SOLIDARITY LEVIES AIM TO SHARE THE BENEFITS OF
GLOBALISATION
This mechanism involves a surcharge on a major economic activity, enacted by a government and earmarked for a specific cause. For example, an air ticket levy has raised billions for UNITAID.
We help design, structure and implement innovative finance collaborations for sustainable development.
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.
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.
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.
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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