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Financing Impact

SciFi - Societal Impact Financing Initiative @ ESMT Berlin

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Frequency: 1 episode/78d. Total Eps: 15

Financing Impact is a podcast about funding and scaling societal impact. To bring you fresh ideas, we conduct interviews with thought leaders from different backgrounds. This podcast is brought to you by SciFi, the Societal Impact Financing Initiative at ESMT Berlin. For feedback on the show or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at scifi@esmt.org

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Insuring climate risk - with Helke Waelde and Daniela Zimmermann

Episode 15

Thursday, January 30, 2025 • Duration 41:20

In episode 15, we discuss how insurance can increase resilience to climate risk. Our two guests and their respective organizations cooperate to provide climate risk insurance for developing countries. Dr. Helke Waelde is a senior sector economist at the KfW Development Bank, and Dr. Daniela Zimmermann is senior manager for regulatory affairs at the reinsurance company Hannover Re.

In cooperation on climate risk solutions such as the Natural Disaster Fund (NDF), insurance policies are provided which lead to a quick payout to beneficiaries in developing countries in case of an extreme weather event. So-called parametric insurance solutions are geared towards providing quick liquidity when a pre-determined extreme weather event occurs. They thereby put the policyholders, for example governments of developing countries, in a position to provide quick relief to affected populations.

KfW Development Bank and Hannover Re also work jointly on policy briefs to inform discussions around the financial contributions of the Global North to address climate risk in developing countries.

Links

· Natural Disaster Fund (NDF) Impact Report 2023

· Joint development research brief by KfW and Hannover Re on the responsibility of the Global North regarding climate risk in developing countries (attribution theory)

· The Insurance Development Forum

· The Global Shield against Climate Risks

· The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage

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(01:34) – Helke and Daniela introduce themselves

(06:19) – Difference between an insurer and a reinsurer

(08:31) – The role of reinsurance in diversifying risk

(09:28) – KfW's mandate as a development bank and the need to insure climate risk

(10:48) – The 3 tasks of KfW when it comes to climate risk

(11:38) – Providing fast liquidity to partner countries in the case of a climate event

(13:06) – The Natural Disaster Fund (NDF)

(13:35) – Explanation of parametric solutions

(14:25) – More details on the Natural Disaster Fund (NDF)

(17:09) – Working with financial inclusion providers

(19:02) – Role distribution between the partners involved in the NDF

(22:18) – Responsibility of the Northern Hemisphere towards developing countries

(23:53) – Attribution theory policy paper

(29:03) – What is needed to mobilize more private investment for climate finance

(32:42) – The importance of a stable and reliable legal and regulatory framework and access to cross-border reinsurance possibilities

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For feedback on the show or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at scifi@esmt.org

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Bridging the climate finance divide – with Mahmoud Mohieldin

Episode 14

Thursday, December 12, 2024 • Duration 38:49

For our 14th episode, I invited Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin to discuss the climate finance divide and how to overcome it. The climate finance divide is the gap between the funding needed and funding available to tackle the global climate crisis. It is particularly stark in developing and emerging economies, as these countries face high levels of debt and limited sources of public revenue. Because developing countries are responsible for far less of the Co2 emissions than developed countries, yet suffer more from the consequences of it, bridging the climate finance divide calls for international solutions. My guest just returned from COP29 and shares his insights from there and from his career dedicated to finance and international development. Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin is an economist who has held roles as Executive Director of the IMF Group, Senior Vice President at the World Bank and Minister of Investment of Egypt. Currently, he is UN Special Envoy for Financing the 2030 agenda.

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· Third report of the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance (November 2024)

· Remarks by World Bank Group President Ajay Banga at the 2023 Annual Meetings Plenary

· The Guardian's analysis of the operationalization of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement at COP29

· 2024 Implementation Report on the Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda

Fostering social innovation – with Gorgi Krlev and Dominik Domnik

Episode 5

Wednesday, July 6, 2022 • Duration 37:24

In our fifth episode, Gorgi Krlev and Dominik Domnik discuss what it takes to foster innovation that benefits society. We delve into what social innovation is, and what role public policy and specific funding instruments play for the growth of the sector. Gorgi is an assistant professor of sustainability at ESCP Paris. He has conducted a study comparing and assessing approaches from 10 different countries to support social innovation. Dominik works for LMU's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. He has previously worked for a foundation and a family office and set-up his own social business. They discuss the rationale for factoring in the long-term benefits for society when investing into innovative solutions to societal problems, whether you are a policy maker or an investor. We also address jargon and how to bridge cultural differences between the private sector, the public sector, and civil society to jointly promote social innovation.

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Gorgi conducted the study "Financing Social Innovation" on behalf of SEND, the German Social Entrepreneurship Network.

Examples mentioned by Gorgi and Dominik:

Portugal Social Innovation is a government initiative aimed at stimulating the social investment market in Portugal. It mobilizes around EUR 150 million from the European Social Fund through 4 financing instruments: capacity building for social investment, partnerships for impact, social impact bonds, and the social innovation fund.

Systems thinking for climate finance – with Dominic Hofstetter and Kirsten Dunlop

Episode 4

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 • Duration 38:05

In our fourth episode, Kirsten Dunlop and Dominic Hofstetter discuss why adopting a systems thinking perspective is key to tackling the climate crisis. They explain that it's necessary to overcome a project-by-project mentality to achieve structural change. We hear why achieving a net-zero economy calls for an approach as ambitious as the Marshall plan. Both guests argue for the need to build portfolios of investments that are connected and create synergies to achieve sustainable transformation. Kirsten and Dominic also discuss how such an investment logic is at odds with traditional finance portfolios, which are built for diversification to reduce financial risk. Last but not least, the conversation addresses what needs to be done to foster a new logic to finance transformation.

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Climate-KIC is the EU's main climate innovation initiative, of which Kirsten is the CEO.
The Transformation Capital Whitepaper authored by Dominic elaborates on many of the ideas touched upon in this episode.
The TransCap Initiative sets out to put to practice the ideas articulated in the Whitepaper.

For feedback on the show or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at scifi@esmt.org

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Power dynamics in funding – with Marta Zaccagnini and Ben Wrobel

Episode 3

Thursday, March 31, 2022 • Duration 33:39

In our third episode, Marta Zaccagnini and Ben Wrobel discuss power dynamics in funding within the impact investing space and in philanthropy. They explain why shifting decision-making power to those with lived experience of the problem at hand is both timely and leads to better outcomes. For impact investing, we look into the peer selected investment approach of Village Capital, where Marta is a manager. Ben, who co-wrote a book on participatory approaches in philanthropy and impact investing, analyzes what decision making processes in foundations and investment funds have in common. We hear examples of organizations that have introduced participatory approaches around funding decisions, and address reservations funders may have towards ceding decision-making power. In an outlook beyond the world of impact investing and philanthropy, we hear about the potential for participatory budgeting to restore trust in democracy.

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Village Capital's "Flipping the Power Dynamics" report presents findings on the outcomes of the peer selected investment approach regarding both diversity and commercial success.
Letting Go, the book Ben co-authored with Meg Massey, explores how philanthropists and impact investors can do more good by giving up control.

Additional resources mentioned by Ben:

The Grantcraft Guide to participatory grantmaking
Shari Davis' TED talk on participatory budgeting
The People Powered Hub for Participatory Democracy

For feedback on the show or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at

Funding social businesses - with Aunnie Patton Power and Julia Winkler

Episode 2

Monday, March 7, 2022 • Duration 45:34

In our second episode, Aunnie Patton Power and Julia Winkler discuss the challenges associated with funding purpose-driven organizations and how to overcome them. Aunnie is an angel investor, an academic, an adviser to funders and founders, and an author. Her book "Adventure Finance" presents innovative funding options for startups and businesses that are not a fit for the venture capital world. Julia is the co-founder of Volunteer Vision, a digital mentoring platform promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce. Her social business is funded by impact investors, and she shares the lessons learned from her fundraising journey. We discuss innovative funding models such as redeemable equity, invoice factoring and supply change financing. We also talk about how investors can source impact investments, why organizations need different types of funding at different stages of their life cycle, and what skills are essential for fundraising.

Links:

Aunnie's book "Adventure Finance" showcases innovative funding options available for social businesses and non-profits through storytelling and tested frameworks.

https://www.adventure.finance/

Volunteer Vision, the social business co-founded by Julia, promotes a diverse and inclusive workforce through online mentoring.

https://www.volunteer-vision.com/

About Financing Impact:

Financing Impact is an interview podcast about funding and scaling societal impact. This podcast is brought to you by SciFi, the Societal Impact Financing Initiative at ESMT Berlin.

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Dormant assets - with Stephen Muers and Antonis Schwarz

Episode 1

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 • Duration 34:50

In our first episode, Stephen Muers and Antonis Schwarz discuss how dormant assets can be leveraged to finance impact. Dormant assets are, for example, bank accounts which haven't been touched for many years and for which the owner cannot be found. In the UK, dormant assets have been used for over a decade to fund social impact investment. Stephen is the CEO of Big Society Capital, the financial institution through which these funds are channeled to investments that generate both a financial and a social return (e.g. social housing). Antonis is a philanthropist and impact investor who has long advocated to use dormant assets to finance impact in Germany. We discuss, amongst others, what political momentum there is for this in Germany in the aftermath of the elections.

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Big Society Capital

https://bigsocietycapital.com/

Proposal of the German Social Entrepreneurship Network (SEND) on dormant assets (in German)

https://www.send-ev.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2_Auflage_Nachrichtenlose_Assets.pdf

About Financing Impact:

For feedback on the show or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at scifi@esmt.org

Financing climate tech – with Baris Efe and Danijel Višević

Episode 13

Thursday, December 5, 2024 • Duration 46:15

In our 13th episode, Baris Efe and Danijel Višević discuss the financing landscape for climate tech. Danijel Višević is General Partner and Co-Founder of World Fund, a Berlin-based climate tech VC (fund size € 300 M, 18 investments so far). Baris Efe is the Co-Founder and Head at Vali Berlin, the entrepreneurship hub of ESMT business school. We discuss why we need tech to tackle the climate crisis and the role of venture capital to finance it. Baris and Danijel analyze the state of European competitiveness and what can be done to improve it.

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· The World Fund White Paper on investing in climate tech

· Vali Berlin, the entrepreneurship hub at ESMT

· The Draghi report on the future of European competitiveness

· PwC's report on the state of climate tech 2024

· The EU inc petition

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(01:26) – Danijel and Baris introduce themselves

(04:43) – Why we need tech to tackle the climate crisis

(05:45) – The role of venture capital to finance climate solutions

Research-Practice Partnerships - with Katia Halabi and Raji Jayaraman

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 • Duration 45:48

In our 12th episode, Katia Halabi and Raji Jayaraman explain and discuss research-practice partnerships (RPPs) and share their experiences. Katia is a practitioner and head of the TVET (technical and vocational education and training) component of a project commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Rwanda with co-funding by the European Union. Raji is a researcher and professor of economics at ESMT Berlin as well as the co-director of the Forward Society Lab. We explore the characteristics of RPPs, and how such a partnership is implemented in an ongoing project in Rwanda. We delve into the role of quantitative data and rigorous evidence in policymaking and of course discuss how this is linked to financing impact with taxpayers' money.

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· The Forward Society Lab

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(01:24) – Raji and Katia introduce themselves

(02:11) – Raji explains what a research-practice partnership (RPP) is

(02:47) – The role of rigorous evidence to inform policy decisions

(03:44) – Katia shares her motivation as a practitioner to engage in an RPP

(05:00) – The matchmaking exercises that brough practitioners and researchers together

(07:22) - Katia explains the context of the project she is working on in Rwanda

(09:43) – Raji explains what is evaluated in this RPP: whether training makes a difference for both teachers' pedagogy as well as students' learning outcomes

(10:37) - The role of randomization to generate rigorous evidence

(12:56) - Katia describes the motivation of the Rwanda government to learn from the RPP

(14:32) – Raji on the necessity for research to speak to concerns of citizens and marginalized communities

Impact investing in frontier markets – with Patrick Nussbaumer and Winnie Odhiambo

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 • Duration 48:23

In our 11th episode, Patrick Nussbaumer and Winnie Odhiambo discuss impact investing in frontier markets. Patrick works for UNIDO's innovative finance division, and Winnie is an impact investing professional whose career spans working with pension funds, VCs, in private equity and in private debt. We explore the role of development finance institutions (DFIs) in impact investing and how to mitigate country risk in emerging markets. We also discuss the need for more investments into climate adaptation, and the specific challenges of impact measurement in this field.

Links:

· The definition of impact investing by GIIN, the Global Impact Investing Network

· The Catalyst Fund's report on Investing in Climate Tech Innovation in Africa

· PFAN, the Private Financing Advisory Network, is connecting investors to high-potential climate and clean energy projects in emerging markets

· UNIDO's Catalyst Fund for Fintech-Enabled Climate Adaptation is accelerating and de-risking innovation in frontier markers

· Development finance institutions (DFIs) active in emerging economies include IFC, the , and .

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