Finance in Motion, one of the world’s leading impact asset managers, has once again received top marks for its impact management practices. Independent verification by the renowned auditing firm BlueMark shows that Finance in Motion fully meets the requirements of the Operating Principles for Impact Management across all assessed dimensions.
If Hollywood taught us anything, it’s that the end of the world usually involves zombies. But what if the apocalypse isn’t hordes of the undead crashing through windows? What if our apocalypse was simply not being able to grow enough food to eat? Imagine a world where supermarket shelves are bare, not because of a storm or a war, but because we simply ran out of topsoil, water, and good ol’ common sense.
Kenya is the world’s largest exporter of black tea, supporting 600,000 rural smallholders. Yet the sector faces biodiversity loss, climate stress, and unsustainable farming practices that threaten its future. Moreover, the small/micro producers are typically underserved by traditional banks, but Family Bank has developed a solution to cater for this profile of producers.
Peru is an investment-grade country which has seen some of the first thematic (green) bond issuances in the region over the years. However, more recently, the market dynamic has reduced to a dependency on sovereign and public issuances. With support from our LAGreen Fund, Banco Interamericano de Finanzas (BanBif) has issued its inaugural subordinated green bond, a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind transaction that signals a new era for Peru’s sustainable finance landscape.
