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Corporate Impact Venturing at the Base of the Pyramid Dr. Christina Tewes-Gradl December 5, 2019

Agenda: 3 points of view – and yours! 1. Dr. Christina Tewes-Gradl, Endeva 2. Christophe Poline, Schneider Electric 3. Karoline Heitmann, EVPA 4. Panel discussion Please ask your questions in the chat! 2

About Endeva We want… We bring… to make the global economic • 12+ years of experience with 150+ transformation work for everyone. projects providing insight, advisory • We tackle today’s challenges by and facilitation on inclusive nurturing the business of the business and related ecosystems future. • Collaboration with diverse partners, • We support our partners to including large companies, become future-fit. startups, social enterprises, donors, • We facilitate systems change for NGOs, foundations, and academia the SDGs. • Global network of 350+ experts 3

The team Dr. Christina Tewes-Gradl Megan Leahy-Wright Lead author Co-author Christina has been advising As a project manager and companies on inclusive consultant with Endeva, business and sustainability Megan is keenly interested for more than 17 years. She in the role of digital is the founder and innovations for inclusion. managing director of For example, she supports Available for Endeva. Clients include MAKE-IT, an alliance that download on large companies like Bayer, links German large Eon, Allianz, Mars as well companies to startups in www.endeva.org as social enterprises. Africa. 4

Corporate Impact Venturing = the practice of taking equity in impact ventures with the prospect of generating financial, strategic, social and/or environmental returns 5

Example Engie “Rassembleurs d’Energie” 6

Achieving objectives 7

Addressing widespread constraints 8

3 ways to buy 9

Finding support 10

Building the buying space • Include CIV in CVC events • Develop targeted financing mechanisms • Set up specialized third-party funds • Build know-how 11

WHERE CORPORATE IMPACT VENTURING MEETS CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTING DECEMBER 5, 2019

Karoline Heitmann Corporate Research Manager EVPA

EUROPEAN VENTURE PHILANTHROPY ASSOCIATION

VENTURE PHILANTHROPY Definition Venture Philanthropy (VP) Long-term and high-engagement approach to supporting social purpose organisations (SPOs) to maximise social impact. Three core practices : • Tailored Financing • Non-financial support (capacity building) • Impact Measurement and Management

EVPA‘S CORPORATE INITIATIVE

WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTORS Corporate Social Corporate Impact Corporate Social Shareholder Foundations Businesses Funds Accelerators Foundations WITH THE COMMON GOAL TO ADVANCE THEIR IMPACT INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY

The Community in Numbers Diverse 14 68 Member Types Different countries Members 12% 3% Financial Institutions Impact Accelerators 9% & others Companies 65% 11% Corporate & Impact Funds Shareholder & Social Foundation Businesses

COMPANIES AND CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTORS ON A JOURNEY

SUSTAINABLE AND TRADITIONA TRADITIONAL INVESTING INVESTING RESPONSIBLE L PHILANTHROPY FOR IMPACT WITH IMPACT INVESTING INVESTING Financial pressure “Impact only” Societal pressure “Impact first” “Finance first” “Finance only” Profit motive comes first Societal mission comes first CORPORATE SOCIAL COMPANIES INVESTORS

SUSTAINABLE AND TRADITIONA TRADITIONAL INVESTING INVESTING RESPONSIBLE L PHILANTHROPY FOR IMPACT WITH IMPACT INVESTING INVESTING Financial pressure “Impact only” Societal pressure “Impact first” “Finance first” “Finance only” Business relevance comes first Societal relevance comes first CORPORATE SOCIAL CORPORATE (IMPACT) INVESTING VENTURING

THE UNIQUE POTENTIALS OF INVOLVING CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTORS

The Unique Potentials of Corporate Social Investors 1. Long-term vision to spot transformative social solutions with potential business value 2. Corporate Social Investors can push the boundaries of the company

The Unique Potentials of Corporate Social Investors 3. Corporate Social Investors can test and develop early-stage innovative social innovations and business models 4. Corporate Social Investors can provide risk-tolerant and patient seed capital.

Questions? Get in touch with Karoline Heitmann KHeitmann@evpa.eu.com