57: Impact The Right Way: No Green Washing

<div><strong>Guest bio</strong></div> <div>Marie Puaux is Head of Impact Management at Bamboo Capital Partners. She is passionate about social innovation and helping organizations improve their impact. </div> <div>Prior to joining Bamboo, she worked in Corporate Social Responsibility within two multinational companies in France and in the U.S. She also worked in Sustainability Consulting, supporting companies in the design of strategies and projects related to social &amp; environmental sustainability, and in Microfinance with an international NGO in France and an MFI in India.</div> <div> <br> Marie holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from ESSEC Business School, where she majored in Social Entrepreneurship. Her major thesis focused on companies’ ‘Base of the Pyramid’ strategies and their impact on informal economy in low- and middle-income countries. </div> <div><br> </div> <div><strong>Bamboo Capital</strong></div> <div>Bamboo Capital Partners is an impact investing platform which provides innovative financing solutions to businesses in emerging markets serving the needs of low- and middle income populations, thus catalysing lasting impact. </div> <div>We bridge the gap between seed and growth stage funding through a full suite of finance options – from debt to equity – which we activate unilaterally or through strategic partnerships. Bamboo is a partner of Palladium, a global impact firm with operations in 90 countries.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><strong>Key Points </strong></div> <ul> <li>Investing in best in class impact and more than just from an ESG standpoint.</li> <li>Two components when assessing investmentee in funds <ul> <li>Delivers positive impact</li> <li>Prevents negative impact</li> </ul> </li> <li>Investment focus<ul> <li>Financial inclusion</li> <li>Access to clean energy</li> <li>Affordable health care to low income population</li> <li>Care SheTrades Fund for women empowerment</li> <li>ABC Fund for small holder farmers in Africa - Agribusiness Fund as part of International F