BHP Brugger and Partners, Zurich, is dedicated
to sustainable development with a core belief that
long-term success is possible only when decisions
consider economic, social and ecological factors
in equal measure. BHP views micro-finance as a critical
strategy enabling sustainable development. Realizing
the current need for micro-finance, BHP is working—in
partnership with leading micro-finance enablers—to
mainstream micro-finance internationally.
"The International Year of Microcredit 2005 could not have come at a more
appropriate time. Changes in the micro-finance world are demanding a new way
of looking at banking with the poor. Securitization deals and commercialized
MFIs have brought micro-finance to the doorstep of the capital markets. I think
the Year will enable us to get the doors opened!"
-- Ernst A. Brugger, President, BHP Brugger and Partners
Ltd.
