Terhi Koipijärvi: Strategic thinking over administration

Terhi Koipijärvi

…an offer for their shares. The company’s new owner will be the African Forestry Impact Platform (AFIP), which focuses on the African forestry sector. The investment company’s goal is to…

January 30, 2023

2X Challenge exceeds initial target by committing and mobilizing $4.5 billion in capital towards women’s economic empowerment

…of the 2X Criteria, becoming the first multilateral development bank to do so. At the end of 2019, the Belgian Investment Company for Developing countries (BIO) became the newest DFI…

June 30, 2020

Finnfund’s alignment with Operating Principles for Impact Management

…to your comments and the independent verification of our systems scheduled for next spring. Operating Principles for Impact Management (pdf) More information: Senior Development Impact Adviser Juho Uusihakala, juho.uusihakala (a)…

April 22, 2020

A virtual due diligence? Is that even possible?

Hanna Kauppinen

…is particularly true when it comes to projects that involve new people and new companies, not to mention new countries or industries – you simply cannot replace local visits with…

May 18, 2020

Discovering outcomes in gender-lens investing

…technology provider Work Ahead helped New Forests Company (NFC), an East African forestry company, to gather data and assess the impact of their cooperation with smallholders. Work Ahead prepared a…

August 13, 2021

Finnfund and University of Helsinki to invest together into microfinancing in Africa and Asia

…renewable energy, sustainable forestry, sustainable agriculture and financial institutions. Today Finnfund’s investments and commitments total about €957 million, half of them in Africa. The company has about 90 employees. For…

October 12, 2021

Annual report 2019

May 3, 2019

New policy statement guides Finnfund’s investment activities in strengthening natural values and biodiversity

…natural resources. For example, since 2022, Finnfund has been working with the agroforestry company MLR Forestal operating in Nicaragua, aiming to restore 554 hectares of degraded forest land and strengthen…

August 26, 2024

Beyond avoided emissions, DFIs seek carbon removals

Kenneth Söderling

…forest products, such as wooden constructions. Agroforestry combines forestry and agriculture; for example, the land is used for crop (such as coffee) production, and the trees provide both income and…

November 12, 2020

Annual report 2020

April 30, 2021