Catalytic Capital Consortium’s Post

Mark your calendar! C3 is teaming up with Impact Europe for the last in our 2024 series of webinars on #catalyticcapital. On Oct. 9th, we'll be showcasing findings from C3-supported research projects spanning Eastern Europe, India and the U.S., with a panel of experts who will discuss key considerations for investors and asset owners. They include: ➡ Priya Krishnamoorthy, 200 Million Artisans, which studied the role of catalytic capital in India’s artisan sector, particularly as it applied to craft-based micro, small, and medium-sized businesses. ➡ Jayshree Venkatesan, Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), which researched how catalytic capital has spurred the digital credit industry, considering both growth and unintended consequences. ➡ Maoz (Michael) Brown, Impact Finance Research Consortium, which produced a quantitative analysis of the prevalence, applications, and consequences of catalytic capital investment based on a large sample of fund managers. ➡ Zsuzsanna Pósfai, Periféria Policy and Research Center, which studied how catalytic capital can help spur affordable housing development in eight Eastern/Southeastern European countries. ➡ Sarah Kearney, Prime Coalition, which developed a framework to help philanthropic investors understand when to use catalytic capital to fill specific capital gaps, particularly when financing engineering and science innovation. ✳ Register here: https://lnkd.in/g8jhAaZN ✳ Read about C3’s Strengthening the Evidence Base projects: https://lnkd.in/gYS-HBvD #impactinvesting #socialinvesting #climatefinance #affordablehousing #financialinclusion #SMEs #entrepreneurs #India #EasternEurope

Check it out: ImpactAlpha is featuring the SDG Loan Fund—a C3 field partnership—in its Agents of Impact Call on Sept. 19th, entitled Blending Billions. ✴ To participate, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gHXKvmED The SDG Loan Fund raised $1 billion from institutional investors with catalytic capital from FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank and the MacArthur Foundation, and it is a model for efforts to put private capital to work for inclusive economic growth, reduced income inequality and other Sustainable Development Goals. The Impact Alpha online event will feature MacArthur Foundation’s Debra Schwartz and Nnamdi Igbokwe, Ph.D. of Convergence Blended Finance, as well as Climate Fund Managers' Rajashree Padmanabhi and MUFG's Ariane Pevide. They will discuss practical lessons in blending billions for renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, small business lending, health and education in #emergingmarkets. ✴ Read more about the SDG Loan Fund: https://lnkd.in/gSw32cfB ✴ Read more about C3 Field Partnerships, which are funds and initiatives that demonstrate the powerful use of catalytic capital, with financing from MacArthur: https://lnkd.in/g6KbGiUH #catalyticcapital #impactinvesting #socialinvesting #climatefinance #SDGs #blendedfinance

Many C3 partners and grantees are focusing capital and expertise on climate solutions. Coalition for Green Capital, for example, fuels green banks in the U.S. as part of its mission to halt climate change by accelerating investment in clean energy technologies. It approaches its work with a clear focus on #equity and opportunity—working to deliver the social and economic benefits of #energy investments to underserved communities. CGC was recently awarded a $5 billion grant from the Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). CGC says it has more than $30 billion of demand for its award funds and anticipates that private-sector investors will add more than twice that to the projects jump-started by the federal dollars. “We find ourselves in this interesting place where the financial sector and environmental justice advocates are talking the same language,” said William J. Barber III, CGC’s senior director of impact and equitable investments, at C3’s practitioner conference in Copenhagen. “There seems to be this moment where we can infuse an unprecedented amount of capital with an unprecedented alignment of thought to really target some of the priorities around the climate, environmental and energy justice movements with real power." Watch ⬇ https://lnkd.in/ga4-f77N ✳ For more on CGC’s award from the EPA: https://lnkd.in/emH2NMcR ✳ For more on CGC’s activity: https://lnkd.in/gVPKPE74 #GGRF #climate #greenbanks #impactinvesting #socialinvesting #communitydevelopment #cleanenergy #climatejustice