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We help design, structure and implement innovative finance collaborations for sustainable development.

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CLIMATE CHANGE 

LOSS AND DAMAGE

FUND

With climate change causing loss and damage around the world, the Loss and Damage Fund adopted by Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) intends to provide financial relief to the most vulnerable nations.

 

But how can the new fund innovative and make a real difference in a complex financial architecture?  We are contributing expertise and ideas for the design and operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund.  

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The UNFCCC Synthesis Report (COP28) on Loss and Damage, co-authored by IFF President Robert Filipp, can be accessed here.

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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATIVE

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Despite well-publicised efforts to reduce waste, mountains of waste are growing above and below ground. Only a small part of household, industrial and e-waste is recovered and recycled. Micro-plastics are everywhere, including in our organs. 

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Traditional waste segregation approaches are not solving the problem. We are working on the up-take of new, industrial-scale technologies that have the potential to transform waste management for cleaner and healthier environment. 

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FINANCIAL INNOVATION

DEBT SWAPS

FOR SOCIAL SPENDING

The debt issue is back on the international agenda and for good reason: In 2022, developing countries spent US$443.5 billion to service their public debt, more than twice as much as on social services.

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Are debt swaps are viable model to free up fiscal space for real social investments?  With support from Rockefeller Foundation, we are working on a report for the G-20 on debt swaps for health, informed by experience with the Debt2Health program once pioneered by IFF President Robert Filipp at the Global Fund.

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THE WORLD OF INNOVATIVE FINANCE 

Impact Funds 

Bonds 

Guarantees

Risk Insurance 

Debt Conversions

Solidarity Levies 

Crowdfunding

Cause Marketing

Advanced Market Commitments

Blended Finance

CSR and ESG

TRANSFORMATION THROUGH 

COLLABORATION

Governments 

Financial Markets

International Financial Institutions

Development Cooperation 

Philanthropy

Research & Academia

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

IFF is a Swiss foundation established by Robert R. Filipp in 2011.  Our mission is to help governments, communities and organisations design, structure and implement innovative finance collaborations and help them achieve their missions.

 

The idea for the IFF came about as a result of the success our Founder had with innovative financing for global health, which generated hundreds of millions of dollars for life-saving treatments.  IFF is about complementing and expanding this experience in other sectors.

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We have a flexible policy on how we engage with projects.  Most frequently, organisations approach us to help them design, structure and implement innovative finance solutions to advance their missions.  

 

Once we accept a project, we deploy our expertise, world-wide networks and resources for the design, structuring and implementation of innovative sources of funding.

 Let's work together.

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YEARS
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