Big Ideas, Real Impact

We support commercial banks to design bank-owned climate finance platforms that integrate into existing institutional structures.

This includes:

• Defining the operating model, governance, and decision rights for climate finance within the bank

• Aligning climate products with existing credit, risk, treasury, and SME business units

• Designing product and portfolio structures that can be scaled across sectors and geographies

Purpose:
To ensure climate finance is embedded within the bank’s core business, rather than treated as a standalone or pilot initiative.

CGA supports the structuring of bank-anchored climate finance facilities that align concessional and commercial capital.

This includes:

• Designing facility structures that fit bank balance sheets and risk appetite

• Aligning guarantees, first-loss tranches, technical assistance, and results-based funding

• Preparing execution-ready facility concepts suitable for DFI and donor engagement

Purpose:
To translate climate capital into structures banks can absorb and deploy efficiently.

CGA supports the development of credible, investable SME pipelines aligned with bank underwriting reality.

This includes:

• Identifying priority climate-aligned sectors where banks already lend

• Designing value-chain and aggregation models that lower transaction costs

• Supporting origination logic that enables portfolio-level deployment rather than isolated deals

Purpose:
To ensure capital is deployed into scalable portfolios, not fragmented transactions.

CGA designs fit-for-purpose governance and reporting frameworks that meet DFI and donor requirements while integrating into bank systems.

This includes:

• Portfolio-level ESG and impact frameworks aligned with bank MIS

• Gender and inclusion tagging consistent with DFI standards

• Reporting architectures that support accountability without operational burden

Purpose:
To strengthen transparency, credibility, and confidence for all capital providers.

CGA supports banks to move from strategy to deployment by strengthening execution readiness.

This includes:

• Assessing institutional readiness for climate finance deployment

• Sequencing implementation to avoid internal overload

• Supporting early-stage pilots designed for replication and scale

Purpose:
To reduce execution risk and accelerate time to first deployment.