WaterEquity Global Access Fund IV
Snapshot
Fund type: Debt
Fund Size: $150MM
Target Investment: High performing financial institutions
Geographic Focus: Emerging Markets (Asia, Africa, Latin America)
Sector Focus: Access to Water and Sanitation
Fund Overview
WaterEquity’s Global Access Fund IV provides affordable financing for household level water and sanitation solutions to low income communities in emerging markets. The $150MM million debt fund invests in financial institutions to help them scale their water and sanitation microlending portfolios, as well as local enterprises delivering access to safe water and sanitation solutions. The Global Access Fund III is committed to advancing gender equity and enhancing women’s livelihoods and resilience, with women comprising 95% of micro-loan end clients.
Why We Invested
Climate change is exacerbating the water crisis, particularly for those living in poverty, as increased storms, floods, and droughts damage infrastructure and increase water stress. WaterEquity’s investments not only enhance access to affordable water and sanitation solutions but improve climate resilience and gender equity for broad reaching effects for healthy communities and ecosystems. WaterEquity practices what they preach - with a diverse and gender balanced team with local representation. The firm champions diversity, equity and inclusion in their organization and industry and is a signatory to the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s (ILPA) Diversity in Action Initiative, committing to specific actions spanning talent management, investment management and external engagement that advance diversity and inclusion.
Women as Agents of Change
A typical WaterEquity enabled microloan will be on-loaned to a qualifying borrower - often a mother and micro-entrepreneur - who uses it to construct a toilet in her home. With proper access to household sanitation, she is healthier and able to spend more time working at her shop and providing for her family.
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