Impact frameworks are integral when it comes to shaping better climate investments. These structured approaches plan, measure and evaluate the effects of a project, help us to clarify what success looks like, track progress over time and guide decision-making to improve outcomes.

In this episode of Bridging the Gap, Laurence Opie, Climate Specialist of the Development Guarantee Group (DGG), which manages the Green Guarantee Company, is joined by Alice Chapple, Founder and Director of Impact Value and a member of the DGG Impact Committee. Together they unpack how impact frameworks can strengthen both environmental and credit results.

What you’ll learn in this episode: 

➡️Why impact frameworks can drive better credit outcomes. 

➡️How frameworks tackle increased climate adaptation. 

➡️How to avoid greenwashing and stay true to the impact objectives. 

➡️The role of emerging technologies in impact frameworks. 

Your host is Marjolein van Kampen, Head of Communications, Marketing and Advocacy at the Development Guarantee Group.

Find out more at https://greenguarantee.co/

Guarantees are uniquely placed to finance climate investments in emerging markets and developing economies. Guarantees bridge the gap between risk and feasibility, addressing issues of risk perception and widening the investor base. That’s why the Green Guarantee Company was set up - the world’s first solely climate focused financial guarantor - to help deliver the 2.4 trillion dollars of annual investment needed to face the climate crisis head on.

In the first episode of Bridging the Gap, GGC’s climate specialist Laurence Opie introduces us to three of the esteemed members of the company’s board of directors. 

Christopher Marks is GGC’s Chair and managing director of MUFG.

Board member Stacy Swann is also founder of Resilient Earth Capital and former CEO of Climate Finance Advisors.

And board member Thomas Venon is the Executive Director of the Centre for Development Finance Studies and founding partner at Eighteen East Capital.

What you’ll learn in this episode

➡️ Why the GGC is uniquely placed to unlock private capital in emerging markets

➡️ The sectors where this is most needed - and their unique requirements

➡️ The importance of GGC’s triple B investment grade credit rating in unlocking climate capital

➡️ The future of GGC and how it’s preparing to address new challenges

Your host is Marjolein van Kampen, Head of Communications, Marketing and Advocacy at the Development Guarantee Group.

Find out more at https://greenguarantee.co/