Eco-Business Fund

Structured as an evergreen blended finance fund, the Eco Business 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.

Source : https://www.ecobusiness.fund/en/the-fund

The eco.business Fund, initiated by KfW, Conservation International and Finance in Motion, pursues its mission by providing dedicated financing and technical assistance to financial institutions and businesses committed to environmental practices in unique ecological landscapes both in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. The fund focuses on sustainability in four economic sectors: agriculture and agri-processing, fishery and aquaculture, forestry, and sustainable tourism.

Innpact worked in close collaboration with KfW, Conservation International and Finance in Motion to structure and setup the Eco-Business Fund. This included support in the financial model, termsheet preparation, drafting and negotiation of legal documentation, selection of fund service providers and preparation of the incorporation and first closing of the Fund.

Since its inception in 2014, Innpact supports the Fund with Governance support services as Board Advisor. This support includes guidance on regulatory, legal, compliance and corporate matters according to international good governance practices.

• Name: Eco-Business Fund SA, SICAV-SIF
• Inception : 2014
• Domicile: Luxembourg
• Initiators : KfW Development Bank, Conservation International, Finance in Motion
• Investment Manager : Finance in Motion GmbH, Frankfurt/Main
• Sector : Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries & Aquaculture, and Tourism
• Geographic Focus : Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub Saharan Africa
• Target Financial Intermediaries : Local Financial Institutions, Non-Financial Institutions
• End‐Beneficiaries : Businesses (cooperatives, farmers, producers, processing companies)
• Financial Instruments : Debt instruments, loans and equity/quasi-equity participations
• Non‐Financial Services : Technical assistance services through the eco.business Development Facility
• Type : Debt Fund
• Info : www.ecobusiness.fund