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IMPACT-FIRST INVESTMENT | We are excited to share that Triodos Regenerative Money Centre has joined FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, Good Energies Foundation and Form International, in supporting Treevive to facilitate the restoration and protection of tropical forest landscapes. With this support, Treevive can strengthen its role as forest carbon accelerator, help more communities, NGO's, and businesses in the global South develop their forest carbon projects, and connect these projects to investors and markets. Did you know that: 🌳 Halting deforestation and restoring degraded lands account for about 30% of what is needed to keep global warming below 2 degrees. 🐦 More than half of the world's land-based biodiversity lives in tropical forests. 👫🏽 Over 800M people - of which many Indigenous communities - depend on these forests for their livelihoods and well-being. Treevive's integral approach aligns perfectly with the mission of Triodos Regenerative Money Centre. Thanks Bianca Boelema, Judith Bastiaans, Mareike Hussels, Wouter Soetaert, Michalis Kyriakos, and the broader TRMC team for making this possible! 👉 Learn more about this partnership: https://lnkd.in/eGj9e7AQ. If you also want to support regenerative action, do get in touch with us. #Treevive #TRMC #ImpactInvestments #ForestRestoration #ForestConservation, Liesbeth Gort, Michel Schuurman, Paul Hol

📢 The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance presents its historic 10th cohort. The ten solutions represent the largest Lab cohort to date and seek to build on the USD 4 billion that Lab alumni have mobilized until now. 💡 Here are the ten winning ideas: ▪️ Amazon Food&Forest Financing Initiative, by Impact Bank and The Nature Conservancy ▪️ Clean Utilities for Affordable Housing by Mzansi Clean Energy Capital ▪️ Growth Next-Generation Agriculture, by Traive and Folio - Central de Tecnologia em Grãos Orgânicos ▪️ InvestHer Climate Bond, by Grameen Foundation ▪️ Model Forests and Biodiversity Bond, by Forest Carbon ▪️ Regenera Ventures Fund, by SVX MX / SVX México ▪️ Resilient Municipal Market Fund (ReMark), by ICLEI Africa ▪️ SPV for Silvopasture Scaling, by The Nature Conservancy ▪️ Sustana Cooling Impact Fund, by Sustana Cooling Partners and Climake ▪️ The Landbanking Group Explore the selected groups: https://lnkd.in/eGUet6JB #climateinnovation #climatesolutions #climatefinance #sustainableinvestment #fundingforclimate

It's a great honor for Forest Carbon to be part of the 10th cohort of The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. #climateinnovation #climatefinance #climatesolutions.

Our ocean plays a vital role in regulating our climate, supporting biodiversity, and providing food and livelihoods for billions of people. 🌍 It also faces unprecedented threats from overfishing, pollution, climate change, and other human-induced pressures. At Sea Forward, we believe that #ImpactInvesting through a collaborative multi-donor advised fund can catalyze the scale and innovation needed to address our ocean's complex challenges. 🗝️ 🔓 Aiming to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside financial returns, impact investing involves intentionally investing in organizations, funds, and companies working to solve pressing social and environmental issues.     We’re excited to give investors the opportunity to drive positive change and support a thriving, resilient ocean ecosystem by directing capital towards sustainable aquaculture, science-based monitoring tools, circular economy solutions, biodiversity conservation, and climate-resilient initiatives. Participate today. https://bit.ly/3MJyFzU Learn more about the power of impact investing. https://bit.ly/3Tvyn3m

Discover more on our support to NatureMetrics, highlighted below in BNP Paribas new corporate campaign!!!

Pleased to announce I'll be speaking at the NetZero Investor's Nature Positive Investment Forum on April 24th at the London Stock Exchange. The session, "Investing in Nature Restoration - Real Assets and Private Businesses," will explore the compelling opportunities to invest in solutions that protect and regenerate our natural world. Joined by Andy Turnbull and Cain Blythe, we will discuss: - The critical role of private finance in addressing the biodiversity crisis - Innovative real asset investment strategies for nature restoration - How businesses can align their operations and investments with nature-positive outcomes Don't miss this important discussion on the intersection of finance and conservation. Let's work together to build a more sustainable future! #NetZero #NaturePositive #Investment #Sustainability #Biodiversity #ESG #LondonStockExchange

🎉Funding news alert! 🌟Oorja is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Swiss Re Foundation under the theme Climate Resilience (natural hazard and climate risk management)! This funding will enable the expansion of our B2C farming services and the promotion of digital farm advisory.🌱 We are planning to pilot a wide range of digital tools📲 to train and help farmers reduce crop losses due to extreme weather🌧️ and improve their quality of life.✅ This funding will be crucial to Oorja, as we scale up🚀 to reach economies of scale, putting us on a path to profitability💰 while delivering a bigger and bolder impact. We thank Swiss Re Foundation for trusting our initiative and coming on board with our trusted pool of investors. Together, we will pave the way for a brighter, more sustainable future.🌾 For more information, click here: https://rb.gy/elyq9s #SolarEnergy #GreenPower #OorjaImpact #RenewablesForChange #SocialImpact Ashden elea Artha Impact (Rianta Capital) Acumen Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge The DOEN Foundation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Aga Khan Foundation HCL Foundation SELCO Foundation Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) The Global Good Fund Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation 1to4 Foundation Global Warming Mitigation Project Climate Policy Initiative MassChallenge Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Alliance for Rural Electrification Power for All Ecozen

EXCLUSIVE: M&G Investments is to rebrand its climate solutions fund as a nature and biodiversity fund at the end of October, in order to capitalise on growing interest in the theme and deliver a wider impact. Michael Rae and Ben Constable Maxwell told me that it will add three new verticals: sustainable food, agriculture and forestry as well as clean and accessible water. They join the existing clean energy, green tech and circular economy themes. This will require a realignment of around 48% of its portfolio. While there are "amazing businesses" in its existing fund, Rae said that "if you narrow your focus to [emissions], you're doing a bit of an injustice to the mechanism of impact investing". They also hope it will help the fund perform better, with greater diversification allowing it to weather the storm of more difficult economic conditions. Challenging times in the green technology space over the past few years - which have been well reported - mean the fund has previously underperformed its benchmark. Modelling of the new portfolio however, signal it could deliver a better performance than its previous iteration. Read more here on how its framework is based around the planetary boundaries guidance and the challenges of investing in certain themes:

“One thing is clear – the US$700b funding gap still exists today. While there is a growing interest in the space, the bigger question is: how quickly can #capital be deployed and what will we need for it to scale for greater impact?“ Ling Min Hoon, GenZero’s Investment Director shared her views on the lay of the land for #naturefinance to kick off the new season of The Straits Times’ Green Pulse – a podcast hosted by Audrey Tan and David Fogarty. Together, they discussed how some innovative financial instruments for nature have been around for decades. Did you know that the concept of a debt-for-nature swap dates back to the 1980s? The concept was initially socialised by WWF and the first debt-for-nature agreement was signed between Conservation International and Bolivia in 1987. Aside from providing the lowdown on the different instruments for nature financing - from carbon credits to rhino and coral reef bonds - Ling Min also discussed the criticality of placing a quantifiable value on something as complex and multifaceted as #nature. Here are some key takeaways from the podcast: 🌱 While interventions for nature need to be grounded in science, it is also key for financial institutions to have a seat in the room as they bring market mechanisms that can mobilise the capital needed to move the needle for nature conservation 💰 Concessionary capital is of paramount importance but projects cannot be solely reliant on donors and grants for longevity and permanence. Concessionary and private sector capital can go hand-in-hand as a powerful combination to crowd in capital for scale. 🌐 Harmonisation of #standards and #methodologies, along with enabling regulations and stability in regulatory frameworks, will go long way in channelling the flow of nature #finance. Thank you Audrey Tan and David Fogarty for having #GenZero for the first episode of your new season! 🎧 Listen to Green Pulse’s ‘Eco-nomics: Putting a value on nature is also key to saving it’ featuring Ling Min here: https://lnkd.in/g8r-vZse

Biodiversity has the key of our future, and it has to become fully embedded within our decisions as a bank. Collective efforts such as Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) are essential, but nothing would be possible without a science-based measure of the real impact of the business on nature. This objective requires a massive support to accelerate solutions having a positive environmental impact: NatureMetrics is one of these brilliant sustainable companies we support! It aims to simplify #biodiversity monitoring and nature impact reporting using an innovative solution powered by eDNA. BNP Paribas invested in NatureMetrics in equity through the BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Foundation Venture Fund in 2022, helping them to scale up rapidly. Discover more on our support to NatureMetrics, highlighted here in BNP Paribas new corporate campaign : https://lnkd.in/eHzNW-Uw