Enabling Qapital AG

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Canton of Zug, Switzerland

Certified Since

September 2022

Industry

Microfinance - Emerging Markets

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

Angola,

Armenia,

Austria,

Azerbaijan,

Bangladesh,

Bolivia,

Burundi,

Cambodia,

Chile,

Colombia,

Congo,

Congo The Democratic Republic Of The,

Costa Rica,

Ecuador,

El Salvador,

Georgia,

Guatemala,

India,

Kazakhstan,

Kenya,

Liechtenstein,

Luxembourg,

Malaysia,

Mexico,

Mongolia,

Pakistan,

Philippines,

South Africa,

Sri Lanka,

Switzerland,

Tajikistan,

Tanzania,

Turkmenistan,

Uganda,

United States,

Uzbekistan,

Vietnam

Enabling Qapital Ltd. (EQ) is a leading Impact Investment Advisory Company dedicated to a world where investments provide a financial and social return and have a positive economic, social, and environmental impact. EQ currently advises more than USD 650m in Assets within the EMF Microfinance Fund AGmvK (EMF) and the Spark+ Africa Fund (in cooperation with the Clean Cooking Alliance from the UN Foundation). EQ has roughly 50 Team Members based in Switzerland, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Philippines, Pakistan and the United States in order to better understand local markets and be able to offer access to our services globally. EQ is a Swiss-based impact advisor that is seeking to become a regulated asset manager in the early 2023.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Enabling Qapital AG earned an overall score of 120.4. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
120.4
120.4 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 18.3

Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement4.1
Ethics & Transparency4.1
+ Mission Locked10

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Workers 32.1

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security14.8
Health, Wellness, & Safety8.5
Career Development5.8
Engagement & Satisfaction2.8

Community 14.5

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion5.4
Economic Impact5.2
Civic Engagement & Giving1.6

Environment 14.5

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management2.8
Air & Climate0.7
Water0.0
Land & Life2.0
+ Green Lending8.6

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Customers 40.9

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship3.1
+ Economic Empowerment for the Underserved22.4
+ Serving in Need Populations15.3

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2022 Overall B Impact Score120.4

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