Impact contribution
Supported in financing over 1,133,000 hectares of farmland under sustainable management
Impact strategy
Environmental impact
Investment strategy
Private debt
Assets under management
Sub-fund for Latin America and the Caribbean
USD 684.3 mn
Sub-fund for sub-Saharan Africa
USD 109 mn
Website
www.ecobusiness.fund
Initiated in
2014
Initiated by
KfW Development Bank Germany, Conservation International, and Finance in Motion with financial support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Target regions
Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa
SFDR classification
Article 9 fund
Since 2014, the eco.business Fund has been supporting business and consumption practices that contribute to biodiversity conservation. Via two dedicated sub-funds, the fund provides finance to qualified financial institutions or directly to relevant businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. This financing strengthens companies that work towards improving the sustainable use of natural resources, mitigating climate change, and adapting to its effects.
Promoting biodiversity conservation
Funding is targeted at countries that include some of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots and sectors with the opportunity to further improve sustainable practices
Finance in Motion advises the eco.business Fund, which aims to promote business and consumption practices that contribute to biodiversity conservation, the sustainable use of natural resources, and mitigating and adapting to climate change.
The fund is active in countries and economic sectors that are particularly dependent on natural resources and substantially affected by climate change. Target regions include Latin America and the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. Investment sectors include sustainable agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, and sustainable tourism.
Potential investees need to implement eligible sustainability standards or engage in the eligible production practices included on a fund-proprietary green list to qualify for investment.
Our efforts contribute to eight Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), namely Zero Hunger (SDG 2), Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12), Climate Action (SDG 13), Life Below Water (SDG 14), Life Below Land (SDG 15), and Partnership for the Goals (SDG 17).
Invest in a biodiverse future
eco.business Fund impact
Hectares of farmland under sustainable management (1)
1,133,000
Hectares of farmland under soil conservation practices supported (1)
493,000
m³ of liquid waste treated or recycled (1,2)
297,000
Indirect jobs supported by end-borrowers receiving financing through partner institutions (1,2)
844,000
People trained (1)
5,700
Volume of loans enabled for sustainable production practices (1)
USD 4.1 bn
Hectares of soil erosion avoided (1,2)
900
Liters of herbicide use avoided (1,2)
147,000
Kilograms of nutrient load avoided (1,2)
1,450,000
m³ of irrigation water saved (1,2)
8,800,000
People reached through conferences and events (1)
419,000
CO2 stored by (agro-)forestry activities (absolute) (1,2)
23,500,000
CO2 stored by (agro-)forestry activities (net) (1,2)
6,500,000
Share of portfolio allocated to sustainable aquaculture
18%
Hectares of (agro-)forestry promoted (1)
373,000
Hectares of farmland protected from deforestation
460,000
Committed capital
USD 900.0 mn
Investors
19
Share of private capital committed to the eco.business Fund
38%
Volume of technical assistance projects (1)
USD 9.0 mn
Technical assistance projects launched (1)
157
Partner institutions (1)
51
(1) Cumulative figure since inception.
(2) Figures are modeled by Finance in Motion based on primary reporting and third-party data.
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