Beyond credit: Financing social change, with Cristina González

Access to financing opens up opportunities, but capital alone is not enough to generate lasting impact. In a context of increasingly complex social and environmental challenges, financial institutions have the capacity to drive inclusion and entrepreneurship, and to build partnerships with other key stakeholders that strengthen communities.

In this episode of Do Better Talks, Dalia Silberstein, Meaningful Impact Lead and Manager at the Esade Center for Social Impact, speaks with Cristina González, Director General of MicroBank, about the role of purpose-driven finance in addressing these challenges.

The conversation explores how microcredit and financial inclusion can transform personal and professional trajectories. It also delves into women’s entrepreneurship and impact measurement, and considers how multi-sector partnerships allow financing to go beyond credit and contribute to sustainable social change.