Investing for Impact
We are the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, backed by the UK Government. With over 75 years’ experience, we are a trusted investment partner to businesses in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. We invest to create productive, sustainable and inclusive economic outcomes for those that need our capital the most and who want to build better lives for themselves and their communities. We currently partner with over 1,000 businesses, working with our investees to help them succeed and grow impactful businesses.
Episodes
South and South-East Asia sit at the heart of the global climate transition, with rapidly growing economies and significant investment opportunities in renewable energy, climate infrastructure and sustainable development. Yet mobilising the scale of private capital needed remains one of the region's biggest challenges.
In this episode, Jo Fry (British International Investment) is joined by Gillian Tan (Monetary Authority of Si...
In this post‑COP30 debrief, BII’s Amal‑Lee Amin is joined by two leading voices in climate finance - Nick Mabey, CEO of E3G and founder of London Climate Action Week, and Rhian‑Mari Thomas, CEO of the Green Finance Institute, to share their reflections on what the summit delivered and how progress can be accelerated.
Together, they discuss the key outcomes from COP30, examine the funding gaps that remain in global climat...
Together, they discuss how integrated investments in gender and climate are already driving transformative chan...
Blended finance - where concessionary capital provided by DFIs and others - is used to attract private capital to address acute climate and development needs, is becoming an increasingly important vehicle for doing just th...
In this episode we discuss with her the impactful work of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which she founded in 2008. The Foundation empowers women entrepreneurs in low and m...
We held an event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Catalyst portfolio and sh...
At British International Investment (BII), we are committed to making our investments work for women and, in 2018, we launched our ...
He is Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), an international partnership of countries highly vulnerable to climate change that advocates for stronger global climate action. The CVF works to amplify the voices of the most affected nations in global cl...
With nearly 20 years' experience working in impact and philanthropy, Tom is passionate about finding ways to catalyse scalable solutions to the pressing social and environmental problems the world is facing.
In this conversation, Tom shares his experience of...
He believes that not only are development finance institutions among the best emerging market investors in the world, but pension funds should be looking to commit capital alongside them.
ILX provides institutional investo...
In this role, Jane leads a team who work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders across the business and externally, to embed LSEG’s sust...
Emerging economies are among the nations most exposed to and the least prepared for the effects of climate change. This is particularly the case across Africa, South and South-East Asia, and the Caribbean, where we ...
Founded in 2001 by Vineet, the group comprises of Aavishkaar Capital – the groundbreaking impact investment fund manager, Arohan – a microfinance institution, IntelleGrow &ndash...
2X Global works together with the full spectrum of investors, capital providers, mobilisers, and influencers, with the aim to transform international finance systems through the deployment of gender-smart capital across asset classes...
Kieron joined the Institute following seven years as Chief Executive of Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation, one of ...
Originally from Kenya, Sapna started her career in London in international banking, initially at Lloyds TSB and later at HSBC, working with entrepreneurs and SMEs at various stages of their business life...
Jacqueline shares her inspiring journey of creating Acumen in 2001, with a vision of changing the way the world tackles poverty by providing patient capital to support businesses and entrepreneurs. She also talks about some of the early successes and failures of Acumen, and how they shap...
The J.P. Morgan Development Finance Institution (JPM DFI) was launched in January 2020 to spur investment supporting economic development in emerging markets. The JPM DFI aims to increase the origination and distribution of assets with development impact to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.&...
AVPA is a pan-African network of investors who are collaborating to increase the flow of capital into social investments across the continent, ensuring it is deployed for maximum social Impact.
Frank has extensive experience in both the private and social sectors. ...
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