Capital 4 Impact Foundation leverages a market-based approach and employs innovative finance instruments.
Capital 4 Impact Foundations design business cases based on a market-system approach to tackle development challenges while generating attractive returns to investors, based on the potential for economic growth. We apply innovative finance instruments to mitigate risks for our investors.
Our investment approach focuses on 4 de-risking elements:
Local presence
Capital 4 Impact Foundations taps into 50 years of Plan International’s experience working in more than 80 countries, developing strategic partnership and operational capacity for a portfolio of $1,1 billion that reached 41,6 million children, among which 22,2 are girls.
Plan International in numbers
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Blended finance
Capital 4 Impact Foundations employs blended finance, a dynamic fusion of private investor capital and traditional donor contribution, to maximize the potential of our projects while mitigating the risks for investors.
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C4IF has access to philanthropic capital and public funding due to the vast network of donors and social investors that are already involved in Plan International’s ecosystem. Plan International Denmark is one of Denmark’s largest primarily privately funded organization, working closely to the largest private foundations in the country, such us LEGO, NOVO and Poul Due Jensen.
Impact measurement
Capital 4 Impact Foundations will measure and report on impact with the quality and high standards of a leading international NGO avoiding green-washing and pink washing, whilst contributing to the standardization of impact measurement, particular in the social impact space that remains still a challenge for impact investors.
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The first four challenges identified for investors to further develop the industry are related to: fragmentation across impact measurement framework, comparison of impact results with peers and impact data verification. Plan International has the expertise and boots on the ground that other institutions in the impact investment space do not have.
Strong Governance – Due Diligence
Investors can rely on Plan International’s governance build over decades of working in challenging contexts.
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Plan International has implemented and enforced several policies to ensure the proper allocation of resources, risk management, accountability, and transparency.
Gender Lens Investing. Capital 4 Impact Foundation has an unwavering commitment to invest in women and girls.
Capital 4 Impact Foundation taps into the extensive experience from Plan International in gender approaches to unlock capital for women alongside the value chains. We leverage this technical expertise to ensure gender lens investing, unlocking the vast economic potential of gender equality, propelling us towards a more prosperous future. Across investment in climate, job opportunities, education, and health, we prioritize gender equality, understanding that genuine progress must be inclusive and equitable.
Capital 4 Impact Foundation creates impact within five impact priorities.
C4IF has five impact priorities: job creation, climate action, quality education, good health, and gender equality.
We do so by investing in the sectors with the largest potential for social impact and financial returns: financial services, water and sanitation, circular economy, food and sustainable value chains, education, and health.
Investment areas
Education
Health
Financial services
Water, sanitation and Infrastructure
Circular Economy
Food and sustainable value chains
Impact priorities
Community-centred approach – Small tickets and financial inclusion.
C4IF has a unique position to build a pipeline of investable projects to scale up impact investment.
Local knowledge of business opportunities, together with smaller tickets that promotes financial inclusion, fostered with the technical assistance provided by Plan International makes C4IF the perfect partner to co-invest within developing countries.
