eco.business Fund
In December 2014, KfW, the German Development Bank, Conservation International and Finance in Motion set up the eco.business Fund. The Fund´s mission is 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, initially in Latin America and the Caribbean and potentially expanding to Africa”.
The Fund pursues this mission by providing financing and/or technical assistance to qualified financial institutions (FIs) and businesses in four focus areas:
- Sustainable agriculture and agribusiness
- Sustainable fishery and aquaculture
- Sustainable forestry
- Sustainable tourism
Purpose of support
Project and program implementation
Climate objective
Adaptation, Mitigation, Cross-cutting
Sectors and themes
Agriculture, Ecosystem adaptation, Forestry and Land-Use, Waste management, Water
Type of support provider
Other
Type of recipient
Private sector
Fund size
Available funding as of 31 December 2019 is USD 316.0 million. The committed investment portfolio as of 30 June 2019 amounts to USD 294.4 million.
Trustee or administrator
Finance in Motion GmbH
Contact information
https://www.ecobusiness.fund/en/