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Discussion around social investments from a financial perspective. Text in Swedish and English.
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Social Investments in a Financial Perspective
SOCIALA INVESTERINGAR I ETT FINANSIELLT PERSPEKTIV
Pontus Engström CFO Mission Covenant Church of Sweden CEO Derbo Förvaltning AB
Pär Löfving DNB Senior Analyst Responsible Investments
Vem investerar? Who Invests?
Anledningar till ett ökat intresse Drivers of increased interest in social investments
Examples: � Human Rights incidents � Environmental Disasters � Globalisation � Technology � Code of conducts, Regulation � Special-‐interest groups and NGOs � Political initiatives (EU, OECD, UN, ISO 26000 etc) Currently: � Global Financial Crisis -‐ short term � Environmental Crisis – mother of all meltdowns
à Change from ”do no harm” approach to ”demonstrate positive development benefit”
Vad är en social investering? What is a social investment?
� The provision and use of finance to generate social and financial returns. It can take a variety of forms, from the provision of loans to direct equity investments.
� Social return are improved outcomes for society. � Financial return imply that there must be some expectation on the part of the social investor that they will be able to get their money back in the future with a return. Opposite is grant-‐giving.
Financial Value = Price paid for social value – Cost of creating that social value > 0
V = PSV -‐ CSV > 0
Andel sociala investeringar under 2010 Share of social investments made in 2010
84%
11%
3% 2%
Secured lending
Unsecured lending
Quasi equity
Equity
Source: Survey BCG (2011)
Sociala investeringar kan ske med olika risk Social investments with different levels of risk
Source: CAF Venturesome, September 2010
Hinder för sociala investeringar Hinders of social investments
� Social purpose organisations are used to grants – caught in the ”hamster wheel”.
� Insuficient and fragmented distribution of capital � Knowledge in social sector boards � Un-‐developed market, an emerging market � Regulations � Insufficient incentives � Deal-‐broking
Utveckling av en social marknad The emergence of a social investment market
RISING STARS ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT ASSET CLASS
WILD WEST RESPECTABLE STRANGER
INVESTMENT READINESS
INFORMATION TO INVESTORS
Steg för ökad tillväxt bland sociala investeringar Actions to increase the growth in social investments
1. Create more ”investible” business models (lack of attractive ventures to invest in)
2. Improve financial skills and experience in the sector 3. Develop a better understanding of risk and how to price it
(a better understanding of risk-‐weighted returns)
4. Improve commisioning capabilities (pricing outcomes based on the same value of money)
5. Improve metrics and independent audit (ways of measuring the impact)
6. Address distortive effects of grants and ”soft” finance (include the FULL costs of establishing and providing a service)
Source: Adrian Brown and Will Norman (2001)
Time for Q&A