TYM - TINH THUONG MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION was established in 1992 by the Central Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU). TYM’s mission is to improve the #qualityoflife of low-income individuals and households, with priority given to poor and disadvantaged women, through appropriate, convenient, and responsible #microfinance products and services. Over 30 years, TYM has contributed to the VWU’s mission to eradicate #hunger, reduce #poverty, and empower #women, growing into one of Vietnam’s largest MFIs. With 30 years of experience, TYM has identified that helping women break out of the poverty cycle requires appropriate, safe and responsible #financialsolutions. TYM’s methods of delivering financial inclusion are through #financialservices and #socialservices provided to poor, near-poor, and low-income women. TYM strongly believes that sustainable human development can only be achieved using a combination of social and economic tools. TYM posits that savings programmes are linked to successful microfinance programmes as they allow households to accumulate #wealth, develop new #savings habits, and achieve their goals. Since its establishment, TYM has focused on enhancing the capabilities of women by training and nurturing them in a wide range of basic knowledge and skills, extending to specialised training content. This empowers women, fostering greater confidence and providing enhanced opportunities to elevate the quality of family life. TYM provides educational, social, and health services to poor, minority ethnic, disabled, and rural women in Vietnam, helping to address disparities in access to such services. Download the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gerBgTzQ
Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP)
Non-profit Organizations
Advancing impact investing knowledge and practices in Asia and beyond
About us
The Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (“CIIP”) fosters the growth of impact investing and practices in Asia and beyond by building and sharing knowledge, bringing together stakeholders in the community, and bringing about positive action that accelerates the adoption of impact investing. Based in Singapore, CIIP was established in 2022 as a non-profit entity by Temasek Trust, a steward of philanthropic endowments and gifts. Temasek and ABC Impact are our strategic partners. To achieve a sustainable future for all mankind, the world needs companies that can drive positive changes at scale through products and services. Impact investing can spur the growth of such companies and help advance solutions to address the challenges that the world faces today. We believe that sustainable companies are those who pursue social and environmental impact as avidly as they pursue profits and shareholder value. By striving to generate positive and measurable social and environmental returns alongside a financial return, both impact investors and companies can achieve returns with purpose. We are SDG Impact’s anchor partner for Asia. SDG Impact is the United Nations Development Programme initiative tasked to develop resources that accelerate investments towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
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https://www.ciip.com.sg/
External link for Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP)
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 2-10 employees
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- Singapore
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- Nonprofit
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- 2022
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- Impact Investing and Impact Management
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28 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238832
Singapore , SG
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Happy Birthday, Singapore! 🇸🇬 At Temasek Trust and across our ecosystem, we are committed to building better for every generation by protecting the planet, uplifting communities, connecting people, and advancing capabilities. Together, we go further, faster, shaping a brighter future for all. #SG59 #SingaporeNationalDay #TemasekTrust
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Noburo Wealth-Being is a social #FinTech fighting inequality through a business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) intermediary platform. Thailand has one of the highest household debt levels in the world, amounting to 90.6% of its GDP, and over 90% of workers are in debt. High levels of indebtedness among blue-collar workers, including to loan sharks, are attributed to a lack of financial management as well as high levels of unplanned spending. This leads to workers stacking their debt burdens, including from loan sharks. These workers are increasingly excluded from the financial sector as they are unable to apply for loans due to bad credit history, therefore lacking a financial safety net for emergencies. There is a general lack of financial literacy education amongst Thais, especially in the low-income population. Noburo provides blue-collared workers fair #credit access and #financialliteracy, providing human-centred psychological interventions through its mobile application. Noburo provides customised loans that encourage healthy financial habits and debt management. Noburo offers financial education and access to financial and debt planning tools, enabling customers to manage their finances effectively before obtaining loans. Noburo’s mission is to empower at least 100,000 borrowers to solve their debt problems and have at least THB 100,000 (USD 263) in savings through an integrative financial literacy and fair credit concept by 2025. Download the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gzMiXGbA
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Indonesia-based credit-led MSME neobank KoinWorks provides a one-stop offering spanning #financialservices and #businessdevelopment support for underserved MSMEs. As of 2020, USD 90 billion is needed to close the gap for the unmet credit needs of Indonesian #MSMEs. Many MSMEs lack access to formal financial institutions because they cannot provide #collateral and relevant #credit history. Women entrepreneurs face barriers to participating in the formal economy, including challenges with securing external financing, meeting bank qualifications, and unavailable human resources. At present, the Government of Indonesia also aims to have 62.9 million MSMEs in the country adopt digital payments by 2025. KoinWorks connects borrowers to willing lenders so that small businesses can get access to the credit they need to finance #growth, especially underserved businesses without access to banks. KoinWorks provides financial support through access to #digitallending, #investments, #neobanking, #billing, and #learning products in its app. MSMEs on KoinWork’s platform can access point-of-sale systems, #EWA products, and #humanresources management systems tailored to small businesses. KoinWorks offers a route for trustworthy access to financial solutions for underserved MSMEs, bolstered by rapid digitisation, supportive policies and regulations, and broadened access to the digital ecosystem. Download the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gbfcph6A
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What advice do the Amplifier mentors have for impact innovators? What expertise and guidance are they offering our 2024 cohort of mentees? Hear from Anuraj Singh Rawat of SOSV, Cynthia Handriani Wijaya of Daya Selaras Group, David Cheng of Nurasa's Food Tech Innovation Centre; Sharon Lim of Singapore Fashion Council and Browzwear; and Rosalind Bazany of Antler. The Amplifier is a 12-month capacity-building programme that takes a “whole of ecosystem” approach, bringing together over 30 global and regional industry leaders across sectors to support impact ventures in scaling their businesses. It is a collaboration between Temasek Trust entities — the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) and Philanthropy Asia Alliance. We are grateful to all partners for contributing their valuable time and resources to the programme and mentees. More details here: https://lnkd.in/gJ6bQCrg The Amplifier mentorship programme is underpinned by partnerships. We welcome more partners to come onboard. For more information, please reach out to [email protected] #Amplifier #mentorship #impact #innovation #startups
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#Throwback – Jointly with Temasek, Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) was pleased to have co-hosted our friends in the industry at the Impact Investing Roundtable 2024 earlier this year. Hear from Fay Choo, Asia Cocoa Director for Mars and En Lee, Head of Sustainable and Impact Investments Asia at LGT Private Banking, on their reflections and takeaways from the discussions on #sustainability🍃in #supplychains and #climateinvesting🌏in emerging markets. Keep watching this space or follow us for updates on the next roundtable!
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The Amplifier mentorship programme’s model leverages #philanthropy as a catalytic force, and combines resources across industries and sectors to establish the infrastructure required for impact businesses to scale, says Ms. Chii Fen Hiu from the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP). “We hope that through our 12-month programme, which will provide access to mentorship, advisory services, and catalytic capital, we are able to support these ambitious impact entrepreneurs to deliver positive impact at scale across the region,” she adds. The 2024 cohort of mentees comprises: 👖 Circ® (US): Recycling global fashion waste back into textiles, powering clean closets with patented technology 🔋 GRST (HK): Making sustainable lithium-ion batteries free from toxic PFAS “Forever Chemicals" 🐟 MAYANI (PH): Reshaping rural agricultural value chains through market access, climate-positive inputs, and credit 🍄 MYCL | Mycotech Lab (ID): Developing low-carbon composite and leather-like material from mycelium ♻ Sampangan.id (ID): Providing sustainable waste processing services by transforming waste materials into versatile raw materials The #Amplifier is a collaboration by Temasek Trust ecosystem entities — CIIP and the Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA) — to nurture impact startups to become commercially viable and amplify positive impact in Asia. 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gGMrUWm7 The Amplifier welcomes more partners to come onboard. For queries, please reach out to [email protected]. #Impact #Startups #Mentorship #Partnerships #CapacityBuilding
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What does it take to be a B Corp 🏆, and how does B Corp certification benefit businesses? 🎤 Hear from some of our B Corps operating in Asia! Thank you Silky Raheja of ABC Impact, Andrew Lim of boxgreen, Bertram F. of SukkhaCitta and Chris Marchant of Vitasoy International for your insights. B Lab B Lab Singapore B Market Builder SEA Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation B Lab Taiwan B Lab HK & Macau B Market Builder Japan MYSC
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Growsari is a tech-enabled business-to-business (B2B) platform that helps the Philippines’ sari-sari stores get better service levels, assortment, and access to new services. Growsari provides the stores with the infrastructure and tools they need to transform from simple fast-moving consumer goods (#FMCG) outlets to comprehensive service hubs for the nation’s grassroots communities. There are over 2 million #MSMEs in the Philippines, many of which are sari-sari stores, or mom-and-pop shops. Sari-sari stores account for over 60% of MSMEs in the Philippines. Sari-sari stores face the need to procure a variety of goods to service the needs of their neighbourhoods. They need to deal with multiple distributors, multiple suppliers, and the #supplychain is complex and expensive. Despite significant improvement in financial services penetration and adoption, there remains a large gap in #financialinclusion in the Philippines, especially among those in the lower socioeconomic brackets. Growsari’s founders, who had prior experience at P&G and Unilever, felt the distribution and supply chain as well as financial inclusion issues faced by sari-sari stores impeded business operations and income generation. Growsari’s solution is to look at the full supply chain - from buying, to storing goods, to last mile distribution, and solving each element to ensure a cost-effective distribution of goods. Growsari’s supplier marketplace called Sarimart gives sari-sari stores access to the distributor list prices enjoyed by large stores and wholesalers. In addition, Growsari’s financial services arm called Saripay provides stores the tools they need to manage their respective businesses - including access to credit, cashless payments, and various business management solutions. Download the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/g9GVnDPg
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🎥 Hear from the Amplifier 2024 cohort of impact innovators — Circ®, GRST, MAYANI, MYCL | Mycotech Lab, and Sampangan.id — when they were in town for the mentorship programme’s induction week! Highlights from the induction week included: - Amplifier mentors opening dinner - Training sessions led by Amplifier partners - Impact Investing Roundtable 2024 - Philanthropy Asia Summit 2024 The year-long Amplifier capacity-building programme — by Temasek Trust ecosystem entities, the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) and Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA) — aims to nurture impact startups to become commercially viable and scale positive impact in Asia. The #Amplifier welcomes more partners to come onboard. For queries, please reach out to [email protected]. In case you missed it, check out our article about the induction week: https://lnkd.in/g5mpAbJM Frank Harley, Justin Hung, JT Solis, Puneet Verma, Luke Henning, Peter Majeranowski, Annisa Wibi, Muhammad Fauzal Rizki, Hana Purnawarman, Adi Reza 🍄 500 Global, ABC Impact, Accenture, Allen & Overy, Antler, B Lab Singapore, CapitaLand, Circulate Capital, Clifford Chance, Daya Selaras Group, Dechert LLP, Deloitte, EDP Renewables, Enterprise Singapore, H&M Group, H&M Foundation, Heritas Capital, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, Mirova, Nusa Transformation Ventures, Nurasa, PwC Singapore, Rajah & Tann Asia, SATS, Schneider Electric, SOSV, Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator, TOLL, UNDP SDG Impact, UOB, UOB Venture Management, Vickers Venture Partners, WongPartnership LLP #Impact #Startups #Innovation #Mentorship #Partnerships #CapacityBuilding