Final Report: USAID Green Invest Asia

The initiative focused on three primary objectives: identifying investments, encouraging investments, and building a community of practice in sustainable landscapes finance. Objective 1 involved identifying investments through partnership pathways, Green Invest Asia's business pipeline, and sustainable business trends. The partnership pathways included collaboration with financial institutions, private sector companies, and non-governmental organizations. Green Invest Asia's business pipeline involved sourcing pipeline opportunities, selecting projects based on criteria such as environmental and social impact, and providing market-oriented services. Objective 2 focused on encouraging investments through accelerating transactions for climate outcomes, improving ESG integration in the finance sector, and sustainable investment trends. The initiative engaged with investors, financial institutions, and project developers to accelerate transactions that achieved climate outcomes. Green Invest Asia also worked with financial institutions to improve ESG integration and provided training tools on environmental and social management systems. Objective 3 aimed to build a community of practice in sustainable landscapes finance through systemic change, sustainable coconut roundtables, and sustainable coffee consortiums. The initiative focused on promoting systemic change in the finance sector, engaging with stakeholders to build partnerships, and developing pathways to low-emission land use management. The initiative also emphasized gender and social inclusion, with a focus on women in coffee and sustainable development. Green Invest Asia conducted research on women in coffee and their role in driving sustainability in the region. The initiative also developed gender criteria for pipeline selection and worked with financial institutions to develop gender-lens investing policies. Throughout the initiative, Green Invest Asia collaborated with various stakeholders, including financial institutions, private sector companies, and non-governmental organizations. The initiative supported the issuance of the region's first climate bond under agriculture criteria and the issuance of the Philippines' first nature-based solutions carbon credits. The initiative also supported carbon project development and the launch of the coconut industry's first Sustainable Coconut Charter and Platform. The results of the initiative included reduced greenhouse gas emissions, which brought co-benefits such as improved livelihoods and ecosystem services.