Scaling Impact through Finance in the Mount Kenya Landscape
How targeted finance can contribute to landscape-level action The Mount Kenya landscape is a critical agricultural hub with high biodiversity value and a vibrant local economy strongly dependent on natural resources. Yet, like many critical sourcing landscapes, it faces mounting pressures. Agricultural expansion, land degradation, and climate variability threaten not only the ecosystems, but also […]
Supernova Equatora Capital and Clarmondial Launch Strategic Partnership to Build Indonesia’s Nature Investment Track Record
Indonesia / Switzerland @ 02 September 2025 Supernova Equatora Capital and Clarmondial are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to accelerate nature-based investments in Indonesia, with the support of the Good Energies Foundation. This collaboration aims to unlock scalable private capital for businesses that contribute to sustainable agriculture, agroforestry, and ecosystem restoration, leading to positive […]
Impact in action: Food Securities Fund 2024 results
The 2024 Annual Impact Report of the Food Securities Fund demonstrates continued progress towards its social and environmental objectives, as a result of 4 years of investment track record. By the end of 2024, the Fund had worked with 9 companies, benefiting farmers across 10 countries. The 2024 Annual Impact Report summarizes the Fund’s contributions […]
Empowering Women and Growing Markets in Burkina Faso
Clarmondial recently completed the first Technical Assistance (TA) project with gebana Burkina Faso, in collaboration with the SSNUP program. The project contributed to the Food Securities Fund (FSF) investment and impact objectives by achieving its targets across three interlinked priorities: Promoting women’s economic empowerment in Burkinabé farmers cooperatives: 110 female smallholder farmers from 5 cooperatives […]
Reflections from WEF 2025: Building Resilience and Driving Impact
With the 2025 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting behind us, we at Clarmondial are energized by the discussions and insights from Davos. From innovative financing models to advancing the resilience of supply chains, the following insights are shaping our agenda for the year ahead: 1. Resilience as a Business and Investment Driver In today’s volatile […]
Applications open for Loan Guarantee Facility to support sustainable fishing
Clarmondial announces the start of the Loan Guarantee Facility, which unlocks financing for sustainable fishing. The facility was developed in partnership with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and other key stakeholders. It is ready for deployment to support fishing operators globally in attaining or maintaining certification under the MSC Fisheries Standard. Sustainable fishing is essential […]
Financing the partnership between smallholder farmers and aggregators
Written by Herbert Hatanga, Partner for East Africa Most investment professionals would agree that fieldwork is one of the more enjoyable aspects of due diligence, whether assessing a potential investment or monitoring an existing one. I’ve experienced it countless times, and I am no exception. In this article I share one of my most recent […]
Clarmondial and Stockholm Environment Institute join forces to develop nature framework for the Biosphere Integrity Fund
Clarmondial, an independent investment advisory company, is partnering with world-renowned environmental research institute, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), to develop a pioneering nature framework for the Biosphere Integrity Fund (“Biosphere”), a fund currently in development. Biosphere aims to protect and restore the environmental health and resilience of agricultural sourcing landscapes in emerging and developing markets. It […]
What does the outcome of COP29 mean for global carbon markets?
At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP29), which ended on 24 November, negotiators finalized an agreement on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, furthering the creation of an internationally coordinated carbon market (link). These developments are already impacting corporates working their net zero targets. Historical context: From CDM […]
How ‘catalytic warehousing’ can help stand up emerging fund managers and accelerate climate investing
By: Tanja Havemann, Adam Wolfensohn, Edward Marshall, John Simon, Daniel Wanjira and Suzanne Bagert How can we meet the world’s need for impact financing when emerging fund managers face strong headwinds raising capital — in particular for those focused on climate investments in global developing and emerging markets? Catalytic capital for “warehousing” pre-fund investments can […]