THE FOUNDING MEMBERS
- Crédit Coopératif
Paris-Nanterre, France
Crédit Coopératif is a diversified French banking-group which offers its clients an extensive range of products and services.
As a co-operative, its clients hold the capital. They are essentially corporate bodies: businesses and social economy organisations, associations, cooperatives, mutual benefit associations, unions, works councils, housing associations, companies affiliated to organisations, small and medium-sized businesses and industries. It also serves private individuals who are closely associated with these businesses and organisations.
While it has remained independent since its creation, it has recently joined the Banque Populaire Group as a parent company. Its mission within this group is to be the centre of excellence with regard to social and solidarity-based economy.
Contact: Ms Yaël Zlotowski, 33 rue des Trois-Fontanot, 92002 Nanterre, France
Tel. +33 (1) 47 24 83 39, yael.zlotowski@coopanet.com, URL www.credit-cooperatif.coop
- IDES Investissements
Paris-Nanterre, France
IDES, the Institute for the Development of Social Economy, was set-up by actors of the Social Economy in 1983 in order to foster the development of social economy enterprises by providing equity finance support.
Contact: Mr Marcel Hipszman, 10/12 rue des Trois-Fontanot, 92022 Nanterre, France Tel. +33 (1) 55 23 07 18, Marcel.Hipszman@esfin-ides.com, URL www.esfin-ides.com
- Soficatra
Bruxelles, Belgium
With more than 15 years of experience in financing Social Economy enterprises throughout Europe, Soficatra is a key player for equity or quasi-equity investments in small and medium sized enterprises associated with the co-operative, mutual and associative economy as well to participative enterprises (companies with direct participation of the personnel in the management and shareholding or employee-buy out).
Contact: Mr Jean-Paul Feldbusch, Av. Jules César 2, bte 7, 1150 Bruxelles, Belgium
Tel. +32 (2) 770 1562, Email jp.feldbusch@soficatra.org, URL www.soficatra.org
- CFI
Roma, Italy
The Compagnia Finanziaria Industriale is an institutional investor that has been dedicated to work with social and worker cooperatives for more than 20 years. It participates in company risks, supports investments and provides management with constant support for their strategic decisions ad operational choices.
Contact: Mr Felice Scalvini, Via Vicenza, 5A, 00185 Roma, Italy
Tel. +39 (06) 444 02 84, Email scalvi00@felicescalvini.191.it, URL www.cfi.it
- MACIF Participations
Paris, France
MACIF is a mutual insurance company, which activities and financing supports are guided by sustainable development and socially responsible approach. In that way MACIF, through a Participatory Governance, places its members in the center of the enterprise matters and gives an essential role to its delegates.
Contact: Mr Jean Philippe Richaud, 22-28 rue Joubert, 75009 Paris, France
Tel. +33 (1) 55 31 62 28, Email jprichaud@mutavie.fr, URL www.macif.fr
- Bank BISE
Warszawa, Poland
The Bank BISE (Bank Inicjatyw Społeczno-Ekonomicznych) is actively supporting the sector of Social Economy in Poland. It is specialised in banking services to small and medium sized enterprises, local and regional authorities, Non-Governmental Organisations and collective houses associations. For those institutions BISE is offering all banking services necessary for the realisation of their programs and statutory objectives.
Contact: Ms Anna Krolikowska, ul. Dubois 5a, 00-184 Warszawa, Poland
Tel. +48 (22) 860 1100, Email anna.krolikowska@bise.pl, URL www.bise.pl
- SEFEA
Trento, Italy
The European Ethical and Alternative Financing Company is the first European alternative financing company to have the know-how and the operational tools, capable of strengthening and multiplying the ethical and solidarity-based financial ventures in all European countries. It was founded in 2002 by the members of the Federation of European Ethical and Alternative Banks and Financiers.
Contact: Ms Chiara Meneghetti, Piazza dei Signori 1, 35139 Padova, Italy
Tel. +39 (049) 875 51 16, Email sefea@sefea.org
OTHER INVESTORS
- IFC
Washington DC, USA
The IFC (International Finance Corporation) is the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. Founded in 1956, IFC finances private sector investments in the developing world, mobilizes capital in the international financial markets, helps clients improve social and environmental sustainability, and provides technical assistance and advice to governments and businesses.
- Crédit Mutuel
Paris, France
Crédit Mutuel is a co-operative bank with a strong local and regional focus. It is a large French retail banking group. Its three major services – banking, insurance and technology – are offered to all of its clients: individuals, SME, as well as to businesses of all sizes.
- APS Bank
Valletta, Malta
APS Bank is an institution wholly owned by the Catholic Church in Malta. Over the years the Bank has sought to identify sectors in which it can contribute to their development. Areas like housing, agriculture, heritage, education, have all been strongly assisted by the Bank. The APS Bank is specialised in retail and community banking.
- Cooperazione Trentina
Trento, Italy
The Co-operative Federation from Trentino region in Northern Italy was created in 1881 and counts today more than 200 000 members among the half a million inhabitants of the region. It is a network of co-operatives, which includes credit, agricultural, retail and labour, social services and building co-operatives who employ in total over 13 000 persons.
