ABSTRACT

Premium payments for real impact can systematically close the gap between financing demand and supply. Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) empower social enterprises to raise large amounts of investment and to grow sustainably while creating positive social impact at scale.

Roots of Impact and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation co-developed Social Impact Incentives (SIINC)—an innovative, blended finance model enabling high-impact social enterprises to improve profitability and reach scale. With SIINC, social enterprises are rewarded for real impact achieved. They earn additional revenues by monetising positive externalities. As a consequence, social enterprises receive a boost in their profitability once the impact performance is achieved. This profitability boost, in turn, attracts investors to provide the necessary capital for scaling.