E+CO finances and supports clean energy entrepreneurs in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The U.S.-based non-profit organisation focuses on alleviating energy poverty in the developing world. The People & Planet Note offers a 3 percent return over 8 years, with the proceeds used to provide seed and growth financing to clean energy entrepreneurs in developing countries. E+Co gives investors the opportunity for a true triple bottom line investment: one that comprises financial, social and financial returns.
The International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), a UK based charity, raises funds globally to be used to support immunisation, health system improvements and vaccine procurement programmes in more than 70 developing countries worldwide. The primary mission of IFFIm is to help achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, particularly the reduction of the world's child mortality rate. IFFIm's work will lead to the vaccination of more than 500 million people until 2015, preventing the deaths of 5 million children and 5 million adults.
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The overall aim of the fund is to offer investors the opportunity to make a measurable and sustainable contribution to the development of the microfinance sector. The fund will invest in microfinance institutions in Latin America, South America, Russia, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and the Middle East. Triodos Bank has been a pioneer in the provision of capital to the microfinance sector since 1994.