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09Sep 22

Capitalization And Financial Inclusion: Disruptions Of Covid 19 To Digital Opportunities In Latin America

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Capitalization and Financial Inclusion: Disruptions of Covid 19 to digital opportunities in Latin America

The Covid 19 has had a negative impact on the lives of many people, organizations, and sectors of the economy worldwide. It is also fair to recognize that faced with the “new normality”, there have been providers of essential services that found new solutions to respond to the needs of their users; one of these is the sector of microfinance services to low-income people in Latin America.

18Jul 22

Ocean Renewable Energy

<img alt="Ocean Renewable Energy" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fs-impact-finance-wave-power-ocean.jpg" data-no-retina width="810" height="540" />

Ocean Renewable Energy

The oceans contain the largest untapped source of renewable energy (RE) and have fast become the new arena for RE technology deployment through the development of large-scale offshore wind farms. However, offshore wind is just the beginning.

18Mar 22

Forests As The Panacea – The Dilemma Between Protection And Utilization

<img alt="Forests As The Panacea – The Dilemma Between Protection And Utilization" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fs-finance-thomas-richter-timber.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1332" />

Forests as the panacea – The dilemma between protection and utilization

Abstract Corporates are committing large amounts of financing for forest protection and restoration;The increasing number of urban dwellers, mainly in developing countries, will drive timber consumption to unseen levels in…

17Aug 21

Thank You, SMART Campaign

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Thank you, SMART Campaign

With the SMART Campaign’s retirement in March 2021, a quick look back at the path travelled, and some thoughts on social performance. For a long time, the achievement of social…

22Dec 20

Africa Rising And The Private Equity Opportunity

<img alt="Africa Rising And The Private Equity Opportunity" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pexels-blue-ox-studio-2014342-1.jpg" data-no-retina width="1920" height="1280" />

Africa Rising and the Private Equity Opportunity

The “Africa Rising” narrative has long been touted on the back of strong macro-economic growth across the continent since the early 2000’s. The recurring question however is whether it will…

11Nov 20

Traditional Microfinance – Going The Way Of The Dodo?

<img alt="Traditional Microfinance – Going The Way Of The Dodo?" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fs-impact-finance-traditional-microfinance-souvenir-shop.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1332" />

Traditional Microfinance – Going the way of the Dodo?

Thanks to lenient regulations on deposit taking in West Africa, what we now understand as microfinance is individual loans to microentrepreneurs with an established business in the retail sector, used…

16Oct 20

The Problem And Opportunity Of Waste In Emerging Markets

<img alt="The Problem And Opportunity Of Waste In Emerging Markets" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fs-impact-finance-waste-emerging-markets.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1318" />

The Problem and Opportunity of Waste in Emerging Markets

The world and emerging markets in particular have a waste problem. Cities around the world generate over 2 billion tons of waste per year, and one-quarter of the world’s population, located primarily in emerging markets, does not have its waste collected. Continued economic growth, urbaniza

30Sep 20

Virtual Due Diligence – Changes During Covid-19 Times

<img alt="Virtual Due Diligence – Changes During Covid-19 Times" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fs-impact-finance-digital-due-diligence.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1331" />

Virtual due diligence – Changes during Covid-19 times

Covid-19 is impacting our lives in almost every way, privately and professionally. And it will continue to do so for quite some time, even if a proper vaccine is developed…

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Other News

Women in a field

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FS Impact Finance joins the GIIN

24 August 2022

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has the objective of accelerating…

<img width="2000" height="1330" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen.jpg" class="vcex-blog-entry-img" alt="" srcset="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen.jpg 2000w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen-1536x1021.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" />

Ralf Burmeister im Interview mit finanzen.net

30 June 2022

Wie funktioniert ein Kreditfonds? Welche geopolitischen und wirtschaftlichen Faktoren beeinflussen derzeit…

The Good Roll Team in Ghana

<img width="2000" height="1331" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team.jpg" class="vcex-blog-entry-img" alt="The Good Roll Team in Ghana" srcset="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team.jpg 2000w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team-1536x1022.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" />

New crowdinvesting campaign on frankly.green: Here comes The Good Roll!

16 May 2022

A few days ago, a new campaign was launched on our…

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FS Impact Finance joins the Client Protection Pathway

12 May 2022

We proudly announce that we have joined the CERISE + SPTF…

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For a better tomorrow: FS Impact Finance joins the Bundesinitiative Impact Investing

16 March 2022

We are happy to announce that as of this week, FS…

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Technical Papers

09Sep 22

Capitalization And Financial Inclusion: Disruptions Of Covid 19 To Digital Opportunities In Latin America

<img alt="Capitalization And Financial Inclusion: Disruptions Of Covid 19 To Digital Opportunities In Latin America" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fs-impact-finance-article-gerardo-talavera.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1333" />

Capitalization and Financial Inclusion: Disruptions of Covid 19 to digital opportunities in Latin America

The Covid 19 has had a negative impact on the lives of many people, organizations, and sectors of the economy worldwide. It is also fair to recognize that faced with the “new normality”, there have been providers of essential services that found new solutions to respond to the needs of their users; one of these is the sector of microfinance services to low-income people in Latin America.

18Jul 22

Ocean Renewable Energy

<img alt="Ocean Renewable Energy" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fs-impact-finance-wave-power-ocean.jpg" data-no-retina width="810" height="540" />

Ocean Renewable Energy

The oceans contain the largest untapped source of renewable energy (RE) and have fast become the new arena for RE technology deployment through the development of large-scale offshore wind farms. However, offshore wind is just the beginning.

18Mar 22

Forests As The Panacea – The Dilemma Between Protection And Utilization

<img alt="Forests As The Panacea – The Dilemma Between Protection And Utilization" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fs-finance-thomas-richter-timber.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1332" />

Forests as the panacea – The dilemma between protection and utilization

Abstract Corporates are committing large amounts of financing for forest protection and restoration;The increasing number of urban dwellers, mainly in developing countries, will drive timber consumption to unseen levels in…

17Aug 21

Thank You, SMART Campaign

<img alt="Thank You, SMART Campaign" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/7principals.jpg" data-no-retina width="1920" height="1280" />

Thank you, SMART Campaign

With the SMART Campaign’s retirement in March 2021, a quick look back at the path travelled, and some thoughts on social performance. For a long time, the achievement of social…

22Dec 20

Africa Rising And The Private Equity Opportunity

<img alt="Africa Rising And The Private Equity Opportunity" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pexels-blue-ox-studio-2014342-1.jpg" data-no-retina width="1920" height="1280" />

Africa Rising and the Private Equity Opportunity

The “Africa Rising” narrative has long been touted on the back of strong macro-economic growth across the continent since the early 2000’s. The recurring question however is whether it will…

11Nov 20

Traditional Microfinance – Going The Way Of The Dodo?

<img alt="Traditional Microfinance – Going The Way Of The Dodo?" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fs-impact-finance-traditional-microfinance-souvenir-shop.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1332" />

Traditional Microfinance – Going the way of the Dodo?

Thanks to lenient regulations on deposit taking in West Africa, what we now understand as microfinance is individual loans to microentrepreneurs with an established business in the retail sector, used…

16Oct 20

The Problem And Opportunity Of Waste In Emerging Markets

<img alt="The Problem And Opportunity Of Waste In Emerging Markets" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fs-impact-finance-waste-emerging-markets.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1318" />

The Problem and Opportunity of Waste in Emerging Markets

The world and emerging markets in particular have a waste problem. Cities around the world generate over 2 billion tons of waste per year, and one-quarter of the world’s population, located primarily in emerging markets, does not have its waste collected. Continued economic growth, urbaniza

30Sep 20

Virtual Due Diligence – Changes During Covid-19 Times

<img alt="Virtual Due Diligence – Changes During Covid-19 Times" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fs-impact-finance-digital-due-diligence.jpg" data-no-retina width="2000" height="1331" />

Virtual due diligence – Changes during Covid-19 times

Covid-19 is impacting our lives in almost every way, privately and professionally. And it will continue to do so for quite some time, even if a proper vaccine is developed…

<img alt="Loading..." data-src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-includes/images/spinner-2x.gif" class="vcex-spinner lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img alt="Loading..." data-src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-includes/images/spinner-2x.gif" class="vcex-spinner lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-includes/images/spinner-2x.gif" class="vcex-spinner" alt="Loading..." />

Other News

Women in a field

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FS Impact Finance joins the GIIN

24 August 2022

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has the objective of accelerating…

<img width="2000" height="1330" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen.jpg" class="vcex-blog-entry-img" alt="" srcset="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen.jpg 2000w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fs-impact-finance-interview-finanzen-1536x1021.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" />

Ralf Burmeister im Interview mit finanzen.net

30 June 2022

Wie funktioniert ein Kreditfonds? Welche geopolitischen und wirtschaftlichen Faktoren beeinflussen derzeit…

The Good Roll Team in Ghana

<img width="2000" height="1331" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team.jpg" class="vcex-blog-entry-img" alt="The Good Roll Team in Ghana" srcset="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team.jpg 2000w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/fsif_frankly.green-the-good-roll-team-1536x1022.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" />

New crowdinvesting campaign on frankly.green: Here comes The Good Roll!

16 May 2022

A few days ago, a new campaign was launched on our…

<img width="412" height="274" src="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FSIF_man_flowers.png" class="vcex-blog-entry-img" alt="" srcset="https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FSIF_man_flowers.png 412w, https://www.fs-finance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FSIF_man_flowers-300x200.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px" />

FS Impact Finance joins the Client Protection Pathway

12 May 2022

We proudly announce that we have joined the CERISE + SPTF…

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For a better tomorrow: FS Impact Finance joins the Bundesinitiative Impact Investing

16 March 2022

We are happy to announce that as of this week, FS…

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