
Private Sector
The private sector plays a key role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and in supporting solutions that allow everyone to succeed financially in a low-carbon world.Additionally, international investors are increasingly requiring their portfolio companies to report on sustainability and climate change issues. Every sector in the market will need to transform and integrate climate change risks and opportunities to improve their business operations.
IDB Group, particularly through IDB Invest, seeks to provide private sector solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean by supporting companies and projects to achieve financial results that advance the region's sustainable development. Read More
Scope of Activities
Support the private sector to move towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy through:Climate Finance
IDB Invest offers thematic financial products such as green bonds, green loans, trade and supply chain financing, guarantees, and capital investments, among others, both in US dollars and in local currencies.
IDB Group supports the development of regulatory frameworks and encourages innovative sectorial initiatives and sustainable financial instruments in the local and international markets.
Advisory Services
Our experts apply their knowledge and experience to provide innovative solutions that enhance the impact of the project in four main areas:
Climate Change, MSMEs and Sustainability, Public-Private Partnerships, and Gender, Diversity and Inclusion.
Advisory services complement financial product offerings to businesses in various sectors such as banking, energy, manufacturing and agriculture by enhancing impact and helping to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Blended Finance
We have a specialized team assessing projects from a different perspective; they are aware of certain barriers in the market and can intervene by providing concessional financing for high impact projects through blended finance and advisory offerings.
Blended finance offers innovative financial instruments that address structural market, technology, or risk barriers. By meeting certain additionality criteria, blended finance could even support projects with more advantageous rates and provide accompanying advisory services.
Blended finance can be an innovative channel to pursue for projects with actual or perceived risks that are too high to be left to commercial financing alone.
For example, a project may be feasible in economic terms, but it may face difficulties in accessing capital due to lack of familiarity with a particular technology, limited market experience, uncertain income streams or inadequate contractual arrangements.
Resource Mobilization
Nowadays, it is just as important to choose the projects in which to invest as it is to choose the right partners to do so.
Our experience in climate and sustainable finance positions us not only as a strategic partner, but also gives a stamp of approval which helps to attract new investors.
Sectoral Activities
We support projects throughout the LAC region to promote the use of clean energy, implement climate-smart agriculture practices, increase sustainable infrastructure, and expand access to financing for MSMEs by supporting Financial Intermediaries.Financial Institutions
We support banks, funds, microfinance institutions, leasing and factoring companies, among others, with investments and advisory services to facilitate the low-carbon economy and improve access to climate finance.
Read MoreSustainable Infrastructure
We offer innovative financial solutions for the development and operation of projects related to sustainable infrastructure, which promote an increase in access, quality and efficiency of renewable energy, transportation, water and sanitation, as well as social and health services.
Read MoreCorporations
IDB Invest differentiates itself by investing in sustainable, competitive and innovative business models. It is involved in investments that advance sustainable consumption, improve efficiency and productivity, introduce renewable energy and enhance preparedness for the low-carbon and climate resilient economy.
Read MoreWhere it is implemented
IDB Invest and the IDB Group support private sector companies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In addition to the headquarters in Washington (U.S.), In addition to the headquarters in Washington (U.S.), IDB Invest has offices in all member countries and also has a larger presence in its four Hubs.
Andean Countries
The Hub of the Andean countries is in Bogota (Colombia). There are also offices in the other countries of the Andean Region.
HUB:
Colombia
BID Invest Colombia Carrera 7 No. 71-21, Torre B, Piso 19 Edificio Davivienda Bogotá. Tel: + (571) 325-7000
Bolivia
BID Invest Bolivia Av. 6 de Agosto # 2818, Zona de San Jorge La Paz. Tel: + (591) 2217-7739
Ecuador
BID Invest Ecuador: Avda. 12 de Octubre N24-528 y Cordero Edificio World Trade Center - Torre II, Piso 9, Quito. Tel: + (5932) 299-6900
Peru
Calle Dean Valdivia No. 148 Piso 10 Lima 27. Tel: + (511) 215-7800
Venezuela
Av. Venezuela, Torre Principal Banco Bicentenario, Piso 3, El Rosal, Caracas. Tel: +(58-212) 955-2900
Caribbean Countries
The Hub of Caribbean countries is in Kingston, Jamaica. There are also offices in all Caribbean member countries.
HUB:
Jamaica
40-46 Knutsford Boulevard 6th Floor, Kingston. Tel: + (876) 764-0815/0852
Bahamas
IDB Invest Bahamas: IDB House, East Bay Street Nassau. Tel: + (1-242) 396-7800
Barbados
“Hythe” Welches Maxwell Main Road BB17068, Christ Church. Tel: + (1-246) 627-8500
Haiti
Bourdon 389 Boite Postale 1321 Port-au-Prince. Tel: + (509) 2812-5000/5048
Surinam
Peter Bruneslaan 2-4, Paramaribo. Tel: +(597) 52-1201
Trinidad and Tobago
17 Alexandra Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain. +(1-868) 822-6400
Central American Countries, Haiti, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic
IDB Invest has offices in all Central American countries as well as nearby countries such as Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The Hub is located in Panama City (Panama) and there are offices in all the countries of the Central American Region.
HUB:
Panamá
Tower Financial Center, Piso 23 Calle 50 y Elvira Méndez. Tel: + (507) 206-0927
Belice
BID Invest Belice: 1024 Newtown Barracks 101 1st Floor Marina Towers Building, Belize City. Tel: +(501) 221-5300
Costa Rica
Centro Corporativo El Cedral Edificio A. Piso 4 300 mts Este del Peaje Autopista Próspero Fernández Trejos Montealegre, Escazú Apartado postal 1343-1250 San José. Tel: + (506) 2588-8748
Dominican Republic
Calle Luis F. Thomen Esquina Winston Churchill Torre BHD, piso 10, Santo Domingo. Tel: +(1-809) 784-6400
El Salvador
Edificio World Trade Center Torre 1, 4º Nivel Calle El Mirador y 89 Avenida Norte San Salvador. Tel + (503) 2233-8900 ext. 2201
Honduras
Colonia Lomas del Guijarro Sur Primera Calle, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. + (504) 2290-3500
Mexico
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma N.º 222 Piso 11 Colonia Juárez, Delegación Cuauhtémoc México, D.F. 06600. + (52-55) 9138-6200
Nicaragua
Boulevard Jean Paul Genie, de la Rotonda Jean Paul Genie 970 mts. al oeste (M/D) Managua. Tel: + (505) 2264-9140
Southern Cone Countries
The Hub of the Southern Cone countries is located in Buenos Aires (Argentina). There are also offices in the rest of the Southern Cone countries.
HUB:
Argentina
BID Invest Argentina: Esmeralda 130 Piso 17. C1035ABD, Buenos Aires. Tel: + (54 11) 4320-1800
Brazil
Setor de Embaixadas Norte Quadra 802, Conjunto F, Lote 39 Asa Norte Brasilia. Tel: + (55 61) 3317-4200
Chile
Avda. Pedro de Valdivia 0193 Pisos 10 y 11 Providencia Santiago. Tel: + (562) 2431-3707/3719
Paraguay
Quesada 4616 esq. Legión Civil Extranjera – Piso 1 Asunción. Tel: + (595 21) 616-2320
Uruguay
Rincón 640 11.000 Montevideo. Tel: + (598) 2915-3696
- AR-T1213 - Support for Promoting Risk Mitigation Instruments and Finance for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Investments for SMEs in Argentina with BICE
- BO-L1181 - Supporting the financial management of climate risks and vulnerability reduction
- BO-T1221 - Supporting the financial management of climate risks and vulnerability reduction
- BO-T1224 - Agricultural Insurance Development and Climate Risk Management
- BR-L1428 - Multisectorial Credit Program for the Sustainable Development of Amazonas
- BR-T1262 - Support the Development of GHG Mitigation Studies for the State of São Paulo
- CO-L1096 - Bogota's Integrated Public Transit System Transformation Program
- CO-L1124 - CTF Energy Efficiency Financing Program for the Service Sector
- CO-L1161 - Renewable Energy Financing Program for the Non Interconnected Zones
- CO-T1153 - Development of the potential for Carbon Finance in BANCOLDEX
- CO-T1328 - Support to Structure an Energy Efficiency Financing Strategy Services Sector
- CO-T1332 - Mitigation of GHG Emissions through Energy Efficient Investments Hotels/Clinics
- CO-T1402 - Support preparation of the Operation CO-L1161 to structure a financing strategy
- CO-T1409 - Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Renewable Energy Projects in ZNIs
- CO-T1423 - Financing Mechanisms for Private Investments in Energy Efficient (EE) Public Lig
- Design and promotion of a pre-investment facility to scale up private investments in public-private partnerships to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in municipal infrastructure (Mexico - BANOBRAS)
- Design of a specific ESMS to be applied by a guarantee fund for SMEs (Barbados - CENTRAL BANK OF BARBADOS)
- Development of a Financial Strategy for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (Colombia - FINAGRO)
- Development of a financing strategy utilizing the Energy Savings Insurance to scale-up energy efficiency investments in the tourism sector and the promotion of a pre-investment facility to scale up private green investments in public private partnerships (Mexico - BANCOMEXT)
- Development of a Green Strategy (Brazil - BANCO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE MINAS GERAIS)
- Development of an ESMS and Green Line for Bancoldex (Colombia - BANCOLDEX)
- Development of financial instruments for energy efficiency and distributed renewable energy in small and medium-sized enterprises (Brazil - BNDES)
- Development of financial instruments for energy efficiency and distributed renewable energy in small and medium-sized enterprises (Brazil - FOMENTO PARANA)
- Development of initiatives that promote green financing, especially by promoting investments with Public-Private Partnerships in energy efficiency projects (Brazil - DESENVOLVE SP)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) Program (Brazil - BANDES)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) Program (Brazil - GOIÁS FOMENTO)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) Program (Peru - COFIDE)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) Program and Expansion of Technologies (Colombia-BANCOLDEX)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) Program in SMEs in the agricultural sector (Mexico - FIRA)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance Program (Brazil- BRDE)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance Program (El Salvador - BANDESAL)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance Program (Mexico-BANCOMEXT)
- Development of the Energy Savings Insurance Program and additional financial instruments for energy efficiency and distributed renewable energy in SMEs (Paraguay - AFD)
- ES-L1132 - Financing of Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium Enterprises
- Gap analysis of the E&S regulations applicable to Fonplata vs. the IDB safeguards and the IFC performance standards (Argentina - FONPLATA)
- ME-G1005 - Investment Grant for the Geothermal Financing and Risk Transfer Program
- ME-G1006 - Support to FIRA for the Implementation of an Energy Efficiency Financing Strategy
- ME-L1051 - Credit Line for NAFIN for Renewable Energy
- ME-L1055 - Rural Financing in Mexico
- ME-L1081 - Second Individual Operation for Entrepreneurial Development in Mexico
- ME-L1109 - CTF Renewable Energy Financing Facility for Mexico
- ME-L1119 - Third Individual Operation for Entrepreneurial Development in Mexico
- ME-L1120 - Operación Global de Crédito con Financiera Rural
- ME-L1121 - CTF-IADB ECOCASA Program
- ME-L1145 - First Program for the Financing of Investment and Productive Reconversion Project
- ME-L1148 - Geothermal Financing and Risk Transfer Program
- ME-L1151 - Financing Program for the promotion of cogeneration
- ME-L1163 - Sixth Global Credit Program for Mortgage Market Development
- ME-L1172 - Financing Program for Investment and Risk Management in Gas and Clean Energy Pro
- ME-T1127 - Evaluation of Integrated Sustainable Urban Developments
- ME-T1168 - Capacity Building for NAFIN's Unit of Sustainable and Climate Change Projects
- ME-T1183 - Integrated Sustainable Urban Development DUIS II
- ME-T1201 - CTF-IADB ECOCASA Program
- ME-T1202 - Preparation of the Ecohouse Housing Program
- ME-T1204 - Renewable Energy Knowledge Management Program
- ME-T1238 Methodology to Evaluate Bancoldex Credit Programs Impact
- ME-T1251 - Support to Renewable Energies in the Mexican Energy Reform
- ME-T1265 - Support to FIRA for the Implementation of an Energy Efficiency Financing Strategy
- ME-T1266 - Support to FIRA for the Implementation of an Energy Efficiency Financing Strategy
- NI-T1188 - Support to the Integrated Disaster Risk Management Plan of NI
- NI-X1007 - Contingent Loan for Natural Disaster Emergencies
- Promotion of building energy efficiency in housing and cities (Mexico - SHF)
- RG-T1866 - Support Climate Change Financing from National Development Banks (Peru)
- RG-T1866 - Support Climate Change Financing from National Development Banks (Brazil)
- RG-T1866 - Support Climate Change Financing from National Development Banks (Colombia)
- RG-T1866 - Support Climate Change Financing from National Development Banks (Mexico)
- RG-T2160 - Technical Support to Development Banks for the Mitigation of Climate Change (Bahamas)
- RG-T2160 - Technical Support to Development Banks for the Mitigation of Climate Change (Brazil)
- RG-T2160 - Technical Support to Development Banks for the Mitigation of Climate Change (Colombia)
- RG-T2160 - Technical Support to Development Banks for the Mitigation of Climate Change (Mexico)
- RG-T2338 - Supporting Institutional Capacity C and D Groups Countries promote Energy Effice (Paraguay)
- RG-T2338 - Supporting Institutional Capacity C and D Groups Countries promote Energy Efficency (Barbados)
- RG-T2338 - Supporting Institutional Capacity C and D Groups Countries promote Energy Efficency (El Salvador)
- RG-T2338 -Supporting Institutional Capacity C and D Groups Countries promote Energy Efficency (Belize)
- RG-T2340 - Program for Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of Public and National Development Banks to Design and Implement Results-Based Frameworks for Achieving Environmental and Social Sustainability (Brazil)
- RG-T2340 - Program for Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of Public and National Development Banks to Design and Implement Results-Based Frameworks for Achieving Environmental and Social Sustainability (El Salvador)
- RG-T2340 - Program for Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of Public and National Development Banks to Design and Implement Results-Based Frameworks for Achieving Environmental and Social Sustainability (Paraguay)
- RG-T2720 - Support the emission of green bonds (Peru - Cofide)
- RG-T2720 - Support the emission of social bonds (Colombia – Bancoldex)
- RG-T3045 - Building Green Financial Instruments and Systems in LAC from the Experience of China
- RG-T3045 - Building Green Financial Instruments and Systems in LAC from the Experience of China
- RG-T3045 - Building Green Financial Instruments and Systems in LAC from the Experience of China
- RG-T3045 - Building Green Financial Instruments and Systems in LAC from the Experience of China
- RG-T3400 - Regional Triangular collaboration assessment with China on Green Finance for Latin America and the Caribbean
- RG-T3400 - Regional Triangular collaboration assessment with China on Green Finance for Latin America and the Caribbean
- RG-X1244 - Support to Banobras with an Environmental and Social Risk Management System (Mexico - Banobras)
- RG-X1244-Support for the issuance of green bonds (Mexico - FIRA)
- RG-X1244-Support the emission of green bonds (Brazil - BRDE)
- RG-X1258 - Technical assistance to support National Development Banks to develop and promote Energy Savings Insurance and risk management program
- Support BANDESAL in adjusting its ESRM System to its second-tier activities (El Salvador - BANDESAL)
- Support the Development Agencies in Brazil in the implementation of the new national regulation on E&S issues (Brazil - ABDE)
- Support the emission of green bonds (Brazil – BDMG)
- Support the emission of green bonds (Colombia - Bancoldex)
- Support the emission of green bonds (Colombia - Findeter)
- Support the structuring of a green financing strategy (Brazil - BANCO DO BRASIL)
- Support to AFEAM with an Environmental and Social Risk Management System (Brazil - AFEAM)
- Support to Bancoldex for the integration of Renewable Energy projects in its Environmental and Social Risk Management System (Colombia - BANCOLDEX)
- Support to Finagro with an Environmental & Social Risks Management System (Colombia - FINAGRO)
- Support to FINDETER with Environmental and Social Risks Evaluation and Management (Colombia - FINDETER)
- Support to FIRA with an Environmental and Social Risk Management System (Mexico - FIRA)
- Support to FND with an Environmental and Social Risk Management System (Mexico - FND)
- Support to the Government of Brazil in the development of a framework of a Sustainability Laboratory (Brazil – ABDE & CVM)
- Supporting the positioning as a Green Bank (Mexico - FIRA)
- TBC-Support the emission of sovereign social bonds (Ecuador - MEF)
Why is it crucial to drive the Private Sector towards Green Transition?
There is a progressive shift in the private sector's perception of the importance of sustainability as a key attribute of business performance. In this regard, the financial impact related to extreme weather events, increasing regulatory pressures, the need to disclose climate-related risks that pose a threat to business, and the growing dissemination of information on the adverse effects climate change are key aspects that influence the market's assessment of companies.Read More
Featured projects
From the sustainable and climate aspect, IDB Invest is a key player in sustainability and climate finance. We strategically support projects and sectors that have the potential to catalyze sustainable economic development. Currently, at least 30% of all IDB Invest’s financing is climate finance.
Sudameris ▾
The Rotonda ▾
Autopistas Urbanas ▾
Mortgage Finance Company ▾
Millicom ▾
Solar Energy Project in Pirapora▾
Sudameris
In the financial sector, the Paraguayan bank Sudameris is leveraging new technologies to introduce new sustainable business practices. The financial institution uses Global Forest Watch, an online platform offering real-time data to monitor and be alerted if a fire threatens any of its investments, or if a timber client is trading in species from protected areas, information that is of great value for its risk management plans.
La Rotonda
La Rotonda is an Argentine platform that brings together producers and rural contractors in what some have called an "uberization of the countryside”. This initiative allows producers to offer or request agricultural services directly through georeferencing and prevents them from having to go through intermediaries each season.
Autopistas Urbanas
Sustainable infrastructure can be significantly enhanced by digital innovation. In transportation, as part of a new collaboration with Waze, IDB Invest is working with Autopistas Urbanas (AUSA) in Argentina, to provide real-time accident data and traffic statistics, in order to better understand the impact on road safety.
Trinidad and Tobago Mortgage Finance Company (TTMF)
IDB Invest executed a partial credit guarantee to support TTMF’s bond issuance with the objective of expanding its mortgage offering and continuing to provide financial products focused on the specific needs of the most disadvantaged populations.
Millicom
IDB Invest offered long-term financing to Millicom through the subscription of a bond to modernize and expand 3G and 4G networks in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Paraguay.
Solar Energy Project in Pirapora
IDB Invest provided a loan guarantee for a solar energy project in Pirapora, in the state of Minas Gerais. The guarantee supported the issuance of a long-term infrastructure bond in the local market. This included a “bridge loan” provided by IDB Invest for the construction of a second phase of the solar energy complex.
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