FINANCE FOR IMPACT

In a consortium with Danish Energy Management and Landell Mills, FINANCE FOR IMPACT will advise the European Commission on the design and financing of a blue economy regional program for Africa.

The African oceans are among the richest environmental resources in the world providing countless assets to take advantage of by the blue economy if based on sharing, circularity, collaboration, solidarity, resilience and preservation of marine natural capital. 38 of the 54 African States are coastal countries and a large part of the African population lives in coastal areas and depends on the marine realm for their livelihoods.

Our assignment will provide a detailed situational analysis of environmental, social, and economic sustainability issues in the regional blue economy, including a review of strategic orientations, priority interventions, key stakeholders, and their capacities to address market failures. Then our team will investigate investment opportunities and formulate a draft Action Document for the new regional ocean governance and blue economy initiative for West Africa.

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Finance for Impact, in a consortium led by ICF, WiseEuropa and Afi, was selected to provide sustainability advisory services to Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK in Poland) and Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO in Spain).

This project is taking place in the context of the implementation of the InvestEU Programme 2021-2027, which introduced sustainability proofing of investments across three dimensions: climate, environment and social.

Demonstration of sustainability has become an important element in the decision-making process when approving the use of the EU guarantee. It serves to identify and address the potentially significant impacts of investments, both negative and positive.

Establishing a detailed EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities, setting up the European Green Deal and the related European Green Deal/Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, creating an EU Green Bond Standard, and strengthening sustainability disclosures are among the key elements of an ambitious EU strategic sustainability framework.

As a result of these initiatives, sustainability-related requirements are mounting for financial market participants including the European national public banks. They require support to develop tools that would allow them to align their activities and working methods with these important changes.

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FINANCE FOR IMPACT is pleased to have helped launch MIT's Blue Technology Barometer, a ranking of 66 coastal countries/territories on their progress and commitment toward protecting ocean sustainability.

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Finance for Impact is delighted to introduce its new brand identity as well as to announce the release of its official brochure outlining our story, commitment to solving complex environmental and societal challenges, and concrete real-world impacts achieved to date.

Our community of environmental economists, sustainability specialists, engineers, policy analysts, and researchers has an unparalleled set of skills in supporting the creation of sustainable growth for innovation, entrepreneurship, and the establishment of new initiatives in the green and ocean economy. Our impact is far-reaching, with clients spanning across 60 countries over the world.

We provide financial institutions, corporations, NGOs, and policymakers with an unmatched level of clarity and confidence to transition to a sustainable future.

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FINANCE FOR IMPACT was commissioned by Conservation International to assess the performance of the Ocean Health Index (OHI), a global scorecard evaluating the benefits that people receive from the ocean.

It has become clear we need to prioritize creating a healthy ocean that delivers sustainable benefits to people now and in the future. The OHI, created in 2012, is the first international standard for understanding and measuring ocean health. The Index assesses health based on 10 widely-held public goals for a healthy ocean (Food Provision; Artisanal Fishing Opportunities; Natural Products; Carbon Storage; Coastal Protection; Sense of Place; Coastal Livelihoods & Economies; Tourism & Recreation; and Clean Waters).

Recognizing that people are now a part of the ocean ecosystem, the OHI evaluates how well the ocean provides these 10 key benefits to people and how we can protect its ability to do so in the future. It is the first ocean assessment tool that scientifically compares and combines key elements from all dimensions of the ocean’s health (biological, physical, economic and social). As a result, leaders, managers, and the public can promote an increasingly beneficial future for all ocean life, including us.

Our team will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the OHI performance and will propose recommendations informing future choices and a possible adaptation of the current OHI.

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As part of a consortium with Particip/Lion´s Head Global Partners/ADE, Thierry Senechal, Managing Director at FINANCE FOR IMPACT, led the Feasibility Study on Options for Strengthening the Future European Financial Architecture for Development on behalf of the European Commission and Council.

The assessment team included a group of prominent experts conducting an in-depth analysis of options available to policymakers for creating a new European Climate and Sustainable Development Bank.

Our assessment considered three options for such consolidation of European development finance. The first option was to turn the EBRD into such a new Climate and Sustainability Development institution by transferring the extra EU activities of the EIB to the EBRD. The second was to task the EIB with creating a subsidiary for its extra EU activities and participating in it as a shareholder alongside Member States, the European Commission, and national development banks. The third one, referred to as ‘Status Quo+’, consisted in analysing further possible enhancements in the current institutional set up.

Our study compared the relative strengths of all three scenarios, including their advantages and disadvantages, clustered and prioritised according to the overarching policy principles and requirements to inform the future financial architecture for development.

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FINANCE FOR IMPACT and MCL Environmental Consultancy were commissioned by the International Ocean Institute to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the potential social and economic outcomes associated with the conservation and exploitation of marine resources in Areas Beyond National Jurisdictions in the Southeast Atlantic (States of the Abidjan Convention area).

Our study applied the ecosystem services concept to characterize socio-economic interests and the importance of biodiversity conservation in these areas beyond national jurisdictions. It assessed the costs and benefits of economic activities in both quantitative (including monetary) and qualitative terms—while considering potential benefits arising from the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity.

Our report will now support decision-makers, including government officials, the private sector and other stakeholders to make informed decisions about ABNJ and weigh environmental, social and economic objectives, in the context of the new internationally binding treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement).

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