Join me today as I speak with Edit Kiss, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Integrity Capital Advisors. She discusses Integrity Capital Advisors three-pronged strategy for unlocking capital for nature: 1. Imbedding carbon with real assets 2. Appreciating the capital continuum, and 3. Blended finance. We discuss the equity-type risks investors face when funding forest carbon projects, and solutions to lower the cost of capital. We also dig into the importance of price transparency – for investors, carbon credit buyers, and project developers, and we talk about the importance of industry standards that support carbon markets.
Host: Shauna Matkovich - The Forest Link
Producer: Magdalena Laas - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laasmagdalena/
Details
01:01 An overview of Integrity Capital Advisors
06:22 Explanation about the obstacles – mobilizing of private capital side
08:37 Explanation about the mismatch in funding
11:42 A tool – Carbon Collateralized Loans
13:59 Necessity of blended finance
15:27 Paper on private investments in conservation
16:01 Integration of concessional capital
18:14 Carbon buyers wants to buy it but not pay the price
25:20 How to improve carbon price transparency
28:10 Science-based Targets Initiative
31:57 SBTI decision in July – submit feedback on form on website (below)
36:39 Actionable advice
37:17 Links (below
[09:18] Why we are struggling in particular in nature based, is because of the market failure and because of the fact that we don’t have a price on carbon.
[19:41] We need a signal for capital to flow for investors to invest into this next generation projects.
[24:11] What you need to be successful on the ground is to say, I’m going to get this carbon finance as a transition tool and when my crediting period stops and I have no more carbon, I have actually made the transition on the ground.
[36:48] It is imperative that everybody needs to get involved, because the simple truth is that without the natural climate solutions there is no pathway to 1.5 degrees.
SBTI feedback form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc93Gz8_R-ShYeaFAuXc_fqrKZQC1ayvnEw1WorQVfxYZ8KgQ/viewform
NCSA paper: https://www.sustainability.com/globalassets/sustainability.com/guides/ncs-investor-guide.pdf
Edit Kiss: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edit-kiss-5156732/
Integrity Capital Advisors: https://www.integritycapitaladvisers.com/