Clarmondial has been supporting the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) on the development of the Ocean Stewardship Fund to support fisheries in transition to sustainable management practices. In addition to advice on structuring and the mobilisation of resources, Clarmondial has designed the fund’s Loan Guarantee Facility to unlock financing that complements the Ocean Stewardship Fund’s existing…

With New York Climate Week still resonating, the environmental finance community is already focusing on the upcoming climate and biodiversity meetings – including UNFCCC’s COP27 in Egypt in November and CBD’s COP15 in Montréal in December. These seem particularly significant due to the realization that the global community faces a polycrisis: multiple crises in multiple…

Supported by the MAVA Foundation, Clarmondial published a report on financing the transition to regenerative agriculture in the European Union. The report is available here. Executive Summary This report reviews the need for additional financing to support the transition to regenerative agriculture in the European Union (EU). Covering two-fifths of Europe’s land area, agriculture is…

Clarmondial is pleased to announce that it is developing the Biosphere Integrity Fund (Biosphere), an investment fund to originate, finance and scale businesses that respond to the combined challenges of catastrophic biodiversity loss, rapid climate change, and loss of ecosystem goods and services, and locally led development. In addition to financing businesses with more traditional…

In its first annual impact report, investors and partners were informed about the impact achieved by the Food Securities Fund in the year ending December 2021. The Fund’s borrowers employed close to 700 staff and supported rural livelihoods by purchasing agricultural commodities from ca. 40’000 smallholder farmers, thereof 40% women. These farmers manage more than…

On 15 March 2022, ImpactAssets released the ImpactAssets 50, the most recognized annual database for impact investors, family offices, corporate and family foundations and institutional investors that features a diversified listing of private capital fund managers delivering social and environmental impact as well as financial returns. As an investment adviser to the Food Securities Fund,…

Le fonds « Food Securities Fund », initié par Clarmondial, a décaissé un prêt à une entreprise opérant en Afrique de l’Ouest, son premier investissement dans la région. L’emprunteur est engagé dans la mise en œuvre de pratiques agricoles durables et intelligentes face au climat dans une zone rurale sèche de la région de la…

The Food Securities Fund, advised by Clarmondial, disbursed a loan to a company operating across West Africa, its first investment in the region. The borrower supports the implementation of organic, climate smart practices in a dry rural area in the ECOWAS region. The loan will enable the borrower to expand its organic certified sourcing to…

Highlights: On 02 March 2021, the Food Securities Fund successfully started operations. Its first investment, disbursed on 08 March 2021, supports coffee production in East Africa, reaching almost 4’000 smallholder farmers operating in agroforestry systems, utilizing organic and regenerative practices. The Food Securities Fund provides working capital loans to sustainable agriculture companies in emerging and developing…

Clarmondial and the WWF Landscape Finance Lab have produced “Capitalising Conservation”, a new report exploring how conservation organisations and their partners can mobilise private investment in conservation. The report provides a framework to guide the identification, structuring and execution of investments in conservation. It describes various roles conservation organisations can play to unlock investment capital…