Technical Assistance and advisory

Strengthen the fund manager’s foundations, both in terms of how it conducts investment activities, and how it supports portfolio companies through growth and exits, specifically in climate and E&S risk management areas.   

Equip the fund manager to deliver gender action advisory to selected portfolio companies and disseminate insights within the forestry and other relevant sectors.

Support AVLA's diversity and inclusion strategy through the implementation of a mentorship program for women leaders, the delivery of a series of virtual customer engagement events enabling AVLA to connect with current and potential clients in a meaningful manner, and offering the targeted women access to information which can support their business growth.

Enable BNCR to develop a targeted strategy to serve the women micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) segment through market research, the launch of a mentorship and training program for women leaders and training the salesforce and senior leaders on gender inclusion.

Ensure a strong Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion component within the bank’s Sustainable Finance strategy. This includes identifying and piloting financial and non-financial products and services for women small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients.  

Enable BIM to strengthen their operations as a fund manager, helping the fund to meet its targets in the context of a growing portfolio through an assessment of BIM’s current currency hedging approaches, as well as review BIM’s risk management policies to identify areas of improvement and align with best practices.

Formalize the fund manager’s approaches for delivering Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) advisory to portfolio companies.  

Advance the implementation of Cooperativa Pacifico’s gender action plan through comprehensive staff training on gender equality and biases across sales, communications, and HR teams, a review and development of HR and communications policies, as well as market research and focus group discussions with women customers to pilot new products and services.

Support Cooprogreso to better serve women agri-entrepreneur clients.

Develop a tool to measure carbon sequestration of Danper’s agricultural fields, and identify recommendations for further emissions reductions, to support the client towards their net-zero target.

Enhance EcoEnterprises Fund III’s E&S risk management capabilities, aligning them with global best practices, and enable the fund manager to extend targeted advisory services to portfolio companies, specifically on gender and climate action.

Support ETG to assess deforestation levels, as well as gender and social risks, in five key agricultural supply chains across nine countries, by undertaking a baseline data collection exercise. This will ultimately help ETG to ensure the reliability of its supply chains while meeting environmental and social regulations in its markets.

Support JCM to develop and execute a corporate-level gender action plan, as well as conduct GBVH-specific assessments and training with two project companies in Africa and Asia.

Support the solar project proponent to enhance their E&S policies, frameworks, and procedures, as well as incorporate gender best practices in their operations. 

Review MFX’s impact to date, specifically in the microfinance sector, and assess opportunities in sectors with less exposure.  

Contribute to Phatisa Food Fund 2’s TA Facility which supports portfolio companies to expand on their innovative and inclusive business models.  The Facility will also conduct research on relevant topics for the benefit of the broader sector.   

Strengthen Miro’s human resource policies and practices to create a gender-inclusive, safe, and productive workplace environment.

Integrate more advanced gender and E&S risk management approaches in the fund manager’s operations.    

Support Produbanco to pilot a business development services program with selected small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients to strengthen their businesses, and in turn, position them to become higher profile customers.  The pilot, together with training to internal staff, demonstrated the business case for non-financial services and equip the bank to scale such services.

• 2022 project: Launch a Gender Equality stream within CPI’s Global Innovation Lab on Climate Finance, to identify and work with a gender-responsive climate finance instrument.  
• 2024 project: Provide gender specific technical assistance to selected current and past proponents of CPI’s Global Innovation Lab on Climate Finance.  Advance thought leadership in the gender-climate and gender-nature nexus topic areas. 
   

Develop a roadmap to guide DFIs on how to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) in a consistent and step-by-step manner through their private sector clients.   

Support the fund manager to provide portfolio companies with core business support and specialized capacity building. The Fund will also conduct a study to understand how access to energy contributes towards women’s economic empowerment.

Identify 100 high-potential women entrepreneurs in East Africa through a business competition and build capabilities around investment readiness and adaptation for COVID-19.   

2020, 2021, and 2023 partnerships: Collaboration across several DFIs and other investors to develop a harmonized model for reporting on systemic impact indicators, including reporting on the Partnership for Carbon Accounting (PCAF) standards.  

2022 and 2023 partnerships: Collaboration across several DFIs to develop and test tools and resources for deeper due diligence into potential human rights violations and labour risks within supply chains for solar PVs and related products.     

Workshop with women-led fund managers and DFIs to identify challenges related to investing with a gender lens, specifically within the context of African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Development of a framework for DFIs to integrate intersectionality in gender lens investing.

• 2020 project: Development and pilot of FinDev Canada’s training toolkit to support fund managers and investment professionals expand their capabilities on gender lens investing. 
• 2023 project: Update of FinDev Canada’s 2X Fund Manager training toolkit in light of the new 2X Criteria, and in-person delivery with select fund manager clients, as well as strategic market-level events.