Deutsche Bank has added its backing to a new climate-focused private equity fund aimed at accelerating investment in sustainable agriculture across Southeast Asia via a $50 million commitment from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).<\/p>\n
The Mekong Earth Regeneration Fund (MERF) will invest in agribusinesses and value-chain companies working with smallholder farmers in Vietnam and Laos, with a focus on expanding climate-resilient farming practices and strengthening food systems across the Lower Mekong region.<\/p>\n
As an accredited entity for GCF, Deutsche Bank will oversee implementation and ensure that investments comply with the Green Climate Fund’s environmental, social, and governance requirements. Vietnam-based private equity firm Mekong Capital will lead capital deployment and act in the investment manager capacity.<\/p>\n
According to Deutsche Bank, the MERF fund aims to reduce approximately 8 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions while supporting around 300,000 people across the region through investments in more sustainable agricultural production and supply chains.<\/p>\n
Kamran Khan, Deutsche Bank’s head of ESG for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, said that the structure is intended to channel institutional funding toward projects that have traditionally struggled to secure long-term financing.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy combining concessional funding with institutional investment, we can accelerate innovative climate solutions to reduce emissions in markets which can be perceived as higher risk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The fund is designed to use blended finance to attract additional institutional capital, with the initial GCF commitment expected to mobilize private investment at a ratio of roughly three-to-one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deutsche Bank has added its backing to a new climate-focused private equity fund aimed at accelerating investment in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21213],"tags":[36154,38000,21214,22326,40717,40720,40719,39675,6777,40718],"class_list":["post-49281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-deutsche-bank","tag-carbon-emissions","tag-climate-crisis","tag-deutsche-bank","tag-feature","tag-feature3","tag-global-exchange","tag-global-private-equity","tag-greenhouse-gas","tag-lending","tag-sustainable-development-goals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}