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 […]
Corporates + Environmental Finance
Over the past 12 months, Clarmondial has worked on a number of mandates to assess opportunities for environmental finance in collaboration with companies, tied to themes of conservation, Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR), agroforestry and climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience, among others. We spoke with investors, donors and corporates (including some who have partnerships with […]
Financing agriculture value chains: a growing mismatch
During the first four years of Clarmondial, most of our work was focused on advising investors, from family offices and fund managers to companies and foundations, on their deal sourcing, due diligence and management. Gradually, and especially from late 2013, we switched our attention to working with project developers and companies. The main reason for […]
London roundtable on agri, forestry & other land use bonds
We are pleased to announce that we are co-hosting the following event: London, 22nd October, Roundtable on Climate Bonds Standard for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Investment Roundtable for asset owners and managers, prospective issuers and underwriters The Climate Bonds Initiative, Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) and Swiss based Clarmondial invite you to a Roundtable on investment opportunities in Agriculture, […]
Bonds & books: a busy September
There are a number of exciting developments brewing. However I wanted to highlight two initiatives that we have been involved with that were announced in the past 2 weeks. Launch of the Climate Bonds AFOLU Guidance public consultation We’ve been pleased to be leading the development of sector-specific guidance for the Agriculture, Forestry and […]