Our action groups support financial innovation and impact measurement to scale investment in agrifood systems
Action Group 1: Financial Innovation
Group Leads: Acumen and CSAFAction Group 1 (AG1) supports innovation in evidence-based finance vehicles through technical assistance and learning. It also develops an investment pipeline with climate and nature impacts by sharing experiences from the Connector.
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Financial instruments supported by AG1 through the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance
The InvestHER Climate Resilience Bond is Uganda’s first gender and climate bond and among the few in Africa designed to mobilize finance to address both challenges in the agricultural sector. Supported by the Grameen Foundation, the bond is designed to increase the accessibility and affordability of credit for growth-stage agri-SMEs and rural agri-MSMEs.
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The IREN AGRI initiative sets out to accelerate agricultural transition and financial inclusion across agricultural commodity chains in Africa, starting with Côte d’Ivoire and neighboring West African nations. It is a partnership between the French banking group Société Générale and Ksapa, a mission-driven corporation that provides scalable solutions to catalyze a fair and efficient transition through its SUTTI solution to improve the livelihoods of smallholders.
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Action Group 2
Tools, Methods and Knowledge Co-CreationAction Group 2 (AG2) promotes the use of evidence-based physical climate risk and climate and nature and impact assessment for investment decisions. It integrates practitioner experiences into knowledge products for circulation within the wider ecosystem.
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