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habari! March 2009
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responsAbility newsletter
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Editorial
Do you want a comprehensive overview on the topic of social investments, quickly and easily? Would you like to know what Sim Sok in Cambodia was able to achieve with her first loan of USD 300? Or where responsAbility is investing? Are you interested in the current performance of our responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund? Our new website provides answers to these and many other questions.
Up-to-date corporate communication is an important element of building trust with all stakeholders, especially in today’s economically challenging and fast-paced environment. Electronic media provide a vital channel to ensure such a steady flow of communication. The purpose of redesigning our electronic media is to respond even better to your information needs. Starting immediately, private and institutional social investors, interested parties, journalists, and clients seeking financing will find information, news and background reports on the topic of social investments.
As part of our social performance reporting we have updated the financial and social key performance figures of our products as of year-end 2008. Thanks to your investments we were able to continue growing successfully in spite of a difficult year at the stock markets. With over USD 252 million in new monies since the end of 2007 responsAbility managed a portfolio of USD 704.8 million as of year-end December 2008. Among other things, this allowed us to reach over 30,000 additional microenterprises since June 2008 (closing date for the last social performance measurement). Details of our financial and social performance – including our other investment themes – are discussed in the “In Focus” section.
We hope you will enjoy the newsletter and explore our new website. We look forward to your feedback.
Yours, Michèle Chevin
Head Marketing & Communications
responsAbility Social Investments AG
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