Finance solutions for local impact
Catalytic Finance Foundation is dedicated to developing solutions to enable sustainable infrastructure investments.
A significant gap remains today between the need for developing sustainable infrastructure and the risks investors are willing to take. We believe in creating a better ecosystem of project financing where the public and private sectors come together as the catalysts of change.
Our mission
Our mission is to accelerate the design and deployment of catalytic finance solutions for sustainable infrastructure.
Our vision
To create long-term change in the immediate future.
The interests of the capital market should be aligned with sustainable growth and the reality of the climate emergency.
Our values
We value longstanding relationships. Since our inception, we have worked to build trust with public and private financiers, local authorities, and technical partners.
Trust
We’re here to understand our partners’ needs and endeavour to offer solutions that meet them.
Respect
We seek to leverage each other’s strengths and insights and come to a conclusion together.
Consensus
As a catalyst, we exist to support our partners to grow and thrive.
Empowerment
Our history
R20 was initially created to work with subnational governments for the design and implementation of low-carbon energy projects. During our early work, it became clear that we urgently needed new financing mechanisms to be able to realize sustainable infrastructure projects in developing countries at scale and speed. Gradually, R20 shifted its focus to enabling sustainable infrastructure through the design of blended-finance investment funds and other catalytic finance solutions. In 2023, this new vision and mission led to the rebranding as the Catalytic Finance Foundation.
Catalytic Finance Foundation began its journey as R20-Regions of Climate Action, an international non-profit organization founded by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009, in partnership with the United Nations, financing institutions and the private sector.
Our purpose
To increase the synergy between the private sector and the public sector, so that “investable” and “sustainable” mean one and the same when it comes to infrastructure.