The Role of Investors in Promoting Social Performance in Microfinance (European Dialogue No. 1)

Publication Date: Jun 2008
Published by: European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP)
Document Type: Other

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Developments in social performance management in Europe

This publication illustrates how social investors integrate social performance governance and management in their daily operations. The report discusses:

• A workshop on microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) and investors, held in Switzerland;
• A report by the Social Investors Subcommittee of the Social Performance Task Force;
• The role of socially responsible investors in the social performance of MFIs;
• Case studies on social performance management in Alterfin, Belgium and Oikocredit, Netherlands;
• Monitoring and evaluating social viability;
• Transparency and sustainability in finance;
• Environmental and social risk management approach as practiced by the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO);
• Social performance monitoring in the European Fund for Southeast Europe.

The paper concludes with a discussion on recent developments and issues in social performance for investors.