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Klaus Tischhauser Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Swiss-based responsAbility is one of the world’s leading social investment companies. The firm has assets under management of $1bn and focuses on microfinance, SME financing, fair trade, and independent media. Through these avenues, responsAbility provides financing and support to developing and emerging economies while providing investors with a new investment opportunity.
responsAbility co-Founder and CEO, Klaus Tischhauser, was recently interviewed by Sona Blessing for Opalesque Radio.
Socially responsible investing, also known as impact investing allows investors to make standard investments coupled with additional social benefits. In the case of responsAbility, investors can finance local cooperatives, and gain a diversified exposure to commodities such as coffee while also directly benefiting local farming communities through a Fair Trade payment scheme. Fair Trade arrangements ensure that local farmers are paid fair market prices for their goods or services such that they can more easily survive through a livable wage.
Fair Trade arrangements are a way for smaller farms and developing economies to compete against larger operations which are often subsidized and can therefore afford to take lower prices in some cases. For its part, responsAbility supports Fair Trade farming through a structured investment process. The underlying criteria are...................... To view our full article Click here
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