Backing Nature-Based Solutions: EDFI Management Company guarantees Proparco’s investment in Ardian’s ecosystem restoration fund

This investment is catalysing large-scale conservation and carbon reduction, as Proparco’s stake in Ardian’s Nature-Based Solutions fund is guaranteed by EDFI Management Company under the EU’s Global Gateway EFSD+ programme

EDFI Management Company announced its backing of Proparco’s investment in Ardian’s Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) initiative, leveraging the EDFI Carbon Sinks guarantee as part of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy and European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+). The Carbon Sinks programme, managed by EDFI MC and funded by the European Union, is designed to mobilize private investment and de-risk capital for transformative nature-based climate projects in emerging markets.

With anchor investors including Proparco, EIB, and BII committing €100 million to Ardian’s NBS fund, EDFI Management Company’s guarantee enables Proparco to invest in afforestation, reforestation, revegetation, and wetland restoration, addressing climate, biodiversity, and local community needs across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This partnership reinforces the EU’s Global Gateway ambition to scale up nature-based climate solutions and sustainable growth in developing countries.

EDFI MC’s Carbon Sinks guarantee continues to pave the way for collaboration among European DFIs, institutional investors, and ecosystem specialists, unlocking blended finance for impactful climate and biodiversity solutions. This marks another milestone in EDFI Management Company’s mission to mobilize capital, foster climate resilience, and support inclusive development.

For further details, please see the partner announcement from Proparco.

About EDFI Management Company:

EDFI MC is a multilaterally owned impact asset manager which delivers innovative development finance solutions that enable European DFIs, development banks and private sector investors to increase the scale and impact of their work. The company focuses on business models, technologies and geographies where other investors have not been able to operate at the desired scale given their resources and investment criteria. For more information, visit  www.edfimc.eu.

EDFI Carbon Sinks is a joint guarantee programme designed by the members of the EDFI Association and EDFI MC under EFSD+, the financing arm of EU Global Gateway. The programme is designed to support European Development Finance Institutions (EDFIs) and their private and public co-investors to scale up equity investments in forestry and regenerative agribusiness companies investing in carbon sink projects. More information can be found here: https://edfimc.eu/what-we-do/edfi-carbon-sinks/