Evaluation de l'impact social de la coopérative à finalité sociale Oxymmo

Abstract

Over the past few years, there has been a growing interest in the measurement of companies’ social impact. This can be explained by several reasons: firstly, budget restrictions tend to push the government to invest in social companies whose social impact can be evaluated. Secondly, the rise of Impact Investing and Venture Philanthropy in recent years, which are investors who seek investment with both a social and a financial return, has motivated companies to demonstrate their social impact to attract them. In addition, non-profit organisations want to legitimate their presence on the market and prove that they respond to the needs of the population that are not met by the classic market or by the government. Following this trend, Oxymmo, a social cooperative located in Belgium, has decided to evaluate its social impact, and this is what this thesis entitled “Assessment of Oxymmo’s social impact” is working towards. Oxymmo prevents over-indebted families from losing their house and facing all the negative consequences. To achieve this goal, Oxymmo supports these families through a new process that they have established, called the OXY-PLAN, based on a Belgian law, “la vente en réméré”. It allows them to stay in their house after selling it, and when they are debt-free, they can buy their house back at the same price they sold it. The objective of this thesis is to determine if the OXY-PLAN has a real social impact on the families and the communities concerned. As it analyses theories of social impact, interviews and results, this thesis walks its readers trough every step of the social impact’s measurement until the final results. At the end, a tool is provided to Oxymmo to pursue the assessment of its social impact in the future.