Rainforest Alliance and Mirova partner to scale nature-based solutions

The Rainforest Alliance partnered with Natixis affiliate Mirova to channel a €350 million sustainable land-use strategy into nature-based solutions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The tie-up links certification with impact capital to narrow a financing gap, a model relevant to Indian agroforestry and regenerative agriculture financing.

The Rainforest Alliance partnered with Mirova, the sustainable investing affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, to scale locally driven nature-based solutions benefiting climate, biodiversity, and communities. Using Mirova's second sustainable land-use strategy targeting €350 million, they plan impact-investing initiatives in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, combining Rainforest Alliance certification with Mirova's financial resources. The effort addresses a nature-based solutions financing gap that needs to triple to $542 billion annually by 2030, and supports the Alliance's goal of reaching 100 million farmers and workers by 2030.

Farmers, project holders, and rural communities in critical landscapes across Africa, Latin America, and Asia are the focus, gaining access to certification and financing for regenerative agriculture and agroforestry. Mirova will work directly with project holders to assess certification eligibility, while the Rainforest Alliance promotes Mirova's financing solutions to farmers in its program. Regenerative agriculture improves soil health, carbon sequestration, and water retention, while agroforestry integrates trees into farming, enhancing biodiversity and providing additional farmer income.

Project developers and farmers in target regions should engage with Mirova's sustainable land-use strategy and assess Rainforest Alliance certification eligibility to access blended impact capital. Stakeholders should monitor how the partnership identifies investment opportunities in regenerative agriculture and agroforestry against the goal of reaching 100 million farmers by 2030. Indian agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, and certification stakeholders should track how certification-linked financing structures close the nature-based solutions funding gap in emerging markets.

Key figure — Nature-based solutions financing gap: must triple to $542 billion annually by 2030