IFACC Initiative

Natália Leite e Marcos Gambi, da The Nature Conservancy, escreveram um artigo no Investing.com sobre as oportunidades de investimento na bioeconomia, com o objetivo de oferecer modelos de negócios alternativos aos proprietários de terras, buscando evitar a conversão da vegetação nativa.   Eles fazem referência ao trabalho do IFACC de conectar instituições financeiras, bancos e investidores para ajudar a desenvolver soluções financeiras inovadoras para financiar modelos de produção livres de desmatamento. Para acelerar os empréstimos e investimentos em agricultura sustentável no Brasil, as seguintes ações devem ser priorizadas:    ➡️As instituições financeiras, os governos, as organizações multilaterais e as fundações privadas devem mobilizar recursos para financiamento catalítico. ➡️Os bancos comerciais, as gestoras de ativos e as empresas da cadeia de valor precisam alinhar suas estratégias para criar produtos financeiros alinhados com as necessidades dos agricultores e buscando um melhor equilíbrio entre risco e retorno. ➡️As empresas de assistência técnica, as cooperativas e outras iniciativas da cadeia de valor devem apoiar a implementação, a comercialização e o desenvolvimento de modelos de negócios escaláveis e bancarizáveis.   Para ler mais sobre as oportunidades de investimento nesta temática, clique no link abaixo: https://lnkd.in/dT56WXbw

IFACC welcomes a new signatory! Impact Bank is a fintech founded in 2020, focused on facilitating the financing of socio-environmental projects, by structuring investments into commercially viable, scalable portfolios, to promote sustainable development throughout Brazil. The company facilitates payment transactions, acts as a correspondent bank, and acts in the aggregation and securitization of projects into bankable assets. Impact Bank also provides an impact management platform to help investors monitor repayment rates and impact indicators. Finally, Impact Bank offers additional financial solutions such as digital and escrow accounts and foreign exchange solutions. Impact Bank joins IFACC with the Food & Forest Sociobioeconomy Financing Initiative, a debenture that offers receivables and loans to smallholder producers, cooperatives and small enterprises in the Amazon, with different ticket sizes. The vehicle was accelerated by The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance process in 2024, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, and is currently in the pilot phase, with 17 operations already benefiting. Gabriel Ribenboim Ian Nellessen Lazoski #IFACC #InnovativeFinance

IFACC welcomes Climate Bonds Initiative as a new Collaborative Partner 🤜🤛   Climate Bonds’ extensive work in agriculture and the current development of credible and ambitious transition pathways for the sector will support IFACC signatories meet and exceed the minimum environmental and social expectations required by the aligned financial mechanisms.   We are excited to work together with the Climate Bonds Initiative and want to share their recent Agricultural Production Criteria publication which provides standards for certifying agricultural entities, assets, and debt instruments that align with 1.5°C climate pathways. For more details, please see the publication in the comments below.   Together, IFACC and Climate Bonds Initiative will accelerate lending and investment in sustainable cattle and soy production, agroforestry systems and sustainable management of NTFPs, in IFACC biomes.   Welcome aboard Climate Bonds Initiative – we can’t wait to see what we can achieve together! #IFACC #InnovativeFinance

The Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy is advancing to its next phase: the public consultation period. Announced internationally at COP29 in Azerbaijan and nationally at a ceremony in Brasilia on 28 November, the Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy (BST) is led by the Ministry of Finance (Ministério da Fazenda) through the Undersecretariat for Sustainable Economic Development (SDES). The public may comment until 31 March 2025 on the technical criteria for the climate and environmental objectives of any of the eight sectoral technical annexes; the methodology for selecting activities and defining the technical criteria; the Gender and Race Equity Index; the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification System (MRV); and the Minimum Safeguards. The BST is supported by UNEP FI and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with resources from the European Union's Euroclima Regional Programme and Sustainable Finance Advisory Hub, and from Germany's Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) as part of the Sustainable Brazilian Finance (FiBraS II). Access the TSB public consultation here: https://ow.ly/aYWj50UlFAH

Sua voz pode transformar! Participe da Consulta Pública e ajude a definir a Taxonomia Sustentável Brasileira! 💼🌿 Se você também acredita que é possível alinhar investimentos aos objetivos climáticos do país, não perca a chance de enviar sua contribuição. A TSB servirá para definir e classificar atividades econômicas, funcionando como um “vocabulário” para investidores interessados em práticas sustentáveis. Anunciada internacionalmente na COP29 no Azerbaijão e, nacionalmente, em evento que ocorreu na quinta-feira, 28 de novembro, a consulta pública sobre a TSB ficará aberta até 31 de março de 2025 e ocorrerá em duas etapas: ➡ 𝟏ª 𝐄𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐚: 16/11/2024 a 31/01/2025 ➡ 𝟐ª 𝐄𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐚: 01/02/2025 a 31/03/2025 📌 Como enviar suas ideias? Acesse: https://lnkd.in/dkWTDjV3 💬 Temas em consulta: Critérios técnicos para atividades sustentáveis Metodologias para objetivos climáticos e ambientais Salvaguardas e inclusão social Monitoramento e transparência 📚 Oficinas temáticas e regionais também serão realizadas para ampliar a participação de diferentes setores e regiões. Fique de olho no site da TSB para atualizações! 🤝 Alianças para a sustentabilidade A Taxonomia Sustentável Brasileira é uma iniciativa liderada pelo Ministério da Fazenda e apoiada pela iniciativa Financeira do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)) e pela Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, com recursos da União Europeia (UE) e do Ministério Federal de Cooperação Econômica e Desenvolvimento (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)) da Alemanha, no âmbito dos programas Finanças Brasileiras Sustentáveis (FiBraS II), Euroclima e Sustainable Finance Advisory Hub. Faça parte dessa iniciativa histórica e ajude a definir o futuro sustentável do Brasil. #TaxonomiaSustentávelBrasileira #TSB #Sustentabilidade #DesenvolvimentoSustentável #ConsultaPública

As we continue to work with banks, investors and agricultural companies to accelerate the transition within global food systems, we are pleased to announce our endorsement for the Food Systems Call to Action.   By endorsing this initiative, IFACC is aligning itself with hundreds of leading organisations and initiatives around the world that are working together on a shared vision for the future of global supply chains and agriculture.   Experts suggest investment into food systems must increase by 10 to 31 times in order to meet the anticipated annual need of $300-350 billion. It is only through collaborative and meaningful action-led commitments that these goals can be met.   To sign the Food Systems Call to Action, press here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eAMVj-3c #IFACC #InnovativeFinance #FoodSystemsCalltoAction

📢 We are very excited to announce the launch of our new website 📢   Discover valuable insights, updates, and resources that will help accelerate lending and investment in sustainable agriculture across the critical Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco regions.   Thank you to all our partners and signatories for your continued support and commitment. Together, we can drive the transition to deforestation- and conversion-free agricultural products.   Explore the new website➡️ www.ifacc-initiative.org

It’s great to see data from our recent Scaling Nature Finance Now report - co-authored with Capital for Climate, Race to Resilience and Race to Zero – featured in this video, which was played at high-profile UK #COP29 events and bilateral meetings.   The data, provided by Capital for Climate, shows that $1.67 billion was invested in Brazil’s nature last year – a sign that change is happening. IFACC and our signatories are leading the way on this, supporting efforts across the Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco to generate increased finance for deforestation & conversion-free beef and soy.   But there is still a big global finance gap for nature-based solutions and food systems, and we hope that negotiators at #COP29 take concrete action to address this by including food and agriculture in the final New Collective Quantified Goal.   Read our paper to learn about scaling nature finance in Brazil and other biodiversity-rich ecosystems ➡️https://lnkd.in/e8b2jz6D #IFACC #InnovativeFinance

It was great to see IFACC recognised as a leading initiative for food systems transformation by High-Level Climate Champions’ Emmanuelle Pinault at #COP29 this week.   This year’s COP has a clear focus on climate finance, but with only 4% of current funds going to food systems, the work that IFACC & other innovative finance initiatives are doing is critical to mobilising capital for deforestation-free supply chains.      Several of our signatories including Syngenta, AGBI Real Assets, Itau BBA and VOX Capital are all in Baku to talk about the innovative financial solutions that can ignite agricultural transformation.   To find out more about IFACC’s work, click the link in the comments ⬇️   #IFACC #InnovativeFinance #COP29

Climate finance will be centre stage at the #COP29 summit.   COP29 can play a key role in establishing a $1 trillion climate finance target to support vulnerable countries and fund climate action - the UNFCCC’s Debbie Hillier explains how in this recent World Economic Forum article: https://lnkd.in/eEdzPrSy   Many of our signatories, including Syngenta, AGBI Real Assets, Itau BBA and VOX Capital, will be on the ground in Baku discussing how we can mobilise finance for sustainable agriculture & climate action🌱   Are you going to COP29? Let us know in the comments⬇️   #IFACC #InnovativeFinance #COP29Azerbaijan