2. DOEN Foundation
The fund of three Dutch charity lotteries
• the Dutch Postcode Lottery
• the BankGiro Lottery
• the Sponsor Bingo Lottery
Focus on Sustainable Development, Culture, Welfare and
Social Cohesion
Use of all financial instruments: grants where necessary, loans,
guarantees or equity where possible
Annual budget of > USD 50 million
3. Impact investing DOEN Foundation
1. Investing in entrepreneurial initiatives that lead to a
sustainable world in which everyone can play a part
2. All DOEN investing is impact investing with a high
risk profile and uncertain financial returns
3. All returns reinvested or granted
4. Microfinance
Diversified portfolio of (potential) leaders in all
segments of the sector
• Triodos-Doen, 70 million fund
• Symbiotics, broker
• MyC4, P2P
• Fern, MIS provider
• ProCredit Holding, group of 22 MFIs
Over USD 140 million to microfinance
5. ProCredit Group
Impact Investment
Long-term investment to improve access to financial services.
Since 1998 USD 56 million invested and USD 14 million in
grants.
Returns realised
• Social impact: 4.5 billion USD outstanding to 1 million clients
and 4 billion savings from 4 million clients
• Financial return: annual dividends and considerable value
created
7. Challenges in impact investing
Getting best at scouting initiatives that:
• are entrepreneurial
• are pioneering and have impact potential
• meet your impact objectives
Approach and challenges
• Selection of right entrepreneurs
• Increasing exposure over time, shifting from grants to equity
• Focus on potential for social impact and then financial returns
• Be patient
8. Tendris – VISA GreenCard
The first credit card which automatically compensates for
CO-2 emissions
