2025 Annual Impact Investors Meeting in Frankfurt
The 2025 SIWG/FIEC Impact Investors Meeting, held in Frankfurt from June 16 to 18, gathered +90 impact investors, DFIs, and asset managers to address key challenges in sustainable 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.
Driving Best Standards in Client Protection
Advans has always endorsed the Client Protection Standards and has recently completed the certification process for two of its African subsidiaries. Discover their approach and key advice on how to implement the Client Protection Pathway across a financial inclusion group.
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!
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 in the Supervisory Framework Department of the Financial Sector 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.
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.
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.
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!
Towards Responsible Service Delivery to Smallholder Farmers
The IDH Farmfit Fund and Cerise+SPTF are developing a client protection assessment tool for the agricultural sector. Learn more and join the initiative for testing and building the tool!
