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EcoLogic Finance

By Ethan Arpi
Created Aug 9 2006 - 10:08
Managing Organization: EcoLogic Finance

Managing Organization URL:
http://www.ecologicfinance.org/index.html [1]



EcoLogic Finance

Contact Name: Melina Martinez

Contact Email: info@ecologicfinance.org

Contact Phone: 617-441-6300

Contact Address:
25 Mount Auburn Street
Suite 203
Cambridge, MA 02138



Activity URL:
http://www.ecologicfinance.org/index.html [2]


Activity Description:
EcoLogic Finance (formerly EcoLogic Enterprise Ventures) is a nonprofit offering affordable financial services to community-based businesses operating in environmentally sensitive areas of Latin America and select countries of Africa and Asia. Targeting the rural credit market, EcoLogic Finance provides loan capital to support low-income communities whose business activities foster environmental conservation and grassroots economic development. Founded in late 1999, EcoLogic Finance manages a portfolio of $25,000 to $500,000 loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises that do not meet traditional requirements to access loans from local financial institutions. Target sectors include agroforestry (shade-grown and sustainable agriculture), wild-harvested products, certified wood, sustainable fisheries, and ecotourism.


Source URL:
http://www.nextbillion.net//activitycapsule/3136