Beyond traditional credit analysis: our proprietary rating methodology for inclusive finance investments
Investing in inclusive finance requires a different lens from investing in traditional financial institutions. While financial ...
Trust, Resilience and Impact: Why Cyber Security Is a Business Issue
Sustainable finance is built for the long term. But long-term impact requires something that rarely appears in an investment headline: resilience. In a recent episode of syracom’s “Security first, coffee second …” podcast, we discussed why cyber security, compliance and…
SCAF III – Catalysing renewable energy project development in Africa and Asia
The deployment of renewable energy (RE) capacity in Africa and Asia is essential for providing access to clean energy and mitigating climate change. However...
SCAF – Relevance for private capital mobilisation and continuous support needs
SCAF acts as market creator by financing the development of bankable projects for private investors and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) that typically...
Impact investing at a crossroads: Insightful and inspiring moments from the GIIN Impact Forum 2025
Last week, we had the pleasure of joining the GIIN Forum 2025 in Berlin. Together with over 1,200 peers from across the global impact investing community, four of our team members had an energising and insightful few days of exchange,…
AI & Energy: From One Answer to the Grid – Part 2
In the first part, we explored what powers a single AI output – from the computational intensity of large language models to the vast data centre infrastructure that keeps them running. We are now going to forward on energy forecasts – and the challenges around making the right assumptions.
AI & Energy: From One Answer to the Grid – Part 1
When you type a question into ChatGPT and receive a response, the exchange consumes approximately 0.3 to 0.4 watt-hours of electricity. According to OpenAI’s Sam Altman, an average query uses around 0.34 Wh, while independent measurements of GPT-4o recorded approximately 0.43 Wh for a typical prompt.
Working with People – How Schick Arbeiten GmbH Brings Personality into Recruitment
Located in Frankfurt’s dynamic Ostend district, Schick Arbeiten GmbH stands as a testament to the fact that personnel placement can be much more than merely matching résumés with job descriptions. For over a decade, the company has been a trusted…
The relevance of microfinance for biodiversity conservation
THE ULTIMATE THREAT At some point towards the end of 2021, when the world (or more precisely, we humans) slowly began to recover from COVID 19, it became obvious that economically there will be some rough years ahead of us…
Generating returns with Generative AI?
BALANCING RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU-BASED FIRMS UNDER THE EU AI ACT How Artificial Intelligence has changed our world The advent of Generative AI is poised to revolutionise industries from finance to healthcare, education, arts, and culture. Over the past…