Social Investors to Discuss Tools to Assess the Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance of MFIs

How are social investors assessing the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance of Microfinance Institutions? And can they harmonize their due diligence questions to be more efficient and reduce the burden on MFIs? These are some of the questions a Social Investor Working Group on Tool Sharing and Harmonization aims to address. 

The working group resulted from the Social Investor Group Meeting in Bern in June 2010 that is closely associated with the Social Performance Task Force. The working group is coordinated by Triple Jump, which is also hosting a first experts meeting on tool sharing and harmonization in collaboration with Oikocredit and with inputs of SNS Asset Management on September 23, 2010 in Amsterdam.

Currently, investors are using a variety of score cards, questionnaires or other tools to assess the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance of Microfinance Institutions. The workshop will bring together more than 15 investors that will share their tools and exchange experiences. They will look at what they can learn from each other in applying investor and industry tools and explore whether they can work towards a common core set of questions that address their ESG concerns.

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