SDG Examples
Explore blended finance examples organized by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Hover over the SDG you are interested in and you will see a summary of each example, along with a link to learn more about it. Peruse these and use them as guides for your solution!
IFC and GEF supporting HIS Fund 2
The HIS Fund has invested in green homes certified by IFC’s EDGE green building standard which reduces energy and water usage translating to lower utility costs and less greenhouse gas emissions.
Aavishkaar Frontier Fund
The AFF invests in enterprises serving low-income populations in underserved geographies on a commercially sustainable basis in South and South-East Asia across sectors including healthcare, education, sanitation, and more.
California FreshWorks
California FreshWorks provides grants and loans to food enterprises aiming to increase access to affordable healthy food, spur economic development and job creation while ensuring racially and socially equitable access to food in underserved and low-income communities in California. Learn More >
ACELI Africa
Aceli Africa is a market incentive facility aimed at catalysing lending to agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Through its work, it hopes to address the region’s $65 billion annual financing gap for agricultural SMEs. Learn More >
Green Fund
The Green Fund aims to de-risk investments in sustainable agricultural production with a focus on forest restoration, as well as tropical forest, peatland and biodiversity protection. Learn More >
Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund* (AGHF)
The AGHF is allocating its $1 billion fund across healthcare needs including acquiring catalytic anchor assets for the healthcare ecosystem, assembling proving innovation in the system, and adopting proven disruption innovations to scale. Learn More >
USAID’s Catalyze Eduplatform’s Fund
The Catalyze Eduplatform’s Fund is allocating its $250 million dollar investments to implement sustainable education business models for LIC’s and to achieve Women’s Global Development and Prosperity goals. Learn More >
Quality Education India Development Impact Bond (QEI DIB)
The Quality Education India Development Impact Bond aims to solve the learning crises in India by improving grade learning outcomes of primary school children through assistance of private sector involvement; hopefully leading to standardized education plans for the future. Learn More >
Educate Girls Development Impact Bond
The Educate Girls Development Impact Bond (DIB) aimed at increasing enrollment and improving learning levels for girls partnered with investors to implement their education plans. The 3-year project exceeded their goals with learning targets 160% of the predicted number and 116% of predicted enrollment levels, creating a greater amount of return earned back by investors. Learn More >
Care SheTrades
Care has raised over $10 million in capital to integrate gender equality into enterprises focused on supporting women by improving economic inequities in South and Southeast Asia. Learn More >
Tajikistan: Women in Business Program
The Women in Business programme promotes women’s entrepreneurship through access to finance and know-how in order to stimulate business growth. The proposed blended finance package promotes the introduction of innovative MSME financing products via a leading microfinance institution in Tajikistan. Learn More >
NWP and KIFFWA Partnership for Clean Water
Both the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) and the Kenya Innovative Finance Facility for Water (KIFFWA) have partnered to provide capital and guidance to Kenyan project developers to create climate resilient water initiatives. So far, this partnership has used 2.2 million euros to fund 8 water initiatives and provided 30,000 Kenyans with access to potable water at less than ⅓ of the original cost per liter. Learn More >