Impact Investing for Nature at Caddigat Road

• Investor: Conscious Investment Management (CIM) | Greening Australia
• Source of finance: Philanthropic | Private capital
• Financial instrument: Catalytic capital investment
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• Geography: Australia

This case study demonstrates an approach which aligns restoring degraded landscapes, building climate resilience and involves a collaboration between private landholders, local Indigenous organisations and government. The case study focused on the Caddigat Road project in the Eden Monaro region of Southeast NSW project but also referred to the O’Killtabie project on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Conscious Investment Management (CIM) is a recognised leader in impact investment, with investments across social infrastructure, health and education, and environment and climate.

This is an excellent example of CIM bringing its catalytic impact investment expertise to the challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change.

Final Insights

In order to attract more capital into this market there is a need for scale and replicability.

CIM has made two investments with Greening Australia and intends to continue to grow the partnership in a way that is sustainable for Greening Australia. Replicability is negatively impacted by finding suitable properties that lend themselves well to FULCAM method for ACCU generation, but there may be other options for generating a return that are yet to be explored.

View the full case study by Greening Australia & Conscious Investment Management.