Examples of investments that combine environmental and social outcomes
Just Transition in the fashion sector
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Good Fashion Fund Blended finance for textile manufacturing
The Good Fashion Fund (GFF) is a blended private credit vehicle that provides long-term loans to textile and apparel manufacturers investing in cleaner production Source: Good Fashion Fund Launched in 2019, the fund operates across Tier-2 and Tier-3 manufacturers in India and Bangladesh, a segment critical to the sector’s environmental performance but chronically underserved by…
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Upaya Social Ventures Impact-linked finance for textile waste enterprises
Upaya Social Ventures uses impact‑linked finance to support textile waste enterprises that centre sanitation and waste workers in circular economy models Source: Upaya Social Ventures Upaya Social Ventures’ Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) for Textile Waste Management is an integrated financing model designed to support enterprises building circular economy solutions with sanitation and waste workers at the…
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Omnivore Venture capital at the agriculture-textile intersection
Omnivore is an impact venture capital firm investing at the intersection of agriculture and textiles to scale sustainable materials in India Omnivore is an impact venture capital firm backing agrifood innovation and climate solutions in India since 2011. Through its third fund, a USD 215 million vehicle, Omnivore has expanded into sustainable materials, backing enterprises…
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Saamuhika Shakti Inclusive textile waste systems
Saamuhika Shakti is a collective impact initiative, initiated and funded by the H&M Foundation, launched in 2020 to enable informal waste pickers to lead secure and dignified lives, with a specific focus on gender and equity. Source: Vinod Sebastian, Saamuhika Shakti Over two phases and approximately USD 21 million in grant funding, the initiative has…
The Just Transition Criteria in practice
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Lombard Odier Investment Managers: sustainable private credit strategy
Find out how Lombard Odier Investment Managers has used our Just Transition Criteria to develop a sustainable private credit strategy providing catalysing capital that allows climate solution providers to scale their environmental impact, while creating new decent job opportunities.
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LeapFrog Investments: climate investment strategy
Find out how LeapFrog Investments, a private equity form, has used our Just Transition Criteria to develop an investment strategy that aims to scale companies and technologies that enable both mitigation of and adaptation to climate change across Africa and Asia.
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BlueOrchard: developing an investment strategy
Find out how BlueOrchard, a global impact investment manager, has used our Just Transition Criteria to develop an investment strategy that aims to improve the resilience of poor and vulnerable households in emerging and frontier markets to weather events and natural disasters.
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Gawa Capital: structuring a fund
Find out how GAWA Capital, an impact investment firm focused on building opportunities for low-income communities, has used our Just Transition Criteria to ensure portfolio companies deliver a positive impact on planet and people and give a voice to end-stakeholders.
Just transition in emerging markets
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Ninety One: Africa Credit Opportunities Fund 2
Ninety One Africa Credit Opportunities Fund 2 (ACO 2) is a senior private credit fund investing in market dominant companies in African financial inclusion, infrastructure and telecoms sectors. The fund targets the development of the African Debt Capital Markets (DCM) by creating an alternative asset class, crowding in African pension funds.
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Actis: ENERGY 4
Energy 4 is Actis’ fourth energy-focused private equity fund investing in electricity generation (buy and build) and distribution businesses (buy and improve) in select countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia. The fund invests across renewables (wind, solar and hydro) and gas technologies.
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BlueOrchard: Schroder International Selection Fund Emerging Markets Climate Bond Fund
BlueOrchard’s Schroder International Selection Fund Emerging Markets Climate Bond Fund (CBF) launched in Q2 2021 with seed capital of $75 million. The UCITS fund purchases mainly green bonds, as well as sustainability bonds, sustainability-linked bonds and general bonds aligned to climate action.
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International Housing Solutions: IHS Fund II South Africa
HS Fund II SA (FII) invests in the acquisition and development of affordable residential real estate in South Africa targeted primarily at lower- and middle-income households with an average market value per unit of less than ZAR650,000 (adjusted by consumer price index from January 15).
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responsAbility: Access to Clean Power Fund
responsAbility’s Access to Clean Power Fund provides senior and mezzanine debt to companies that provide access to energy solutions to households and SMEs, including C&I. The fund has a strong focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia.
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LeapFrog Investments: LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund III, LP
The LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund III, LP (2017) is a $743 million fund offering exposure to high quality financial services and healthcare businesses across Asia and Africa. The fund aims to invest in businesses that provide quality, relevant and affordable products to the two billion (and rising) underserved emerging consumers, living on less than $10…
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