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Partnering for Climate and Energy Security

Investment strategy

Emerging Market Climate Action Fund (“EMCAF”) is a cooperation of public and private partners for climate. EMCAF’s blended finance structure has mobilised equity financing at scale to develop a stream of bankable climate mitigation and adaptation projects at scale. Over its life, EMCAF is expected to catalyse approximately 9-10 GW of clean energy capacity.

"AllianzGI jointly with our partner European Investment Bank is responding to the urgent need for the financing for transition towards green economy. EMCAF will help emerging and developing countries leapfrog past fossil fuel-driven development trajectory and help them build energy independence. EMCAF will generate strong environmental and social impact in its target countries by building clean energy capacity that will reach thousands of households, creating local employment, supporting local SMEs, avoiding GHG emissions and building resilient communities."

What is the approach of EMCAF?

EMCAF is a global fund of funds strategy investing private equity funds in emerging and developing markets.

EMCAF follows triple bottom line approach – People. Planet. Prosperity. Strict application of the Environmental & Social (“E&S”) standards of the European Investment Bank ensures that potential negative impacts are mitigated and maximum positive impact of those projects in environmental, social as well as developmental areas is reached.

View the E&S Policy of the Fund

EMCAF backs fund managers and developers who develop commercially viable climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience as well as other climate-related projects in emerging and developing countries.

EMCAF will aim to accelerate the achievement of at least ten of the SDGs, with a particular focus on SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SGD 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 13 (Climate Action) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) to deliver affordable/clean energy and pursue climate action with a public-private partnership.

Which funds does EMCAF target?

EMCAF primarily invests in fund structures but may selectively also invest in corporate structures and/or co-investments. It backs experienced local investment teams that develop bankable projects with clear business models. Typically, this is achieved by supporting underlying assets, which provide steady and predictable cash flows.

Based on its thematic focus on climate mitigation and climate adaptation and environment, EMCAF targets the following sectors:

Renewable Energy (RE)

Energy Efficiency (EE)

Opportunistic

The primary focus is on RE generation infrastructure projects in development/greenfield stage. All underlying projects will secure long-term contractual revenues and bankability through power purchase agreements, feed-in tariffs or similar.

Underlying funds will also focus on equity and quasi-equity investments in energy efficiency projects. Energy efficiency projects act as a good complement to equity participations in renewable energy projects: they typically provide for early and constant cash re-flows thanks to shorter development and construction cycle and lower exit risk due to their self-liquidating nature.

Opportunistic investments include participations in other climate mitigation (sustainable transport, forestry and sustainable land use, and access to energy) as well as climate adaptation and environmental solutions (circular economy, pollution abatement, land rehabilitation and ecosystem services).

The following eligibility requirements need to be met by the target funds:

Strong technical and private equity transaction skills of the investment teams
A regional focus with established local presence and networks to generate deal flow
A strong technical commitment to promotion of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) standards

For fund manager: If your fund might be eligible as target fund, please feel free to reach out to us at EMCAF@allianzgi.com.

How is risk managed in the fund?

EMCAF is structured as a risk-layered fund vehicle that combines public and private capital. A junior tranche is funded by public investors and serves to mobilise the private investors into the senior tranche. Private investors in the fund’s senior tranche investors benefit from priority distributions and downside protection provided by the junior tranche, which represents c. 30% of the fund size.

The structure of the fund creates attractive risk-adjusted returns, helping senior investors to overcome risk aversion and regulatory constraints associated with investments in the early-stage development, construction and operation of clean energy projects in emerging and developing markets.

EMCAF envisaged structure and involved parties

fund structure

Who will benefit from the EMCAF initiative?

The fund will commit capital to market-oriented private funds with a strong and proven track record in the private sector.

The fund provides financing to fund managers that develop commercially viable climate mitigation and climate adaptation projects in emerging markets and developing countries. During its life, EMCAF is expected to finance 150+ projects across the full thematic spectrum of climate mitigation and adaptation, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, water, forestry, circular economy and others.

In addition to financial returns to its investors, the fund is designed to generate a measurable positive impact on the environmental and social conditions required to increase investment flows to the region. EMCAF will also aim to accelerate the achievement of at least ten of the SDGs, with a particular focus on SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SGD 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 13 (Climate Action) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals)

The fund aims to act as role model and mobilise additional capital into the region in the future, in an effort to reduce the much-needed funding gap in these countries.

EMCAF Key Facts and Figures

EMCAF fund size	Up to EUR 500mn
EMCAF fund currency	EUR
Inception date	Q4 2021
Vehicle	Luxembourg SCSp fund of fund vehicle
Expected number of commitments to target funds	12-15 Funds, leading to 150+ projects
Planned investment phase	5 years from the final close
Fund lifetime	Fund term: 17 years from the final close (+2 years optional extension)
Target sectors	Renewable energy, energy efficiency and opportunistic
Investment strategy standards	Environmental & Social („E&S“) standards of the European Investment Bank Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) of EMCAF

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