Make Climate Projects Bankable by Combining the Right Capital Instruments
Blended finance brings concessional capital, commercial finance, guarantees, grants and technical assistance into a single structure to reduce risk and mobilize larger investment. Resources Future helps companies and sponsors design blended finance approaches that funders can understand and investors can support.
Our Value Proposition
Catalytic capital
Use concessional resources to unlock private investment rather than replace it.
Risk reduction
Blend grants, guarantees, concessional loans and TA to address specific project barriers.
Larger mobilization potential
Well-structured blended finance can attract capital beyond the concessional tranche.
Our Challenge
Many climate projects sit in the gap between public-good value and commercial bankability. They reduce emissions or improve resilience, but still carry risks that private lenders or investors are not ready to absorb alone. These risks may relate to technology, first-of-kind deployment, long payback periods, weak collateral, uncertain demand, climate exposure or early-stage project preparation.
Blended finance can solve this problem, but only if each instrument has a clear role. A structure that simply asks for cheap money is not enough. Funders need to see what barrier the concessional element addresses and how it mobilizes additional capital.
How We Help
Resources Future helps clients identify where the bankability gap sits and which instrument can close it. We assess whether the project needs a grant, concessional loan, guarantee, first-loss layer, technical assistance facility, commercial co-financing or a phased structure.
We then develop the blended finance narrative, value-for-money case, mobilization logic and investment structure required for funder and investor engagement.
Speak to Resources Future about whether this funding pathway fits your project.
Our Services
Bankability Gap Assessment
Analysis of the specific barriers preventing the project from attracting commercial capital.
Capital Stack Design
Structuring of concessional, commercial, grant, guarantee and TA components.
Mobilization Case
Evidence showing how concessional capital can unlock additional private investment.
Funder and Investor Materials
Preparation of concept notes, financial model outputs and investment-facing narratives.
Blended Finance Projects We Support
Industrial Transition
Low-carbon industrial upgrades where concessional finance improves investment viability.
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Agriculture, irrigation, storage, logistics and resilience investments requiring de-risking.
Clean Infrastructure
Waste, water, energy, transport and circular economy projects with public-good benefits.
Financial Institution Facilities
On-lending, guarantee and credit-line structures for banks and non-bank finance providers.
