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Investment blueprint: Transforming degraded land into productive forests through blended finance
This case study offers a blueprint for impact investment in sustainable cocoa supply chains. It highlights strategies for improving environmental and social outcomes in cocoa production, providing investors with opportunities to support sustainable agriculture while achieving financial returns.
Conservation investment blueprint: Forest Resilience Bond developed based on the case study of Blue Forest Conservation
This blueprint provides a model for using blended finance to support agroforestry projects. It illustrates how investors can combine public and private capital to develop sustainable agroforestry practices, achieving both economic and environmental benefits.
Conservation investment blueprint: Forest landscape conservation, restoration, and sustainable timber production
This blueprint contributes to the conservation and restoration of forest ecosystems – achieved by investors purchasing forests, or purchasing land and reforesting; with the express goal of sustainably managing those forests in adherence to relevant sustainability or management certifications.
Conservation investment blueprint: Nb community forestry
This blueprint outlines a community forestry project that sells timber sourced from small holding forestry plots and community collectives. It provides a fair price to primary producers and provides them with support to produce timber through the sustainable forestry management techniques, in accordance with FSC guidelines.
Conservation investment blueprint: Smallholder forestry vehicle - Kilifi, Kenya
This blueprint provides investors with a framework for supporting community forestry projects. It emphasises the role of community engagement in sustainable forest management, offering strategies to achieve both financial returns and conservation outcomes.
Investment blueprint: Channeling private finance into nature rewilding projects
This case study offers investors a blueprint for developing smallholder forestry projects. It highlights successful investment strategies that support sustainable forestry practices among smallholder farmers, promoting economic development and environmental conservation.
Australian Impact Investments (Aii)
Australian Impact Investments (Aii) is a specialist asset consulting firm dedicated to mobilising capital for positive social and environmental impact alongside financial returns. Established in 2014, Aii collaborates with charitable trusts, foundations, family offices, wealth advisors, and institutions, offering bespoke impact strategies, rigorous investment analysis, and comprehensive portfolio management. With a focus on responsible investing, Aii assists clients at every stage of their impact journey.
Investor expectations for corporate just transition planning
The report outlines investor expectations for corporate just transition planning, offering a framework for assessing companies' strategies in transitioning to a net zero economy. It highlights key principles, including stakeholder engagement, economic stability, and social equity. Investors are advised to evaluate transparency, governance, and worker support measures to ensure responsible and sustainable corporate transitions.
TNFD's Learning Lab
The TNFD Learning Lab is a free, open-access platform offering self-paced modules to help individuals understand nature-related issues and the TNFD's recommendations. It includes educational videos, webinars, and resources, covering foundational concepts and practical applications. Registration is required to access the content.
Bankable nature solutions
This report aims to support readers in understanding Bankable Nature Solutions (BNS) and start identifying and developing their own BNS project by providing Blueprints for Bankable Nature Solutions from across the globe to adapt to and mitigate climate change and to help our living planet thrive.
Introducing a standardised framework for escalating engagement with companies
ShareAction’s report introduces a standardised escalation framework for investors to engage with companies on environmental and social issues. It outlines an escalation toolkit and pathway to ensure structured, transparent, and time-bound engagement. The framework aims to enhance investor accountability, drive systemic change, and improve corporate sustainability practices through clear expectations, reporting, and enforcement mechanisms.
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a global fund established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to support developing countries in tackling climate change. It provides financing for mitigation and adaptation projects, focusing on low-emission, climate-resilient development. Funded by governments, GCF plays a key role in international climate finance.
Building disaster- and climate-resilient infrastructure through public–private partnerships
The report discusses leveraging public–private partnerships (PPPs) to build disaster- and climate-resilient infrastructure in Southeast Asia, addressing funding gaps, enhancing regulatory frameworks, and integrating resilience measures. It highlights Australian practices, aligning climate, disaster, and inclusion goals for sustainable infrastructure development.
Decarbonisation investment solutions for sectors: A discussion paper on Sector Transition Plans and their importance to investors
The report from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) discusses the development and importance of sector transition pathways to support Australia’s decarbonisation. It highlights how clear pathways aligned with the Paris Agreement can guide investment, minimise risks, and foster collaboration among investors, governments, and companies to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Shifting gears: Challenges in scaling outcomes partnerships in government and strategies for success
This report explores the barriers to expanding outcomes-based partnerships in public service delivery. It provides actionable strategies for policymakers, investors, and stakeholders to enhance policy innovation and effectiveness. Key insights include addressing institutional challenges, political dynamics, and public-private collaboration for sustainable impact.
GSG Impact
GSG Impact is an organisation dedicated to integrating impact considerations into all investment, business, and government spending decisions. Operating in over 50 countries, it collaborates with leaders, investors, governments, regulators, and social innovators to enhance societal and environmental outcomes. Key focus areas include mobilising private capital for public good, ensuring impact transparency and integrity, and building impact economies globally.