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Existing and Potential Sustainable Blue Economy Investors in the CLME+ Project Area
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(Strong alignment between CLME+ objectives and a) current focal sectors of an entity or institution; as well as b) geographic scope of operations, i.e. emphasis on LAR and/or the Caribbean. Compelling volume of capital to invest.)
Tier 2 Prospect
(Strong potential candidate for investment in the CLME+ region, due to alignment with either a) thematic or b) geographic focus of the entity or institution).
Tier 3 Prospect
(Notional/weaker alignment between CLME+ objectives and focal areas & geographies and those of the entity/institution) ”
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IDB Natural Capital Lab
Description of entity:
As a lab for financial innovation, activities include the deployment of funding in the form of grants, loans, equity, risk capital, or guarantees to: a) Test new models in natural capital finance across the public and private sectors; b) Accelerate the deployment of new technologies; c) Create enabling regulatory frameworks for innovation in natural capital; d) Identify entrepreneurs and projects, and support them with risk capital and linkages to innovation ecosystems; e) Link projects to existing investors, international funding sources (such as the GEF), and IDB finance for scale; f) Test large-scale financing models for conservation; g) Experiment with investments based on natural capital valuation/risk; h) Work with anchor companies in valuing and leveraging natural capital in their supply chain.
Relevant funding priorities: IDB’s Natural Capital Lab serves as a one-stop shop for the IDB Group to drive innovation in the conservation, landscape, regenerative agriculture, biodiversity, and marine ecosystem finance spaces. It seeks to bridge the gap between traditional environmental and financial actors from the public and private sectors to incubate, accelerate, and scale new solutions to pressing problems.
Rationale for categorization: Strong thematic and geographic alignment
Scale of activities investment: Not specified
Other previous investments: Invested in a chemicals and waste program for the Caribbean region through GEF resources
Sector: Multiple blue economy sectors.
Instrument used: Not specified
Geographic Focus: Not specified
Other information: Not specified
IDB Sustainable Islands Platform Facility.
Description of entity:
The IDB has developed the Sustainable Islands Platform (SIsP) to promote sustainability among island territories through innovative development pathways under the following program pillars: Blue Economy; Circular Economy; and Climate Resilience. The aim of the platform is to highlight practical examples of global innovations and post opportunities for project financing assistance. This ultimate goal of this platform is to serve as a resource for those re-thinking development approaches while creating an online community for those committed to creating more sustainable islands around the world.
The Sustainable Islands Platform will encourage and facilitate the implementation of projects through the creation of a dedicated SIsP financing facility. This facility will provide access to financing for governments, private sector, NGOs and others to be able to implement interventions in islands that are aligned with the SBCE framework. The facility is expected to be comprised of different financing windows depending on the focus and financial modality of the projects being considered.
Relevant funding priorities: To date, a pipeline of nearly 100 sustainable Blue and Circular project concepts have been developed for island territories in the Caribbean, Central and South America including Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago.
These include both public and private sector projects at both national and regional levels which can be financed using various financial instruments. The projects vary across thematic areas and include resilient, blue, and circular economy concepts that range from:
Marine renewable energy options (e.g. ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC, floating solar panels, renewable energy plus storage, and desalination using wave energy)
Blue carbon restoration
Blue bonds for the protection and management of ocean resources
Reformulation of waste (e.g. ocean plastics to lumber, sargassum to biofuel, and bioplastics from seaweed)
Sustainable tourism (e.g. voluntourism, geo-tourism, production of ethical-environmental tourism)
Sustainable fisheries (blue finance for MSMEs in fisheries sector and coastal mapping/monitoring via autonomous systems)
Rationale for categorization: Strong geographic and thematic alignment.
Scale of activities investment: Not specified
Other previous investments: Not specified
Sector: Multiple blue economy sectors.
Instrument used: Grant.
Geographic Focus: Direct overlap with CLME+
Other information: Not specified
IFAD
Description of entity:
IFAD partners with governments, NGOs and communities to draw up pro-poor policies that benefit rural areas, and to implement them in the most effective ways. By the end of 2016, IFAD was working with 19 governments in LAC to deliver 37 ongoing programmes across the region, with a total investment of US$770 million.
Relevant funding priorities: IFAD-supported projects secure tenure and access rights for fishing communities, and support the development of small-scale aquaculture production systems in maIFAD-supported projects secure tenure and access rights for fishing communities, and support the development of small-scale aquaculture production systems in marine, coastal and inland waters. Help to develop efficient fish value chains, promote the use of products from community fisheries, and improve fishery management. FAD also supports tenure and access rights for coastal communities to fishery resources and helps interested communities to take up sustainable aquaculture. These programmes spur investment in innovative technologies, technical skills, input supply systems, and financial and extension services. Value chain work focuses on minimizing post-harvest losses, of particular benefit to the millions of rural women who dominate fish processing and marketing.
rine, coastal and inland waters. Help to develop efficient fish value chains, promote the use of products from community fisheries, and improve fishery management.
Rationale for categorization: Not specified
Scale of activities investment: Not specified
Other previous investments: Not specified
Sector: Aquaculture, Fisheries
Instrument used: Not specified
Geographic Focus: Not specified
Other information: Not specified
ImPact (The) (75+ Families)
Description of entity:
Founded by Justin Rockefellar, Liesel Pritzker and Scodro Families – have 75+ member families in 20+ countries on 5 continents. The ImPact was launched in 2016 by a group of visionary families committed to aligning their assets with their values. Their purpose is to improve the probability and pace of solving social and environmental problems by increasing the flow of capital to investments that generate measurable impact.
Website: https://www.theimpact.org/
Relevant funding priorities: impact investing
Rationale for categorization: No explicit reference to Blue Economy themes, but strong commitment to SRI/impact investing.
Scale of activities investment: Not specified
Other previous investments: Not specified
Sector: Multiple
Instrument used: Not specified
Geographic Focus: Brazil, Global
Other information: theimpact.org/library#From-Our-Members
International Union for the Conservation of Nature, “Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility”
Description of entity:
Blue Natural Capital projects aim to protect, restore and enhance natural ecosystems to better support climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts whilst conserving biodiversity and other vital coastal and marine natural resources. Projects will use an innovative, blended financing model to access different revenue streams and attract new investors. One key function of the BNCFF is to prepare an investment pipeline of bankable projects. These projects will be supported in finding appropriate funders. The BNCFF will also support projects in efforts to be integrated into green bonds or resilient infrastructure bonds.
Website: https://bluenaturalcapital.org/
Relevant funding priorities: The website describes investments in SIDS, coastal areas, and delta areas. Indicative projects: solar driven desalination; sustainable tourism; and sustianable fisheries.
Rationale for categorization: Highly relevant thematically. Although global in scope, it will be important to track as a possible source of financing in the Caribbean.
Scale of activities investment: Market development
Other previous investments: Blue Finance. The project — a PPP — will protect more than 5,200 hectares of Marine Protected Area in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that is home to a number of endangered species including whale sharks, hawksbill turtles, dugongs and many more. See “Blue Finance” below.
Blue Carbon. The facility is supporting the development of Blue Carbon projects in Kenya, Zanzibar, and Indonesia.
Sector: Green Infrastructure
Instrument used: Debt
Geographic Focus: Global.
Other information: Not specified
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Description of entity:
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. Work on a small number of big bets that strive toward transformative change in areas of profound concern, including the existential threats of climate change.
Website: https://www.macfound.org/
Relevant funding priorities: The MacArthur Foundation has a strong history investing in Reef conservation, however it is winding down its program for Conservation and Sustainable Development, and refocusing on its Climate Solutions program. While the Climate program has awarded >$310 million in grants to prevent climate change since 2014, this is largely focused on emissions mitigation and policy transformation in China, India and the US.
– Resilience-based approaches to coral reef management (Completed; Grant: US$350k)
Rationale for categorization: Limited geographic overlap, limited thematic overlap with shift to focus on climate solutions. However, it may be worth inquiring about their interest in blue carbon.
Scale of activities investment: Multiple.
Other previous investments: Global
Sector: Philanthropic
Instrument used: The typical size of reef related grants is 300-900k, however TNC have been awarded grants in the order of $15m for specific projects.
Geographic Focus: The Impact Investment grants scheme is an invitation only program that offers financial instruments (loans, bonds, stock, limited partnership interests, guarantees, letters of credit, etc.) deployed to generate economic, social, or environmental benefits rather than solely focused on a financial return. Recipients may include traditional non-profits, for-profit social enterprises, and special-purpose funds, as well as public agencies or quasi-governmental entities. Grants can be made in collaboration with our Catalytic Capital Consortium strategic partners such as The Rockefeller Foundation.
There is a wide variety of grants that have been issued in the last 3 years that fall outside their core focus (climate solutions; criminal justice, nuclear challenges and Nigeria), as such it may be worth exploring opportunities for a potential relationship if introductions can be made via Rockefeller Foundation or TNC (For example, TNC has received over $46m in grants).
Other information: Not specified
Katapult Ocean
Description of entity:
Provides mentoring and seed investment to companies having a positive impact on the ocean
Relevant funding priorities: n.a.
Rationale for categorization: Strong thematic alignment. While global in scope, the scale of funding as well as thematic focus are compelling.
Scale of activities investment: Seed
Other previous investments: Not specified
Sector: Aquaculture, Bioprospecting, Energy, Fishing, Transport
Instrument used: Not specified
Geographic Focus: Worldwide
Other information: https://katapultocean.com/
KfW : InsuResilience Investment Fund
Description of entity:
The overall objective of the InsuResilience Investment Fund is to contribute to the adaptation to climate change by improving access to and the use of insurance in developing countries. The specific objective of the fund is to reduce the vulnerability of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) as well as low-income households to extreme weather events.
Relevant funding priorities: The InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) promotes the development of innovative and sustainable climate risk insurance products in developing and emerging countries, to improve the resilience of poor and vulnerable households against the impacts of climate change and natural disasters.
Rationale for categorization: Solid alignment given potential of coral reef and other marine and coastal-focused parametric insurance products.
Scale of activities investment: The ISF provides grant-based co-funding of up to 2.5m EUR and advice to partnerships between (local) public entities (e.g. national or regional government bodies), private companies in the insurance sector and NGOs to (1) transform new climate risk insurance concepts into products ready for market placement; (2) bring successfully piloted climate risk insurance products to scale.
Other previous investments: Project with the Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund) and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) focused on developing parametric insurance tools, which will provide predictable and timely funds to support emergency response activities to help restore and conserve this critical public natural infrastructure. (in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico) The proposed product will address hurricane2risk, funding clean-up and early restoration efforts as well as potentially providing short-term financing to mitigate related economic shocks to individuals, communities, and governments.
Sector: Insurance
Instrument used: Grant
Geographic Focus: Global
Other information: Not specified
KfW : Sustainable Ocean Fund
Description of entity:
The Sustainable Ocean Fund was founded in 2018 by Mirova Natural Capital, an investment manager specialising in sustainability, to promote small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the sustainable “blue economy”. These companies are united in their commitment to the sustainable use of the ocean and the preservation and conservation of its biodiversity. Depending on their needs, the globally operating SOF grants SMEs loans or equity capital for their further growth. Three areas will be supported: 1) sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, 2) circular economy and 3) sustainable marine economy. The fund aims at a volume of up to USD 150 million and intends to have this amount fully invested by the end of 2021. KfW will be the largest investor in the fund with a share of EUR 25 million. Other development banks including the Dutch FMO, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) also participate in the fund, which contributes to the Clean Oceans Initiative (COI), among other projects.
Relevant funding priorities: Three areas will be supported: 1) sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, 2) circular economy and 3) sustainable marine economy.
Rationale for categorization: Strong alignment geographically and thematically. SME focus, which will likely align nicely with regional demand profiles.
Scale of activities investment: Unknown.
Other previous investments: SOF has already committed to seven investments in areas ranging from sustainable seafood production, to tackling marine waste and plastics pollution, through to the creation of new Marine Protected Areas. The SOF is actively seeking new investable opportunities that both bring measurable and quantifiable impact to ocean and coastal ecosystems as well as demonstrate sustainable business models with a commercial return for investors. The fund team is led by Simon Dent and David Barley.
Sector: Aquaculture, Fisheries, other blue economy sectors
Instrument used: Not specified
Geographic Focus: Caribbean
Other information: Not specified
KfW: EcoBusiness Fund (See Finance in Motion above)
Description of entity:
EcoBusiness Fund. The fund aims to promote business and consumption practices that contribute to biodiversity conservation, to the sustainable use of natural resources and to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts, in Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. The eco.business Fund in Latin America and the Caribbean has received a fourth investment from the German Development Bank KfW on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ) in the amount of USD 16.6 million, bringing its total investment in the fund to USD 67 million.
Relevant funding priorities: The Fund connects finance with sustainability by directing lending to businesses and producers that hold internationally-recognized sustainability standards OR to entities on approved “Green Lists” which identify eligible clients and companies for financing by the fund. Financial institutions are motivated to take a proactive, inclusive approach to supporting businesses and producers that meet the most demanding voluntary sustainability standards, such as Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, FSC, and others.
Rationale for categorization: Strong alignment. The Fund has completed a market assessment for aquaculture in the LAC region. The approved Aquaculture Green List was used to identify eligible clients and companies for financing by the fund, is comprised of six measures for production and one measure for processing.
Scale of activities investment: Not specified
Other previous investments: 1. Financing Sustainable Shrimp Production. The approved Aquaculture Green List was used to identify eligible clients and companies for financing by the fund, is comprised of six measures for production and one measure for processing. The measures for production are: biodiversity impact assessments, effluent management, sustainable inputs, sustainable feed, procurement of post larvae, green equipment, and infrastructure; and the measure for processing is the recycling of shrimp waste.
Now, the Development Facility is initiating a pilot project that will contribute to raising awareness of the importance of sustainable production practices in the shrimp industry. Specifically, the project will work with two shrimp-producing companies to develop an action plan that will help them increase and improve their sustainable practices.
Sector: Aquaculture
Instrument used: Debt.
Geographic Focus: Geographic focus: The fund is active in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa, regions where biodiversity hotspots are vulnerable not only to the effects of climate change but also face an ever-increasing pressure through unsustainable practices and irresponsible use of resources, such as deforestation.
Other information: Not specified