ISFA - International Social Finance Accelerator

🌟 Aligning on a shared definition of Social Impact Investing: Release of the Social Investment Framework 🌟 The Social Investment Framework, which was developed through a collaborative effort between Accelerating Impact and LuxFLAG, marks a significant milestone in social impact investing, providing a clear and comprehensive definition of social impact investing. 🔍 Shared Definition: The framework offers a clear definition of social impact investing, emphasizing the importance of generating substantial positive impact while avoiding or mitigating negative impacts. This shared definition serves as a cornerstone for advancing our activities and ensuring greater alignment of capital flows with social objectives. This framework aims to foster the growth and legitimacy of the social investing ecosystem. Explore the full details and join us in celebrating this achievement 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewHWTVhv For more information, please visit our website or contact us directly. #SocialImpact #ImpactInvesting #SocialInvestment #SocialInvestmentFramework #SocialInvestmentDefinition

📢LAST WEEK TO APPLY: The Call for Expression of Interest for the inaugural ISFA 2025 Cohort is open until 28 February 2025.⏳ 🚀The ISFA offers an innovative multi-year programme that accelerates emerging fund managers focusing on 3 key pillars for social impact: 🟠Decent Work across the Value-chain 🟠Adequate Living Standards and Wellbeing 🟠Inclusive and Sustainable Communities 💡 Do you want to know more about the selection process? Watch the webinar recording👉https://lnkd.in/eTVed79T 🖊Apply for support➡️https://lnkd.in/e28Kzaj8 ⏳The window to apply closes on 28 February! Start your application now and make sure you get all the documents ready on time for submission! ⚠️ Please note: Starting this year, the ISFA programme will align with the selection process of its sister programme, the ICFA, by requiring additional documents at the Expression of Interest phase.⚠️ #ISFA2025 #SocialFinance #InvestmentFunds #Impactfinance Laurence Hulin, Giulia Dunand, ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator, Accelerating Impact

📣 Join our ISFA Application Review Team and help drive meaningful social change. ✅ Do you have strong expertise in social finance, investment strategies, and fund selection? 🌍 Are you passionate about impact finance and social initiatives within these 3 pillars: 🟠Supporting Decent Work across the Value Chain 🟠Promoting Adequate Living Standards and Wellbeing 🟠Building Inclusive and Sustainable Communities 💡As a member of the ISFA Application Review Team, you will have a key role in shaping the future of social finance by selecting fund managers who are committed to addressing the most urgent social challenges. Your expertise and insights will be essential in the thorough evaluation and selection process, ensuring that only the most innovative and impactful fund managers are chosen for our program. 📚 To better understand your role as an Applicant Reviewer, we invite you to review the Terms of Reference attached. 📝 Express your interest before 17 March 2025 here: https://lnkd.in/eHpa8VsC If you have a proven track record and want to make a real impact, we’d love to have you on board!🔥 Laurence Hulin, Giulia Dunand #socialfinance #impactfinance #acceleration #emergingfundmanagers

📢1 WEEK LEFT: The Call for Expression of Interest for the inaugural ISFA 2025 Cohort is open until 28 February 2025.⏳Don't miss your chance to apply! 🚀The ISFA offers an innovative multi-year programme that accelerates emerging fund managers focusing on 3 key pillars for social impact: 🟠Decent Work across the Value-chain 🟠Adequate Living Standards and Wellbeing 🟠Inclusive and Sustainable Communities 💡 Do you want to know more about the selection process? Watch the webinar recording👉https://lnkd.in/eTVed79T 🖊Apply for support➡️https://lnkd.in/e28Kzaj8 ⏳The window to apply closes on 28 February! Start your application now and make sure you get all the documents ready on time for submission! ⚠️ Please note: Starting this year, the ISFA programme will align with the selection process of its sister programme, the ICFA, by requiring additional documents at the Expression of Interest phase.⚠️ #ISFA2025 #SocialFinance #InvestmentFunds #Impactfinance Laurence Hulin, Giulia Dunand, Morgana Bourggraff, Jekabs Vinauds, Stephan Peters, Marjolaine M., Camille Dassy ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator, Accelerating Impact

🌟 Great milestone for the Social Finance ecosystem: Release of the Social Investment Framework! 🌟 The Social Investment Framework, developed through a collaborative effort between Accelerating Impact and LuxFLAG, marks a significant milestone in social impact investing. By establishing themes, eligible activities, exclusions and safeguards, it provides a clear and comprehensive definition of social impact investing, and in doing so, nurtures the development of social investment products. 💡 Eligible Activities, Exclusions and Safeguards: The framework categorizes eligible social activities into three main themes: Decent Work across the Value-Chain, Adequate Living Standards and Wellbeing, and Inclusive and Sustainable Communities. It also includes suggested lists of excluded activities and minimum safeguards to ensure adherence to social and environmental standards. These measures are designed to prevent potential negative impacts and promote responsible investing practices. The framework emphasizes importance of key concepts for impact investing: financing of activities made with the intention to generate measured and managed substantial positive impact, implying that the activity should address an unmet need for a target population, while avoiding or mitigating negative impact, alongside a financial return. This framework aims to align capital flows with social objectives, fostering the growth and legitimacy of the social investing ecosystem. Explore the full details and join us in celebrating this achievement 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewHWTVhv For more information, please visit our website or contact us directly. #SocialImpact #ImpactInvesting #SocialInvestment #SocialInvestmentFramework #SocialInvestmentDefinition Accelerating Impact, LuxFLAG

ISFA - International Social Finance Accelerator - ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator, powered by Accelerating Impact, in collaboration with LuxFLAG, has recently published a research paper laying the groundwork for a Social Impact Investing definition and introducing a Social Investment Framework to support the growth of social investment products. Cerise+SPTF is proud to have contributed to this research by providing insights and feedbacks. To benefit the broader impact finance ecosystem, Accelerating Impact & LuxFlag have made this Social Investment Framework available under a Creative Commons license- free to use, share, and adapt. It includes: ✅ A definition of social impact investing ✅ A non-exhaustive list of eligible activities ✅ A suggested list of exclusions ✅ Minimum safeguards 🎯 At Cerise + SPTF, we remain deeply engaged in this space. Through our Social Investors Working Group, we continuously develop resources for investors, investment advisors, asset managers/owners, and DFIs, fostering alignment within the sector and advancing Responsible Investment in Inclusive Finance. 📖 Read the full research paper: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gYsusw2w #SocialImpact #ImpactInvesting #Standards #SIWG

📣 Join our ISFA Application Review Team!  As you may know, we recently launched our ISFA - International Social Finance Accelerator programme and as part of it, we are looking for experienced individuals to join our Application Review Team and help drive meaningful change. If you have a proven track record and want to make a real impact, we’d love to have you on board!🔥 ✅ Do you have strong expertise in social finance, investment strategies, and fund selection?  🌍 Are you passionate about impact finance and social initiatives within these 3 pillars:  🟠Supporting Decent Work across the Value Chain  🟠Promoting Adequate Living Standards and Wellbeing  🟠Building Inclusive and Sustainable Communities    💡As a member of the ISFA Application Review Team, you will have a key role in shaping the future of social finance by selecting fund managers who are committed to addressing the most urgent social challenges. Your expertise and insights will be essential in the thorough evaluation and selection process, ensuring that only the most innovative and impactful fund managers are chosen for our program.    📚 To better understand your role as an Applicant Reviewer, we invite you to review the Terms of Reference attached.     📝 Express your interest before 17 March 2025 here: https://lnkd.in/eHpa8VsC  Laurence Hulin, Giulia Dunand Marjolaine M., Stephan Peters, Morgana Bourggraff, Jekabs Vinauds, Camille Dassy #socialfinance #impactfinance #acceleration #emergingfundmanagers

📢2 WEEKS LEFT: The Call for Expression of Interest for the inaugural ISFA 2025 Cohort is open until 28 February 2025.⏳Don't miss your chance to apply! 🚀The ISFA offers an innovative multi-year programme that accelerates emerging fund managers focusing on 3 key pillars for social impact: 🟠Decent Work across the Value-chain 🟠Adequate Living Standards and Wellbeing 🟠Inclusive and Sustainable Communities 💡 Do you want to know more about the selection process? Watch the webinar recording👉https://lnkd.in/eTVed79T 🖊Apply for support➡️https://lnkd.in/e28Kzaj8 ⏳The window to apply closes on 28 February! Start your application now and make sure you get all the documents ready on time for submission! ⚠️ Please note: Starting this year, the ISFA programme will align with the selection process of its sister programme, the ICFA, by requiring additional documents at the Expression of Interest phase.⚠️ #ISFA2025 #SocialFinance #InvestmentFunds #Impactfinance

🌟 Thank you to the valuable contributors to our Social Investment Framework! 🌟 Our Social Investment Framework, a collaborative effort between Accelerating Impact and LuxFLAG, would not have led to such comprehensive results without the support of the contributors: ADA - Appui au Développement Autonome (Laura Foschi), BlueOrchard Finance Ltd (Maria Teresa Zappia, Camille Loubignac), Cerise+SPTF, European Investment Fund (EIF) (Cyril Gouiffès), e-MFP (Joana Afonso, Gabriela Erice García), Incofin Investment Management (Paul Buysens, Loïc De Cannière, Geert Peetermans), INOKS Capital S.A., Laudes Foundation (Leslie Johnston, M.Sc.), Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Laetitia Hamon), Ring Capital (Servane Metzger-Corrigou) and many others. A special thank you to Primera Purpose Advisory for assisting with the research. We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the practitioners and stakeholders who provided invaluable feedback and insights during the consultation process. Your contributions have been instrumental in shaping this framework and ensuring its relevance and effectiveness in advancing social finance. Our framework aims to align capital flows with social objectives, fostering the growth of the social investing ecosystem. Explore the full details and join us in celebrating this achievement! 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewHWTVhv For more information, please visit our website or contact us directly. #SocialImpact #ImpactInvesting #SocialInvestment #SocialInvestmentFramework #SocialInvestmentDefinition

📣 As a proud new member of the IMS Luxembourg - Inspiring More Sustainability network, Accelerating Impact was thrilled to take part in the welcoming event this past Thursday. Attending the IMS event provided valuable insights and inspiration for actionable sustainability initiatives within our company. We plan to participate in IMS’s training programs to deepen our expertise, explore signing the **Diversity Charter** to reinforce our commitment to inclusion, and launch a **digital cleanup** initiative to reduce our environmental footprint. Additionally, we look forward to engaging with the **CSR Manager Club**, attending relevant IMS events, and collaborating on best practices for responsible business. Excited to turn these ideas into concrete actions!⚡ #Sustainability #Diversity #DigitalCleanup #CSR #IMS 💡 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eEQndHFH Nancy THOMAS, Julien Demoulin Marjolaine M., Jekabs Vinauds, Camille Dassy ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator ISFA - International Social Finance Accelerator