Organisations run on a charitable basis in this space on balance tend to be less transparent on impact than organisations run as businesses, which are better focused on effectively managing and reporting impact[1]. Oikocredit is probably my favourite and investing in climate-smart agriculture at the moment. They should also give you your money back. One thing to bear in mind is that adaptation at this point is as imp…
This is helpful. I agree about transparency in impact. I also understand that it is often difficult to measure that impact quantitatively when you are a charity. Business is easier because $ is easily quantifiable. I'm not so interested in getting my money back. I just want some reasonable assurance that it's going to something "effective".