Fixed income product that channels capital to conservation-critical lands and waters. The interest rate can be lower than market rates (i.e. concessional). Examples include property being resold to a government agency, institution, or conservation buyer, with easements or restrictions in place to ensure that the organization's long-term conservation objectives for the project are met.
Credit Suisse joined forces with Althelia Ecosphere in 2014 to launch the Nature Conservation Note, as the first bank to develop a conservation investment product. This 10 million USD initiative aimed to restore a high biodiversity area in the Peruvian Amazon.
Read more about the Credit Suisse Conservation note here.
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Return-Based Investments —> Debt: Leasing, Bank Loans, Notes and Trade Finance