Why invest or donate to Nexus?

Development practitioners work on a wide range of affordable and appropriate technologies to address energy poverty, and carbon finance is a long-term financing opportunity for these projects. Nexus is the first global alliance of social ventures (nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations and eco-businesses) whose central mission is to reduce climate change while alleviating poverty by providing access to carbon finance to low carbon project developers.

These low carbon projects have different financial needs at different stages of their lifecycle. Early in the cycle, grant funding is required to fund studies which will determine whether the project is eligible for carbon financing. Once the project is identified as being eligible for carbon financing, it can apply for a loan from Nexus, which will be paid back from the sale of carbon credits generated by the project.

Invest in the Nexus Fund

Nexus is seeking capital for its investment fund, called the Nexus Fund. Investors with high social and environmental awareness interested in contributing to the Nexus Fund will benefit from the Nexus diversified projects pipeline.

Benefits of the Nexus Fund:

• The Nexus Fund gives patient and ethical investors the opportunity to invest in premium quality carbon projects and contribute to financing clean development for those who need it most.
• The Nexus Fund invests in a diversified pipeline of successful projects (geographical and technical diversification) needing capital to scale up their operations.
• The Nexus Fund provides project developers with subsidized loans, which are paid back from the proceeds of project-generated carbon credit sales.

Donate to Nexus Grant for Innovation Programme

With  the  support  of  private  partners  and institutions, the Grant for Innovation Programme awards grant  funding  for  innovative  approaches  that address  climate  change  mitigation  and poverty alleviation through:
1. Technology  innovation: Testing  and  validating  new  pro-poor  low  carbon technologies  that  will  lead  to  higher user  friendliness,  higher  technological efficiency,  higher  co‐benefits  for  end  users.
2. Market  innovation: Piloting  the dissemination  of  existing  technologies and proven concepts in a new market.

For more information about Nexus investment options, please contact us.