Creating Sustainable Impact

Together with our clients and partners, we’re in the business of optimizing our impact from all angles. Investing in companies in development countries and emerging markets has an impact on the local community. FMO’s aim is to make sure that impact is positive, and not just in terms of economic development.

We determine our investments based on social and environmental development criteria as well. Development impact is important to local communities because it means building a job market, generating taxes, increasing skills levels, adding reliable infrastructure and more, while still paying due regard to corporate governance, environmental and social standards.

FMO doesn’t just talk about development impact in the abstract – we measure it.

Like all financial institutions, FMO is accountable for the impact it has. That’s why in 2005, we created what is called the Development Impact Indicator (DII). The DII is now applied to every investment. FMO uses this to assess the expected development impact of a project, as well as the actual development impact further down the line. FMO also publishes yearly Evaluation Reports on the progress achieved by the projects.

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For more information on FMO's Investment procedures, policies & criteria click here.

For documentation including specific policies, training materials and (evaluation) reports click here.