Consulting for Sustainable Solutions

Our State of Blended Finance 2024: Climate Edition has just been released! The report finds that the climate blended finance market saw its highest ever annual financing total in 2023, growing by 120% to $18.3 billion in aggregate investment from $8 billion in 2022. Notably the increase came from the private sector and commercial capital, as the amount of donor capital entering blended finance has stayed constant. The report offers an updated analysis on climate blended finance in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), covering sectors, vehicles, regions, and investor trends. Read the full report to learn more: https://bit.ly/40nXNEg #blendedfinance #climate #climatefinance #developmentfinance #sustainablefinance #mitigation #adaptation #SDGs #emergingmarkets #climateaction

This evening, we celebrated 2024 as a team at Consulting for Sustainable Solutions. Things we love about our culture: * Strong work ethic in pursuit of excellence * Commitment to values * Diversity in all respects * Having fun together * Subordinating personal ego to teamwork, with everyone having a say and role to play. I'm thrilled to serve this team!

Not many people realize that the utility burden often weighs most heavily on lower middle-income households in South Africa, consuming as much as 10% income. Over the past decade, massive tariff hikes and energy supply outages have eroded quality of life for this group. Clean Utilities for Affordable Housing, developed by Mzansi Clean Energy Capital with support from the The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, has just been endorsed as an effective way to address lack of access to rooftop solar energy. While offering thousands of vulnerable households affordable clean energy, this financial instrument unlocks novel opportunities for impact investors, including infrastructure investment managers and commercial banks. How? 💡 Portfolio aggregation achieved by landlord partnerships ✳ Derisking strategies to rebalance risk-adjusted returns for private investors 🗝 Implementation by a team that understands the market. Onwards and upwards, Jackline Okeyo, MRICS ! #JustTransition #AffordableHousing #SDG7 #ClimateFinance

And then, there were 8! Wishing Colenso Holder a warm welcome as CSS Analyst! With a background in corporate finance and a CFA well underway, we can't wait to see what the future holds for Colenso, as he goes #Sustainable.

Looking forward to joining a panel at SA Sustainable Finance Intensive tomorrow to explore how carbon markets can mobilize funding for sustainable development in Africa. For decades, economic growth prospects have hinged on industrialisation and advanced skills, risking Africa's economic future. Today, a rising need for carbon removal places this vast continent of natural beauty including >20% of the world's standing forests at the centre of the world's climate future. Despite skepticism over corporate offsetting practices, almost everyone agrees that carbon sequestration projects are urgently needed at scale to prevent catastrophic warming. Carbon markets currently represent the only market-based solution and arguably most robust prospect for achieving this policy imperative. But will Africa box clever in global negotiations to ensure equitable deals? And, equally importantly, will its governments resist the temptation to nationalise these assets, removing private project development incentives? Join me tomorrow at 4pm to hear more! #SASFI #ClimateFinance #CarbonFinance #JustTransition #Africa

9 months ago, I met an incredibly passionate agriculture student, Matthew Guest. Today, Matthew specializes as a nature-based solutions consultant in his Analyst role at CSS, serving impressive international clients - thought leaders in the conservation space. He's recognised for his tireless commitment, thirst for knowledge, and inspiring intelligence. We're incredibly proud of what Matthew has achieved, and look forward to supporting his future growth.

https://lnkd.in/dmx--BWS One of our greatest pleasures at Consulting for Sustainable Solutions is serving investment managers bringing bold new blended climate finance instruments to market via the Catalytic Climate Finance Facility. This year, we are working with a specialist climate finance guarantor in Brazil and an innovative guarantee structure to expand the reach of solar home systems in remote African areas. Collectively, they will mobilize hundreds of millions of dollars for Sustainable economic development through enhancing credit quality for private investors. Thank you Climate Policy Initiative and Convergence Blended Finance for the meaningful programs you operate and the difference these make! Joe Leavenworth Bakali Trang Vandelis Carla Orrego