Banking and Financial services

Triple Bottom Line Inclusive Finance in Latin America. Promoting Climate Smart Finance & Better Access

Project led by COFIDES

  • 30.000 previously unbanked MSMEs reached
  • 62.000 jobs supported
  • 7 entities supported in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Central America

   Rural development

Support to enhance FONPLATA’s climate resilience capacity

Project led by EIB

  • Fonplata, the Development Bank of the River Plata basin, has upgraded its environmental and social standards for the benefit of its member countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
  • The cooperation among Fonplata, EIB and LACIF has allowed the implementation of four pilot projects in Bolivia and Brazil

   Sustainable Energy

LAGreen - Latin American Green Bond Fund

Project led by KfW


  • The LAGreen Fund is expected to reach a total of ~EUR 450 million by 2028.
  • LAGreen aims to promote the development of the Bond market in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Projects financed through LAGreen are focused on generating global environmental benefits and particularly to fight climate change.
  • LAGreen has invested EUR 128 million in 9 countries and supported over 40...



   Urban Development

Fondo MiVivienda - Promoting sustainable social housing in Peru

Project led by AFD

  • 110,800 households certified as sustainable quality social housing, 10,500 out of which received support from LAIF
  • "MiVivienda Verde programme” enabled the reduction of electricity consumption by 40% and of water consumption by 30% by 2024 in the new homes
  • Development of urban planning measures in several Peruvian cities


   Waste Management

Jujuy Integrated Waste Management Project

Project led by EIB


By 2025, the project shall have the following results:

  • 600,000 direct beneficiaries of the improved waste management strategy
  • 700 jobs created
  • Recovery of 23,000 tons of waste


   Sustainable energy

Cerro Dominador: The first thermal solar power plant in Latin America

Project led by KfW

  • 235,000 tons CO2 equivalent per year of direct GHG emissions avoided through the project
  • 580,000 MWh/year generated by the concentrated solar power plant
  • 380,000 homes supplied with electricity 24 hours/day
  • at least 1,906 jobs created through the “Mirror Programme”


   Support to SMEs

eco.business Fund for the development of sustainability in Latin America

Project led by KfW

  • 971,000 hectares of land cultivated under sustainable management
  • 471,000 hectares of farmland under soil conservation practices
  • 540 hectares of soil protected from erosion
  • 660,000 direct jobs supported


   Sustainable Agriculture

Modernized Irrigation Project for Small and Medium Farmers

Project led by AECID

  • 12,400 hectares were provided with an irrigation system.
  • 14,150 families benefited, many of them of mestizo, indigenous, Afro-Ecuadorian and mountain origin.


   Sustainable Energy

Improving the sustainability of the electricity service in Suriname

  • 2 operational GIS and SCADA systems effectively in use by EBS’ business units
  • 43% increase in annual electricity sales by EBS.
  • 2,000 kW of solar PV installed capacity.
  • 1,410 households benefiting from 24 hours electricity production.
  • 30,000 Tons of C02eq will be reduced per year.