Episode 4: Kevin Bender, Senior Director, NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy
Financing Nature is a podcast from GFI Hive showcasing practical solutions to mobilising private sector finance into the restoration of nature and nature-based solutions for a greener, more resilient and inclusive global economy.
Hosted by the Green Finance Institute’s Helen Avery, each episode features an interview with leading practitioners from finance and the environment discussing solutions happening across the globe to drive private capital into nature.
We also host Special Series such as our COP28 and COP15 episodes with UNEP, and our Farming Toolkit episodes.
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Episode 4: Kevin Bender, Senior Director, NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy
Kevin Bender of The Nature Conservancy talks through the intricacies of the recent Belize debt conversion that include a blue loan, insurance from the IDFC, the issuance of blue bonds to investors via Credit Suisse, a Conservation Fund, an endowment and, for good measure, parametric insurance. It’s a complex deal, but one that is replicable for other countries with sovereign debt trading at a discount and a commitment to conservation. One to listen to for those interested in complex deal structures and the role of sovereign debt in nature restoration.
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