Impact demands

  investment

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Time is short

We urgently need to bridge the financing gaps in climate change mitigation and financial inclusion.

Public capital will never be enough

We must attract the institutional investors who add essential financial additionality.

By combining public and private capital, we do more than deliver impact. We deliver resilient investments that help safeguard our collective futures.

Scale up 

       green financing

 

11.8M*

metric tons of CO2 captured and stored by agroforestry 

5.3M*

MWh of energy saved annually

1.7K*

MW of Renewable energy capacity supported

1.4M*

Hectares of farmland under sustainable management

Figures as of Q4 24 | *modelled by Finance in Motion based on primary reporting / 3rd-party data

Blended finance

significantly reduces risk

Institutional investors access high-growth markets with reduced risk.

Scale up 

      financial inclusion

 

1.9M

Loans facilitated to small businesses and households since inception

3M*

Indirect jobs supported in MSMEs receiving financing through PIs since inception (40% held by women).

35%

Share of female MSME end-borrowers

Figures as of Q4 24 | *modelled by Finance in Motion based on primary reporting / 3rd-party data

Our impact stories

20/02/2025 Impact Stories

Invest in nature-aligned agriculture

The eco.business Fund provides loans to agribusinesses in Latin America to help them operate more sustainably. A key focus is measuring and monitoring the industry's carbon footprint.  

15/09/2025 Impact Stories

Banking on Tea in Africa

Kenya is the world’s largest exporter of black tea, supporting 600,000 rural smallholders. Yet the sector faces biodiversity loss, climate stress, and unsustainable farming practices that threaten its future. Moreover, the small/micro producers are typically underserved by traditional banks, but Family Bank has developed a solution to cater for this profile of producers.

15/09/2025 Impact Stories

Peru's first thematic bond

Peru is an investment-grade country which has seen some of the first thematic (green) bond issuances in the region over the years. However, more recently, the market dynamic has reduced to a dependency on sovereign and public issuances.  With support from our LAGreen Fund, Banco Interamericano de Finanzas (BanBif) has issued its inaugural subordinated green bond, a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind transaction that signals a new era for Peru’s sustainable finance landscape.

15/09/2025 Impact Stories

Coal pits to solar plants

Recognising the need for affordable and secure energy, the Western Balkans are prioritizing renewables projects that deliver on the energy transition. In North Macedonia, the disused Oslomej coal mine has been transformed into a 50MW solar power plant—one of 17 flagship projects under the EU-backed Western Balkans Investment Framework.

25/02/2025 Impact Stories

Invest in green innovations in Colombia

The LAGreen Fund invested $10m in Banco de Bogotá, Colombia, $230m sustainable bond issuance. The bond was dedicated to promoting projects with positive environmental and social impact, while also strengthening the bank’s capital base.

Finance in Motion allows us to support innovative financing solutions that address climate change, and business financing gaps, and to do so efficiently and effectively.

Catherine Godschalk, CIO Investments, Calvert Impact

We align with

best practice

Every investment contributes to the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) form an integral part of our impact management and reporting approach.
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How we deliver 

     systemic impact:

We aim to transform markets...

Generating long-term, meaningful impact is only possible if we transform markets, financial institutions and end-investee companies.

These are our three dimensions of impact investing:

Promoting systemic change

Helping build new markets, promote high impact standards and drive sustainable financing.

Helping financial intermediaries invest sustainably

Giving our financial partners the capital and capacity to act more sustainably.

Financing impactful businesses

Giving businesses the finance and guidance they need to grow sustainably.

...by investing across emerging economies,

Why are 100% of our investments in emerging markets?

 

Because the future of emerging markets is our shared future.

 

In these markets, you will find:

 

  • 85% of the planet’s population.
  • Businesses where most of the goods we consume are made.
  • The centre of the climate crisis and rising inequality.
  • The vast majority of the world’s biodiversity and natural resources.

 

As these economies grow, we must provide the necessary public and private capital and expertise to ensure they develop sustainably.

...where we finance vital impact themes,

Impact in our focus geographies is critical for the future of our planet and the businesses and markets set to drive global growth.

Supporting the energy transition
After decades of investment, many of the most lucrative climate change opportunities in developed markets have already been activated. Emerging markets are experiencing the steepest part of the growth curve and the impact achievable in these regions is significant.

Strengthening our biodiversity
More than half of global GDP is either moderately or highly dependent on the natural world. We conserve some of the world’s most biodiverse regions by limiting the harm caused by deforestation and agricultural production.

Fostering sustainable business practises
Many emerging markets rely heavily on sectors primed for modernisation. These sectors will thrive if sustainable pathways to modernisation are highlighted, demystified and funded.

Fostering financial inclusion
In many emerging markets, there are too many obstacles to obtaining finance, especially for women entrepreneurs and growing businesses. Where we see a deficit in financial inclusion, we finance loans to companies and build capacity.

...and provide advisory & capacity building services.

This separately funded service allows us to create meaningful impact across our three dimensions: markets, financial institutions and businesses.


How do we achieve this?

 

We provide consultancy and training, and knowledge-sharing events to promote high impact standards and generate interest in sustainable financing. We also help financial institutions structure sustainable products, and increase their impact and outreach potential. Lastly, we conduct research to enhance our impact and investment strategies.

Investments must meet our impact criteria...

Our impact management system helps us enhance the impact we make

 

When we invest via financial institutions, we use our impact scoring tool to ensure we can meet our impact targets. We will only invest if the end investees meet our return and impact criteria, as well as key environmental and social requirements.

 

Following investment, progress is monitored and assessed, drawing on a range of data sources.

 

The system also allows us to identify opportunities to further enhance performance through, for example, our capacity building efforts. 


First-class measurement and management makes us a BlueMark Practice Leader

 

Our impact management practices are closely aligned with industry standards, particularly the Operating Principles for Impact Management, which we signed in 2019.

 

In 2025, we underwent the most recent independent verification by BlueMark. Our impact management system ranked ‘advanced’ (the highest ranking possible) against the Principles and current industry best practice.

 

We have received the highest score in all eight dimensions of the Principles and have been designated as a ‘Practice leader’ by BlueMark since 2022. 

...and minimise potential ESG risks.

Impact can only be sustainable if we manage and mitigate possible negative impacts. We prioritise avoiding, minimising and mitigating environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks through comprehensive ESG management systems and relevant procedures.

We identify ESG risks and assess the capacity and commitment of investees to address and mitigate these. Following investment, we monitor the investee's ESG performance regularly.

 

We align with industry standards

Our comprehensive impact management system is aligned with international standards and good practices, including the below. 

We adhere to key responsible and sustainable finance regulations, including the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

Our impact is recognised worldwide

Awards and verifications 

We have been recognised by awards bodies and leading industry organisations around the globe.