Seal of Excellence: Resources

Documents

• Case Statement - Developing a Seal of Excellence (or Trustmark) for Microfinance – July 2010 (word document) 
  This document outlines the vision of the steering committee for the Seal and explains the main reasons and means for developing the Seal
• Seal Concept Paper “Beyond Ethical Financial Services”  by Frances Sinha – July 2010 (PDF) 
• Towards a Seal of Excellence in Global Microfinance (PowerPoint Presentation) 
  This document presents the Seal of Excellence as well as the SMART Campaign Client Protection principles, SPTF universal standards, and MFTransparency tools and explains how these 4 initiatives are complementary to measure social performance. 
• Indicators for the Seal
• Joint Letter from the Smart Campaign, the Social Performance Task Force and the Seal of Excellence

Blogs

• Microcredit Summit Campaign: Setting a High Bar for Microfinance – Month of Microfinance Blog, April 2012
  Presentation of the Microcredit Summit Campaign and the initiative of the Seal of Excellence