27-29.09.2021 – FEBEA meeting in Bilbao
From September 27 to 29, the Board of Directors of FEBEA met in Bilbao. This first face-to-face meeting after two years, due to the pandemic, has been an opportunity to…
07.10.21 – GSEF2021 – THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FINANCE AND ITS FUTURE IN THE POST COVID19 ERA
The session organised in the context of the GSEF2021 invites different types of leading social finance organisations/networks such as impact investors, wholesalers, ethical banks, microfinances, cooperative funds to exchange their…
LA BAS, THE FIRST SWISS BANK TO MEASURE ITS GLOBAL CARBON FOOTPRINT
In its 2020 sustainability report, which has just been published, Banque Alternative Suisse SA (BAS) presents its carbon footprint by including that of its financing activity. To her knowledge, this…
ERSTE GROUP LAUNCHES EQUITY BOOSTER TO SUPPORT SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS GROWTH
Erste Social Finance Holding, a joint venture of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation, recently launched “Quasi-equity”, an innovative social finance instrument. This new funding opportunity, which has received financial support…
FINANCE4GOOD PODCAST – LISTEN TO THE 2nd EPISODE!
The 2nd episode of our Finance4Good podcast is out! In this episode you will learn more about EthicalFinance projects and their impact on communities! With our members: - our Chairman…
FEBEA ANSWER TO THE EU CONSULTATION ON SOCIAL TAXONOMY: FOCUS ON SOCIAL ECONOMY AND TRANSPARENCY IS NEEDED
As mentioned in our position paper “For a truly sustainable finance - that combats climate change and inequality”, we welcome the steps undertaken by the EU to adopt a clear…
SURVEY ON GREEN & SUSTAINABLE FINANCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
Green & Sustainable Finance practitioners: our friends at SCP/RAC are looking for the perspective of investors & finance stakeholders with regards to the main access to finance barriers faced by green…
FLOODS IN WALLONIA – OUR MEMBER CREDAL ACTIVATES IMMEDIATE MEASURES
Once again climate change is showing its dramatic effects in Europe, with tragic consequences. After the floods that hit the Karditsa region last year in Greece, in July an unprecedented…
CASSA CENTRALE BANCA & CARITAS: A PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN NEED
In 2020, our member Cassa Centrale (together with Allitude, Assicura and Claris Leasing - part of the Cassa Centrale Banking Group) partnered with Caritas to provide concrete answers to people…
AFIN CONFERENCE – ETHICAL FINANCE IN EUROPE
If you missed it, here's the speech of our Secretary General at the AFIN Conference, organised by Fundația Alături de Voi România, on the European Experience with Ethical and Alternative…