🚀🌱 Change has been percolating through the coffee industry, thanks to Caravela Coffee. The Oikocredit partner works to bridge social disparities and enhance farm-level #sustainability, as is evident from its 2023 Impact Report. An Oikocredit #equity partner since 2019, Caravela is committed to responsible #coffee sourcing. The process goes beyond sustainable certifications and complex cup profiles, involving extensive, often unseen efforts across the supply chain to support people, enhance product quality, ensure performance, and protect the planet. That means fair buying, producer support, quality assurance, and risk-taking, with innovations at every level. It's just one of the reasons why we’re proud to be working with Caravela. 🌍📈 See how it’s leading the way in creating a better future for coffee communities in its impact report: https://lnkd.in/e9h3WEWy
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Social impact investor and worldwide cooperative
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Oikocredit is a social impact investor and worldwide cooperative with over four decades of experience in promoting sustainable development through investments in financial inclusion, agriculture and renewable energy. As a social investor, Oikocredit's work is guided by the principle of empowering low-income people to improve their livelihoods. To do this, Oikocredit supports partner organisations in developing countries through loans, equity investments and capacity building. Social impact is at the heart of Oikocredit's work. Through our network of local staff we are able to respond to partners' needs and offer solutions that go beyond financing. We prioritise social impact while safeguarding the environment and generating fair financial returns for our investors. Oikocredit has investments in over 70 countries worldwide, with its international office based in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. For more information, visit: www.oikocredit.coop
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http://www.oikocredit.coop
Externe link voor Oikocredit
- Branche
- Financiële diensten
- Bedrijfsgrootte
- 201 - 500 medewerkers
- Hoofdkantoor
- Amersfoort, Utrecht
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- Naamloze vennootschap
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- 1975
Locaties
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Primair
Berkenweg 7
Amersfoort, Utrecht 3818 LA, NL
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Medewerkers van Oikocredit
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Gaston Aussems
Fintech professional, entrepreneur, board member
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Figaro den Hollander
Sourcing the best national and international management talent to grow your business. Partner Horton International Benelux at Horton…
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Arpita Pal Agrawal
Managing Director | Board Member | Inclusive Growth | ESG
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Pierre Schmit
Responsable administratif et financier chez Louvain Coopération
Updates
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👏This week, we’re celebrating our partner Cafédirect Group and its inspiring journey over the past year! It’s been a challenging year in a challenging industry, but the brand is going from strength to strength, as CEO John Steel writes in his new progress report. The publication details its progress in tackling the issues in the coffee industry – the way it works with growers, treats the environment, influences business and supports its communities. Cafédirect isn’t the highest selling Fairtrade coffee brand in the UK – it succeeds while paying coffee farmers and smallholders a fair price for their produce. For its Cafédirect brand, it paid 47% more than the Fairtrade Minimum Price for coffee. Additionally, more than GBP 100,000 has been invested in smallholder farmers through Producers Direct, which is developing new technology that could uplift farmers globally. Although the coffee industry is in need of major change, putting farmers first is the only sustainable way to do business, John says. We couldn’t agree more. 🤩 #Coffee #SustainableAgriculture #BeTheChange
As a nation, we love good coffee. But it needs protecting. Our latest Progress Report shows how we’re getting on with tackling the big issues in coffee. Because changing the way coffee is bought and sold is the only way to guarantee the future of our daily drink – and of the people who make it. 2023 was a huge year. We doubled in size overnight with the purchase of Bewley’s UK. One new roastery. Two new coffee brands. Hundreds of venues selling our coffee across the UK. Millions of farmers earning enough to feed their families. Take a look at some of our highlights from last year below. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eGEci-kK (Spanish version available)
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☕🧑🌾🌎 Did you know that your cup of coffee benefits entire communities? That’s the power of cooperatives, which help small coffee farmers grow and market their produce. In honour of the recent International Day of Cooperatives, we’re highlighting the work of COOPERATIVA FRONTERA SAN IGNACIO or COOPAFSI. A farmer may be able to grow superlative beans, but getting them to roasters and consumers requires an entirely different organisation. Cooperatives such as COOPAFSI help producers pool their resources to scale their businesses. Formed in 1968, the Oikocredit partner operates within the districts of La Coipa, Huarango, Tabaconas, and San Ignacio. The Peruvian cooperative comprises 16 committees and provides microfinance, social, and business services to its partners. It also covers a large number of needs that arise from technical agricultural training to community development and health funds. As a result, farmers such as Magdalena López Herrera from San Antonio de la Balsa now get a fair price for their coffee, as well as support with fertilizers, temporary workers at harvest time, and even technical assistance around crops, beekeeping, and climate change. “The cooperative supports us in many ways,” she says. “The practice on our coffee farm has changed. Before, we sold our coffee to the traders. Sometimes buyers came to the house to take it. But they didn't pay us the fair price like the cooperative does. They give us a better price that encourages us to continue growing coffee.” In the process, the entire local community reaps social and economic benefits. So, the next time you brew a cup of coffee, take a moment to appreciate the role of cooperatives and how they build a better future for us all. 👉Find out more about our impact in our most recent impact report: https://lnkd.in/eEKmzeS #Cooperatives #BeTheChange #Coops4SDGs #CoopsDay
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🌊 Our new three-year #water, sanitation and hygiene collaboration with Water.org will address gaps in #WASH service provision for underserved communities, initially in #LatinAmerica. That’s good news for communities challenged by low incomes, poor provision, droughts and #climatechange. Starting in Brazil, Mexico and Peru, we’ll combine products, services, expertise and networks to develop affordable, viable and scalable solutions for communities in need. Water.org will lead with technical assistance, Oikocredit with debt capital. 👉 Take a look: https://lnkd.in/e299Ebaf #impactinvesting #sustainability #resilience
Oikocredit announces new water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) collaboration with Water.org
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📢🤝📈 We’re delighted to announce that small and medium enterprises in Indonesia will soon be able to access business capital more easily. That’s on the back of a loan of EUR 2.4 million to Validus, our new fintech partner in Southeast Asia. Batumbu, Validus’ Indonesian subsidiary, will use the funds to expand its reach and support more local businesses. SMEs are the backbone of many economies in Southeast Asia, but they have trouble finding funds to grow their business, partly because of data and risk issues. IFC - International Finance Corporation puts Indonesia’s MSME financing gap at USD 234 billion. See how we’re helping address the gap: https://lnkd.in/ehzAXJjY #SMEFinance #Indonesia #BeTheChange #MSME
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“As a social impact investor, we want to support sectors that touch the lives of the #communities around us,” says Caroline Kamau-Mulwa, Oikocredit’s Regional Director for Africa. “This is a key part of our strategy.” Hence our new three-year EUR 7.4m #water, sanitation and hygiene partnership in #Kenya with Sidian Bank and Aqua for All. We’ll be supporting #SMEs and #WASH service providers with a target disbursement of 480 loans to benefit 3 million Kenyans, 40% of lending going to #women-led businesses and 60% to service providers. That’s three #SDGs – 5, 6 and 13 – in a single project! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eZMnrRfj
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👉 Join our online session TOMORROW with the Oikocredit partner Conacado from the Dominican Republic and Chocolatemakers! Learn about the cocoa value chain, the challenges, and how you can make a positive impact. 🌱 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 ⏰ Time: 18:45–20:00 CEST 🌐 Platform: Zoom Register now and get an exclusive discount on delicious, ethically sourced chocolate from Chocolatemakers, made with cocoa from our partner Conacado! https://lnkd.in/ehDn9RxT #ChocoholicsUnite #EthicalChocolate #SustainableCocoa #FairTrade #EcoFriendly #CocoaValueChain #MakeAnImpact #BetterPlanet #FairPay #OnlineSession
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🆕Our new US$10m partnership with AfricInvest Group Private Credit (APC) will support small and medium enterprises across #Africa. Our first-time investment will boost APC’s supply of medium- to long-term credit to African #SMEs, targeting enterprises underserved by mainstream financial institutions because they lack collateral. Besides tailored financial solutions, APC offers #capacitybuilding to help investee companies thrive and expand sustainably. With our capital infusion APC can increase outreach in multiple countries and contribute to a thriving SME sector as the backbone of Africa’s economy. 👉Want to know more?https://lnkd.in/eFrCQHHZ
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Are you a chocoholic? We sure are! 🍫😋 Ever wondered how you could enjoy delicious piece – or, let’s be honest, a whole bar – of chocolate AND contribute to a better planet and fair payment for cocoa famers? 🤔 👉 Join our online session with the Oikocredit partner Conacado from the Dominican Republic and Chocolatemakers BV! Learn about the cocoa value chain, the challenges, and how you can make a positive impact. 🌱 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 ⏰ Time: 18:45–20:00 CEST 🌐 Platform: Zoom 👉Register now and get an exclusive discount on delicious, ethically sourced chocolate from Chocolatemakers, made with cocoa from our partner Conacado! We can’t wait to see you online! 😍 https://lnkd.in/eDmAKPkH #ChocoholicsUnite #EthicalChocolate #SustainableCocoa #FairTrade #EcoFriendly #CocoaValueChain #MakeAnImpact #BetterPlanet #FairPay #OnlineSession
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🌍🌱We are celebrating #WorldEnvironmentDay with our innovative US$2.5m investment in French green-tech NetZero which will expand #biochar production in #Brazil. This will support #smallholder #coffee #farmers in increasing their yields using less synthetic fertiliser, reduce on-farm carbon emissions and create well-paid rural-industrial jobs. Our Director of Impact Investments, Dave Smit, says: “Biochar is a new investment opportunity with significant impact on coffee farmers’ yields and soil quality, providing increased income and decarbonising coffee production … We are very pleased to support the scaling of this technology.” It was a pleasure to host NetZero team in Oikocredit's office in Amersfoort, and learn more about the power of biochar. Read more: https://lnkd.in/grvfzfhK #climate #impactinvesting #socialimpact #developmentfinance #sustainability #resilience #agriculture
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