Fintech

Fintech for climate solutions

Project Overview: 

To answer the challenges of the climate crisis, we need markets that work better for both people and the planet. 

According to the Hewlett Climate Finance Strategy for 2018 - 2023:

Most recently, in 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on the impacts of global warming estimating annual investment needs of $1.6 to $3.8 trillion for energy systems between now and mid-century to keep warming on a roughly well-below 2°C pathway. 

Actual investment flows into climate-friendly technologies and solutions are steadily increasing but are estimated to be at most $510 to $530 billion for 2017. Therefore, the current level of investment must be tripled to reach the amounts required by even the most optimistic models.

While an increasing number of investors are already recognizing the relevance of climate risks to long-term portfolio performance and have started incorporating these factors into decision making, many are not. Entrenched beliefs, thinking, and processes associated with traditional methods of investment decision-making hamper action. For some investment professionals, false perceptions and even cynicism about investing in climate-friendly projects or technologies are common. For others, a lack of data or tools makes it too challenging to apply the consideration of the impacts and risks associated with climate change to their portfolio. 

We’re betting that injecting renewables, restoration, conservation, and regenerative markets with a new class of ecological services assets can catalyze economic transition on scale with the problem.Our project’s goal is to coordinate and launch this innovative asset class: by building applications that integrate existing technologies and organizations into an alliance powerful enough to finance climate friendly futures.

Our Solution:

We are developing a suite of software solutions that 1) unlock trillions of investment dollars each year, 2) assess data rich ESG progress, and 3) ethically allocate capital to the world's most urgent climate projects. 

As an integrated system, these solutions will allow leading climate projects to rapidly and securely access funds, while building net zero portfolios into mature markets where impact and earnings align.

The onlining of this lightweight, public goods infrastructure will bridge the market gaps to a healthier and more equitable world for all life. 

"Developing the climate transition as an asset class is arguably the largest opportunity. The potential investable universe is every company. The targets are the ones which are developing actionable, profitable strategies to transition to net zero. Progress can be measured by the Contribution of the portfolio to the warming[cooling] of the planet. The social return is a future for all. The economic return is potentially enormous because, remarkably, this existential societal objective is not in the price."

– Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance

Whitepaper: Coming soon