What we do

Impact... Impact... and only Impact.

Biodiversity and Climate

Biodiversity Impact Credits is one of just four accredited calculation in TNFD. Using this methodology, we help calculate a business's biodiversity footprint and then discuss simple way in which this can be mitigated and offset using biodiversity credits. This is in conjunction with BGCI - the world's largest plant and tree restoration organisation and Queen Mary University London.

Connection

We connect impact funds with investors, using our deep-rooted and long-term relationships to mobilise private institutional capital. We also work with pension funds, family offices and asset managers to find funds that fit their investment criteria.

Blended Finance

We help impact funds structure new funds creating blended finance solutions to leverage public and philanthropic money, especially in the fields of climate, nature and biodiversity. Click above to understand more on blended finance.

Support

We also help private institutions raise capital. All companies are carefully vetted to ensure an impact nature to their business according to the UN SDGs.

Michael Burton

Founder & CEO

With over 25yrs of finance experience, Mike has a strong track record on debt advisory and trading, capital structure, capital raising and ESG investments. He was deputy head of European Credit trading at HSBC before being made a partner at Autonomous research that was sold to AllianceBernstein in 2019. Within impact, he focuses on nature and biodiversity solutions and works with organisations to assess their biodiversity risk and opportunities as well as ways in which these can be mitigated using Biodiversity Impact Credits. He has always taken a lead role in client engagement through his far-reaching network of institutional investors as well as foundations, DFIs and family offices.

Genevieve Chavarot

Genevieve Chavarot

Director, Strategy & Communications

Genevieve has extensive experience in country and corporate positioning, combined with a talent for identifying strategic growth initiatives to support long term development and create value.

Formerly based in Dubai, she was Director of Communications for the United Arab Emirate's successful bid to host the World Expo in 2020. She was instrumental in establishing the Family Business Network for the Gulf, and devised programmes to foster entrepreneurship and the startup eco-system. Prior to this, Genevieve headed the Family Business team at Lombard Odier, a Swiss private bank. Whilst at the bank, she worked closely with Generation Investment Management on the launch and marketing of sustainable investment funds in Europe. Genevieve is also a non-executive director of Climate Finance 2050 Limited.

Our partners

Equator Impact is a proud member of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). The GIIN is the leading nonprofit dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. Impact investments can be made in both emerging and developed markets, and target a range of returns from below market to market rate, depending on investors’ strategic goals. Our membership signifies a commitment to deepening our engagement in the impact investing industry.

Get in Touch

Find us at the office

71-75 Shelton Street, London, United Kingdom  WC2H 9JQ

Give us a call

+44 20 3856 4922 

Equator Impact Limited. Incorporated and Registered in England and Wales, Company Number 14330525

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