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Social Investments
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Social investments – also known as Impact Investments – combine the financial characteristics of standard investments with additional social returns. As such, social investments are designed to deliver sustained financial returns while at the same time contributing to development in a sustainable way.
Combating poverty
More than four billion people worldwide live at the base of the pyramid (BOP). Despite plenty of initiative, business creativity and application, they are simply unable to achieve even modest prosperity. Their inability to tap into their own potential is due, among other things, to a lack of adequate access to financial markets and services.
Entrepreneurial approaches can make a significant contribution to the economic integration of people at the base of the pyramid. For this reason we specialize in identifying successful businesses and institutions in developing countries and emerging markets which offer products and services that enable precisely these people to improve their standard of living.
Social investments are therefore an attractive opportunity for socially responsible investors (SRI) seeking sustainable investments in developing nations.
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Base of the pyramid (BOP)
Four billion people worldwide live at the base of the income pyramid. Their
local purchasing power is less than $ 3,000 a year, which per day corresponds, for example, to $ 3.35 in Brazil, $ 1.56 in India, and $ 1.89 in Ghana. This means the market is potentially worth 5 trillion dollars.
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