Geopolitical realignments, climate volatility, supply chain fragmentation, and shifting development priorities are fundamentally redefining how capital is deployed, risk is priced, and long-term value is created. Catalytic and commercial capital are converging around shared objectives: resilience, stability, economic security, and sustainable growth.
In 2024, our team identified a recurring structural gap among corporates in the agricultural sector in Latin America: strong demand for working capital financing but a lack of products suited to the realities of the primary/agri sector. Even leading producers and exporters – firms with robust track records and international footprints – often struggled to secure financing that matched their production and cash flow cycles. The reality: existing financial instruments came with rigid repayment terms, inflexible collateral requirements or short tenors that were misaligned with the needs of cyclical and climate-exposed industries and ended up posing a bottleneck for the further development of those companies.
Four years after the outbreak of the war, Ukraine continues to face severe economic and energy challenges. As businesses struggle with damaged infrastructure and limited access to finance, blended finance solutions are helping mobilise capital to support recovery, strengthen resilience, and secure the country’s energy future.
To kick-off the year, our CEO Sylvia Wisniwski sat down for an in-depth conversation with Deputy Editor, Michael Hurley from Environmental Finance. Sylvia took the time to share her views on the future of impact investing, blended finance, and climate capital in a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape.
