As a follow-up to the webinar we organized with the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa as a part of their Cocoa Tertulia series on financing the transition to regenerative agriculture practices, we reflect on the impact of rising cocoa prices on the Ivorian supply chain, and implications for smallholder farmers, exporters and processors. Côte d’Ivoire…
More...The 2024 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos centered on the theme of “Rebuilding Trust” amid escalating global risks in areas such as AI, security and nature. There was a pressing call for redirecting capital flows to support a just and nature-positive transition. In this post, Clarmondial’s Tanja Havemann and Julia Langenegger share three reflections…
More...It has been an exciting and eventful 2023. We extend a big thank you to all our valued partners and colleagues for the continued support as Clarmondial reached some important milestones. As we look towards 2024, we want to highlight three key take-aways from the past year: 1. Sound operations are critical to delivering environmental…
More...Clarmondial advised the Food Securities Fund on the renewal of two working capital loans to agriculture companies in East and West Africa, following the successful repayment of their first loan cycles. The financing enables borrowers to support smallholder farmers in the implementation of sustainable practices and provide access to markets for their products. Both loans…
More...In a recent speech at COP26, US President Biden highlighted the role of agriculture and forests, and the need to mobilize additional private finance towards climate mitigation and adaptation. The White House announced plans to (i) incentivize forest and ecosystem conservation and forest landscape restoration, and to (ii) catalyze private sector investment, finance, and action…
More...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…
More...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…
More...A new partnership to develop, implement and finance collective landscape action has been announced (link). The Business Case initiative is a partnership made up of four consortium members – Rainforest Alliance, Clarmondial, Conservation International and CDP – supported by USAID. The initiative will leverage landscape approaches and value chain commitments to address global and local environmental…
More...The ASN Biodiversity Fund is an impact fund listed on Euronext that focuses on protecting, preserving and restoring biodiversity. It is also one of twelve funds managed by ASN Impact Investors, a member of the ASN Bank group. For 28 years, ASN Impact Investors has exclusively invested in companies, institutions and projects that, in addition…
More...The Food Securities Fund has expanded its portfolio through investments in East and Southern Africa. Through these new transactions, the Fund impacts an additional 30’000 smallholder farmers and their families. Clarmondial, the Fund’s investment advisor, is actively assessing additional opportunities in Sub Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia. The Fund supports companies that operate in…
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