« Food Securities Fund » investit en Afrique de l’Ouest
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 […]
Food Securities Fund invests in West Africa
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 […]
Food Securities Fund starts operations, makes first investment
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 […]
Mobilizing additional financial resources for nutrition
Clarmondial has been invited to advise the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC) on how to mobilize additional financial resources for nutrition. This new report focuses primarily on the mobilization of additional finance from the private sector. It explains what “nutrition finance” is, where and by whom financing is needed for nutrition, how additional financing can be […]
Blended finance for agriculture: exploring the constraints and possibilities of combining financial instruments for sustainable transitions
by Tanja Havemann, Dr. Christine Negra, Fred Werneck Agriculture is a critical sector for food security and environmental integrity as well as an engine of socio-economic development in emerging economies. To achieve agriculture-related SDGs, investments are needed in innovative technologies, greenfield production, infrastructure, working capital, and trade finance. Given the tremendous impact of the […]
Collaborative investment in agricultural impact information: Needed now more than ever
By Tanja Havemann, Christine Negra, David LeZaks, and Jos Lemmens In April 2019, the report “Environmental Impact Reporting in Agriculture (EIRA): Creating a link between agricultural investments and environmental impact” put forward a collaborative roadmap toward dynamic, globally-relevant benchmarking of environmental impacts in agriculture. Recognizing that the growing number of sustainable agricultural investment initiatives […]
Capitalising Conservation Report
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 […]
Agrobiodiversity Index – A varied diet for investors
Clarmondial is supporting Bioversity International on the design and structuring of financial instruments based on the Agrobiodiversity Index1. By linking scientific research to risk assessment tools and funding mechanisms, investors can catalyze change at scale and shift global markets towards resilient agricultural systems. Supply chains based on a single genetic variety may not deliver the […]
Clarmondial joins the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation – CPIC
Building on its track record in environmental finance, Clarmondial has joined the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC). This coalition, which includes Credit Suisse, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Cornell University, plans to develop new investment models and funding pipelines that help close the current conservation […]
Press Release – Food Securities Fund
PRESS RELEASE Luxembourg, 22 November 2016 (PDF version available here) Clarmondial AG partners with Duff & Phelps (Luxembourg) Management Company S.A.R.L., Pictet Asset Services and Allen & Overy to launch a new fund that supports responsible agricultural practices in emerging markets. Building on its work with leading global corporates and strategic investors, the Swiss-based investment […]