SPECIAL REPORT: Green Action Group Celebrates 10th Anniversary at European Microfinance Week #EMW2023

e-MFP logoToday’s opening plenary of European Microfinance Week included a celebration of the accomplishments of the European Microfinance Platform’s (e-MFP’s) Green Inclusive & Climate Smart Finance Action Group. The group has grown to 150 people and still is accepting new members.

One of the main outputs of the group is the Green Index, which helps financial services providers (FSPs) evaluate their performance in terms of green inclusive finance. The Action Group introduced the index in 2014 and most recently updated it in 2022. One of the group’s most recent outputs is the

MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “A Brief Introduction to WASH for Impact Investors;” by Joana Afonso, Sachin Kumar, Alvaro Ma; Published by e-MFP, Aqua for All

This report on funding water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cites the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation – as well as data indicating 3.6 billion people worldwide have limited access to

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Oikocredit, Aqua for All to Invest $17m in Water, Sanitation in Africa, Cambodia

Two Dutch entities, the cooperative investor Oikocredit and the nonprofit Aqua for All, recently launched a two-year partnership to facilitate access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Cambodia as well as unspecified countries in East and West Africa. Oikocredit has agreed to invest up to EUR 15 million (USD 15.6 million) in

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Sankalp Global Summit; December 11-12, 2018; Mumbai, India

Themed “Agenda 3 Billion – Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems,” the 10th Sankalp Global Summit is organized around the following sectors: agriculture, clean energy, health & sanitation, financial inclusion, and livelihoods. Sample presentation titles include: (1) Financial Inclusion in the Digital Age,