Earth Active has been working with a European mining company that has assets in Northern Europe and the Balkans. Our role is wide-ranging and encompasses governance support and the development of the company’s ESG strategy and policy as well as detailed technical advice in relation to the assets.
As part of a partnership with the WWF, Tesco’s aim is to reduce the environmental impact of the average UK shopping basket by 50%.
The Port of San Pedro, Cote D’Ivoire, is being developed through a Special Economic Zone initiative. As part of this, our client received a concession to develop a multi-purpose dry bulk terminal of some 5,700 m2, supported by funding from a consortium of international banks. The loan agreement followed the requirements as set out by the Equator Principles, resulting in a detailed list of Environmental and Social (E&S) Requirements to be implemented, prior to financial signing and subsequent disbursements.
In recent years Earth Active have been proactively supporting the design and development of a series of nested REDD+ and sustainable agriculture projects in Bayelsa State and Cross River State, Nigeria.
An agricultural producer and trader based in the Philippines and specialising in banana, cocoa and abaca production was seeking access to international finance to support a planned expansion programme. The organisation, which operates through both corporate-managed farms and outgrower programmes proactively supports its smallholder farmers, through both sustainable agriculture practice capacity building and the provision of non-bank financial services.
The transport corridor linking Addis Ababa to the Port of Djibouti has become an important gateway to new export markets for Ethiopia.
An international consortium is developing a 500 MW geothermal power plant in southern Ethiopia with initial works including both exploratory drilling and the development of up to 50MW of power.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a diverse group of very long-lived chemicals that have wide ranging toxic effects on humans and wildlife; the fact that they remain intact for exceptionally long periods once released to the environment means that many are now widely distributed globally - including in areas where they have never been used.
The 60 MW Red Sea Power windfarm project in Ghoubet is the first windfarm in Djibouti and its completion represents a significant milestone for the country on its path towards its goal of 100% electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
At the time of the project, only 5 - 7% of the rural population in Uganda had access to electricity, and as part of its development strategy the Government of Uganda is therefore embracing the opportunities presented by renewable energy generation.
We supported a multilateral development bank in providing finance into Egypt for the construction of an upgrade to a €200million rail project.
Our client, a major investor, wanted to understand the extent to which the bank’s climate strategy and ambitions were aligned and in accordance with the investor’s own commitments. They also needed to know what level of investment would be needed to bring them into alignment.
Earth Active supported the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries with their ESG Advisory Services Program in embedding their ESG Policies and the latest best practices in the update of the Code of Corporate Governance in 2 MENA countries.
Earth Active supported the financing of an energy performance improvement project in Ukraine, including the construction of a solar plant and battery storage upgrades at five operational hydroelectric dam sites. As all five sites were located near large water bodies supporting migratory waterbirds, Earth Active conducted 5 bespoke Critical Habitat Assessments (CHA’s) to assess the risk to these protected populations.
We were appointed by an international Finance Institution who are one of the founding signatories of the Equator Principles to deliver training seminars and materials on the revised Equator Principles (EP4) for their US and Asia Project Finance and Real Estate Teams.
KfW, one of the world’s largest development banks, is providing long term financing into this tropical forest landscape in Sumatra, Indonesia.
We were appointed to support an Asian Development Bank (ADB) financed project to undertake a comprehensive biodiversity assessment of potential impacts associated with the Uzbekistan Government’s proposed upgrade of a 240km section of the A380 road.
We were appointed by an award-winning private equity firm whose funds specifically seek to address UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 3, 5, 8 and 9 (No Poverty, Good Health, Gender Equality, Economic Growth and Innovation).
