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Year selected: 2018

Season’s Greetings!

All of us at Finnfund join in wishing you a happy holiday season and best wishes for a wonderful new year. This Christmas we made a donation to support WWF’s efforts to save tropical forests and the work of Women’s Bank to promote women’s entrepreneurship and income in developing countries.

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Finnfund calculated climate effects of its investment portfolio

The development financier Finnfund, has commenced to calculate the climate impact of its entire investment portfolio annually. The calculations show that Finnfund’s investments in forestry sequester more than half a million carbon dioxide equivalent tonnes (tCO2eq) in the atmosphere. With its investments in clean energy, Finnfund avoids emissions in developing countries by 64,000 tCO2eq annually. […]

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Independent assessment of Finnfund’s operations: Shifting the focus to the poorest countries succeeded without risking the development impacts and profitability

Finnfund has managed to invest more and more in the poorest countries and difficult sectors while maintaining its economic viability, states an independent evaluation commissioned by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. “The investments that produce the most positive development effects are quite often also the most financially challenging due to their high risks. Finnfund appears […]

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