Project Overview

MGF supported the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in its role as Secretariat of the Green Coalition of Public Development Banks in the Amazon, to identify sustainable finance models with potential for replication and scale across the Coalition. Working directly with public development banks and financial institutions in Latin America including in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, MGF evaluated sustainable infrastructure and sustainable land use investments in the Amazon, developing case studies that examined their financing approaches, implementation models, enabling conditions, and environmental and development impacts.

MGF also conducted a comparative analysis across the Green Coalition’s broader portfolio of case studies to identify common barriers, lessons learned, and enabling factors. The analysis translated these findings into practical recommendations for public development banks and other financial institutions seeking to replicate, adapt, and scale sustainable finance approaches across the Amazon.

Our Work

• Portfolio Analysis. Reviewed sustainable finance portfolios, financial products, and transactions to identify approaches aligned with environmental, climate, and development objectives.
• Case Study Development. Developed detailed case studies examining how public development banks are financing sustainable land use and infrastructure, including the financial mechanisms, implementation approaches, partnerships, and enabling conditions behind each model.
  • FINAGRO: Productive and Sustainable Transformation Line (Colombia)
  • BNB: FNE Green – Sustainable Infrastructure (Brazil)
  • CAIXA: Amazonian Housing Project (Brazil)
  • Banco Agrario: Visión Amazonia’s REDD Early Movers (REM II) Green Financial Instrument (Colombia)
  • BNB: FNE Low Carbon Agriculture (Brazil)
  • BNDES: Sustainable Cacao CRA (Brazil)
• Stakeholder Engagement & Validation. Worked directly with participating public development banks to gather institutional insights, address information gaps, validate findings, and capture lessons from implementation
• Knowledge & Replication. Synthesized findings across institutions to identify common lessons and practical approaches that can inform the design and scaling of sustainable finance solutions across the Green Coalition and the broader financial sector.