The SPI Audit: A Strategic Time for Collective Ownership!
Fonton Sylvestre Honvou is a qualified auditor in Social and Environmental Performance Management based in Benin. In this article, he lists the benefits of conducting an SPI audit for the various stakeholders of the institution.
Meet the SEPM Pros!
The SEPM Pros Network is a committed workforce to support better social and environmental practices with financial service providers in the field. Meet them and learn about their experiences!
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Environmental Performance Management in practice - Examples from the Philippines
As part of a project in the Philippines, Cerise+SPTF and the Microfinance Council of the Philippines (MCPI) collaborated to strengthen local capacity in matter of environmental performance management in the inclusive finance sector. The MCPI published three case studies from ASHI, K-Coop and OnePuhunan to share lessons learned and inspire stakeholders' efforts towards more responsible finance.
How Outcomes Management can Strengthen Regulations for Inclusive Finance
Juanita Smit, Senior Specialist & Supervisory Framework at Financial Section Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa, was invited to share her experience at Cerise+SPTF's 2024 Annual Meeting. The breakout session explored how to track and utilize outcomes data to strengthen regulations for responsible and inclusive finance.
New E-learning Course on Environmental Performance Management!
This introductory course is for anyone interested in Environmental Performance Management. It offers great online resources, available at any time, and completely free!
Bringing the Theory of Change of Financial Service Providers into the Business Strategy for Value Creation
Key recommendations on how investors can transform theories of change and outcomes management into actionable tools.
Environmental performance management to improve people's resilience to climate change
Cerise+SPTF, in collaboration with ADA and the Microfinance Council of the Philippines (MCPI), produced a paper to explore the correlations between environmental performance management practices and the improvement of the resilience of vulnerable population to climate change.
Addressing the Crisis of Customer Harm from Digital Finance
Article published in the 2024 Sustainable Solutions Barometer by Convergences to promote the DFS Standards as a free public good for a more responsible and inclusive digital finance.
Supporting Fair Green and Digital Transition in Europe
Cerise+SPTF and MFC Transform Together Fund project supports social finance actors in ideating and implementing solutions for vulnerable groups not to be left behind green and digital transition in Europe.
Responsible Agriculture and Food Sector
A project to equip sector stakeholders with management tools that integrate responsible business conduct and client protection standards for agribusinesses.
Towards Responsible Business Conduct in Agribusinesses (RAI Tool)
Building on the experience of social and environmental performance management in the inclusive finance industry, IISD and Cerise+SPTF are developing a management tool to help agribusinesses and agricultural value-chain actors align with international standards. Learn more about and join the initiative for testing and building the tool!