Green Microfinance: Characteristics of Microfinance Institutions Involved in Environmental Management

Allet, Marion; Hudon, Marek

doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1942-5

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“…However, as their reach extended to remote areas, they had an opportunity to have a wide-ranging effect on environmental awareness, especially if, as Allet and Hudon (2013) argue, they were large MFIs or registered as banks. A number of MFIs had certain environmental prerequisites before approving loans.…”

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The role of Islamic microfinance in poverty alleviation and environmental awareness in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia

Effendi¹

2013

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Section: The Effect Of Mfis On Environmental Awarenessmentioning

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The role of Islamic microfinance in poverty alleviation and environmental awareness in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia

Effendi¹

2013

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“…H3& H7: H2 will be strengthened if the MFI is engaged in green microfinance and has a socially responsible strategy which fit with expectations of stakeholder H8a: H2 will be reinforced if the MFI has a culture of corporate reputation management 'Green matters' have become more evident in microfinance management and MFIs tend to perform better in environmental policy (Allet & Hudon, 2015). Allet (2014) discovered at one side that if legitimation (stakeholder pressure) is a dominant driver, then MFIs become more defensive and elaborates superficial strategies to appear green.…”

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On The Two-Way Relationship between Corporate Reputation and Financial Performance in Microfinance: A Stakeholder Approach

Lusambo¹

2017

IJBM

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This conceptual paper is grounded on three main observations. First, the lack of a theoretical framework on which a consistent model of the two-way relationship between corporate reputation and financial performance can be developed. Second, the lack of microfinance literature on the role played by corporate reputation as a social construct, and an intangible asset, in the strategic management of MFIs. Third, the impact of ethical issues and competitive challenges amplified by the commercialization of microfinance, and their threats to safeguarding the double-bottom (or triple-bottom) line of microfinance. Theoretical findings suggest that the Wu-Stuart Framework can be used as a benchmark to justify an embedded theory of firm underlying the circular link hypothesis into an institutional environment. Thus, the EP-SP-FP model highlights that MFI's corporate reputation could act both as a moderating effect on the dynamic of MFI's financial performance, and a mediating or balancing effect on the trade-off between social, environmental, and financial performance of MFI.

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“…Since 1996, Grameen Shakti, a Grameen Bank's affiliate, has provided about 2.5 million people with affordable solar energy system loan schemes (Majumber, 2009). Further, a partnership between HSBC, Spandana and MicroEnergy Credits, has facilitated access to affordable solar-powered lighting to about 1 million poor people via the selling of resulting carbon offsets on the international voluntary market (Allet & Hudon, 2013).…”

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Microfinance and Climate Change Impacts: The Case of Agroamigo in Brazil

Moser

Gonzalez

2015

Rev. adm. empres.

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This paper reports an empirical case study on the interface between microfinance and climate change actions. Climate change, which until recently seemed a luxury for the microfinance sector, now appears to be crucial for its future. For their low adaptive capacity, the millions of microfinance clients worldwide happen to be the most vulnerable to a changing climate. However, such an arena is still blurred from an academic viewpoint, and inexistent among Brazilian academia. Therefore, by investigating Brazil's largest rural MFI, Agroamigo, we aim at providing an empirical contribution to green microfinance. The main conclusion is that, albeit Agroamigo offers important links to climate change initiatives, it will need to take better account of specific vulnerabilities and risks to protect its portfolio and clients better from climate change impacts. KEYWORDS RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas | FGV-EAESP

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Green Microfinance: Characteristics of Microfinance Institutions Involved in Environmental Management

Cited by 86 publications

References 68 publications

The role of Islamic microfinance in poverty alleviation and environmental awareness in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia

The role of Islamic microfinance in poverty alleviation and environmental awareness in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia

On The Two-Way Relationship between Corporate Reputation and Financial Performance in Microfinance: A Stakeholder Approach

Microfinance and Climate Change Impacts: The Case of Agroamigo in Brazil

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