bodrum, it is the largest aquaculture company in Türkiye, having started off as a family business in 1993. The company maintains high ambitions, as it believes that healthy and affordable nutrition is a right for everyone on earth while being produced within the boundaries of a liveable earth.

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When being large means you can make a difference

Recently, Access Bank began to broaden its horizon to better service the MSME sector as part of its pan-African growth strategy. For example, the bank expanded its support in the retail segment to support job creation within the local economy, and became a frontrunner in women finance and services.

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Esafon 4th Annual Global Impact Investing Conference