Colibri will accelerate and scale the flow of capital to natural climate solutions
Colibri will reduce real and perceived risk to expand nature positive investment opportunities
deploy seed, patient and junior capital efficiently
demonstrate how investment in natural climate solutions can drive financial returns
amplify investor competencies to maximize impact
Colibri will deploy seed, anchor, patient and first-loss capital to vehicles investing in natural climate solutions.
What we invest in…
We will prioritize investments in emerging markets that contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation in the following sectors:
Food production
Investments that increase food production in a sustainable manner (e.g. via agroforestry, silvopastoral systems, permaculture, precision farming, bio – based fertilizer and pesticides).
Timber and fiber production
Investments in sustainable forest management, reforestation and forest restoration for production of timber, fibre and fuels.
Conservation and restoration
Investments in conservation or restoration of natural ecosystems via regenerative business models that create value (e.g. carbon credits, non -timber forest products).
Our Impact (target per $100M deployed)
100 SMEs created or supported
5,000 jobs created (50% women)
120,000 smallholders have increased income (30% women)
80,000,000 tonnes of CO 2 sequestered and avoided
30% of investees are women -led
100% of investees have gender policy commitments and implementation plans
2,000,000 hectares of land under long -term sustainable management
1,000,000 hectares of high conservation value land protected in perpetuity
1,000,000 hectares restored
600,000 people benefit from improved livelihoods opportunities and resilience (50% women)
USD 500M to 800M of private sector capital leveraged