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Q1 2025 Report

Download the Q1 2025 Community Investment Note® Report.

05/15/2025 | By Justin Conway

Success Story: Forest Resilience Bond

The Yuba I FRB protected 15,000 acres of forestland, helped restore 2,675 acres of ecosystems and 27,601 acre-feet of source water supply, sustained 72 jobs, and returned all investor capital.

04/01/2025 | By Annette Vogel

Q4 2024 Report

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02/14/2025 | By Justin Conway

2024 Year in Review

A look back at Calvert Impact's work in 2024.

12/20/2024 | By Jennifer Pryce

Q3 2024 Report

Our Q3 2024 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

11/15/2024 | By Justin Conway

Our 2024 Community Investment Note® Impact Report, "Taking Action for Communities & Climate"

Calvert Impact's 2024 impact report, including new impact data, stories, and photos from their Community Investment Note portfolio.

10/23/2024

Q2 2024 Report

Our Q2 2024 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

08/15/2024 | By Justin Conway

Q1 2024 Report

Our Q1 2024 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

05/15/2024 | By Justin Conway

Climate United Awarded $6.97 Billion Grant From National Clean Investment Fund

The Climate United Coalition Will Manage $6.97B from the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

04/04/2024

Q4 2023 Report

Our Q4 2023 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

02/15/2024 | By Justin Conway

2023 Year in Review

After sharing our 2023-2025 Strategic Plan in January, Calvert Impact executed on its strategy to bring new products to market to increase connectivity between the capital markets and communities.

12/21/2023 | By Jennifer Pryce

Q3 2023 Report

Our Q3 2023 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

11/15/2023 | By Justin Conway

Calvert Impact releases 2023 Impact Report: 'Demonstrate, Educate, Transform'

Report shows cumulative impact of Community Investment Note® and new products

11/07/2023

Our 2023 Impact Report, "Demonstrate, Educate, Transform"

Our 2023 Impact Report features the impact we and our portfolio partners have had on markets, the environment, and communities around the world throughout 2022 and 2023.

11/06/2023 | By Caitlin Rosser

Success Story: Eureka Recycling

In 2016, Calvert Impact provided financing to Eureka Recycling, a zero-waste nonprofit based in Minneapolis, Minnesota dedicated to demonstrating that waste is preventable – not inevitable.

09/20/2023 | By Caitlin Rosser

Q2 2023 Report

Our Q2 2023 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

08/15/2023 | By Justin Conway

Q1 2023 Report

Our Q1 2023 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

05/15/2023 | By Justin Conway

The Impact of Investing in Puerto Rico

Calvert Impact staff visit two portfolio partners in Puerto Rico to learn about impact on the ground

03/28/2023 | By Caitlin Rosser

Q4 2022 Report

Our Q4 2022 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

02/15/2023 | By Justin Conway

Borrower Spotlight: Sustainable Companies Supported by eco.business Fund

The eco.business Fund supports biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, and climate change mitigation and adaptation in Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa.

01/11/2023 | By Annette Vogel

Community Investment Note Q3 2022 Report

Our Q3 2022 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our Community Investment Note portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

11/15/2022 | By Justin Conway

Our 2022 Impact Report, "Responding to the Need for Transformative Change"

Our 2022 Impact Report features the impact we and our portfolio partners have had on markets, the environment, and communities around the world throughout 2021 and 2022.

11/03/2022 | By Caitlin Rosser

Success Story: New Hampshire Community Loan Fund

In 1997, in our second year of lending operations, Calvert Impact made a $150,000 loan to New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, a community lender that transforms New Hampshire communities.

10/26/2022 | By Caitlin Rosser

What does Community-Based Solar Look Like?

How does the clean power, financial savings, and job creation provided by solar energy benefit our under-served communities? Impact Analyst Annette Vogel visits our partner Sunwealth to find out.

10/25/2022 | By Annette Vogel

Site Visit: Forest Resilience Bond

Investment Analyst Helen Zhang visits Yuba and Sierra Counties in California and meets with the team behind the project in the heart of the forest where our capital is hard at work.

09/30/2022 | By Helen Zhang

Q2 2022 Report

Our Q2 2022 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

08/12/2022 | By Justin Conway

Q1 2022 Report

Our Q1 2022 quarterly report, featuring quarterly updates on our portfolio and borrowers, as well as highlights from our work throughout the quarter.

05/13/2022 | By Justin Conway

Calvert Impact Capital Enters Partnership with 8 Billion Trees to Offset Carbon Emissions

We're offsetting the carbon emissions of our new offices and commuting staff by partnering with 8 Billion Trees, a small business that runs large-scale planting operations in the Amazon rainforest.

04/22/2022

Success Story: DC Water

In September 2016, the District of Columbia’s water municipality – DC Water – issued the nation’s first Environmental Impact Bond (EIB).

04/22/2022 | By Caitlin Rosser

Borrower Spotlight: PACE Equity funds greener commercial buildings in the US

Our borrower, PACE Equity, is the market leader in C-PACE financing, a program designed to encourage developers to make their buildings greener by providing a source of inexpensive private capital.

04/11/2022 | By Lucas Pappas

2021 Impact Report Webinar

Calvert Impact Capital's Investor Relations and Impact Management staff hosted a webinar to review highlights from our 2021 Impact Report

03/03/2022 | By Caitlin Rosser

Our 2021 Impact Report, "Making Markets Work for People and Planet"

Our 2021 Impact Report features the impact we and our borrowers have had on the environment and communities around the world throughout 2020 and 2021.

11/18/2021 | By Caitlin Rosser

As US cities build green infrastructure, here’s one way they’re paying for it (Quartz)

In 2015, DC Water proposed using parks, plants, and permeable pavements strategically distributed to absorb some stormwater runoff and prevent overflow. This municipal bond funded the idea.

10/27/2021

Borrower Spotlight: eco.business Fund and sustainable shrimp farming in Ecuador

Our borrower, the eco.business Fund, is leading the way in helping Ecuadorian shrimp producers implement practices that protect the environment

09/07/2021 | By Christian Choconta

‘Green Infrastructure’ for Clean Water Shows Its Worth in Washington, D.C. (Next City)

Rain gardens and other green infrastructure in D.C. have helped keep the city's rivers clean.

09/02/2021

Funding through Environmental Impact Bonds: Video (Storm Water Solutions)

Katie Johns, Jenn Pryce, and Eric Letsinger discuss the environmental impact bond that DC Water used to fund green infrastructure and a green jobs program.

07/12/2021

Forest Resilience Bond Webinar

EPA hosted two webinars on April 29, 2021 and May 6, 2021 to discuss the recently published technical report on the first Forest Resilience Bond

06/14/2021

Calvert Impact Capital Invests $2.9 Million in Sunwealth

Clean energy investment firm Sunwealth today announced a $2.9 million loan from Calvert Impact Capital to support Sunwealth’s solar access work.

05/18/2021

“We need to think bigger," CEO Jenn Pryce on IFC Insights

President & CEO Jenn Pryce spoke to IFC Insights about the two years since the launch of the Impact Principles and her belief that all investments in the future will have an impact investing lens.

04/14/2021 | By Jennifer Pryce

Success Story: MyStrongHome

In December 2016, Calvert Impact Capital made a loan to MyStrongHome, an innovative new social enterprise working to fortify coastal communities against climate change impacts.

04/06/2021 | By Caitlin Rosser

Calvert Impact Capital 2021 Business Update

When we shared our three-year strategy last year, I wrote that “to say that we are living in extraordinary times would be an understatement.”

02/04/2021 | By Jennifer Pryce

2020 in Review

The global pandemic, resulting economic shocks, stark displays of systemic racism and injustice, and near-daily evidence of rapidly changing climate made it clear our current systems are failing us

12/18/2020 | By Leigh Moran

How investors are coming up with the green to save the ocean blue (The Washington Post)

Environmental threats to oceans around the world are prompting new approaches and deals to raise money for rescue efforts.

10/28/2020

Calvert Impact Capital expands relationship with eco.business Fund to increase financing for biodiversity conservation

Calvert Impact Capital is excited to announce a further commitment to the eco.business Fund

10/26/2020

2020 Impact Report

Our 2020 Impact Report commemorates our 25th anniversary and features the impact we and our borrowers have had on the environment and communities around the world throughout 2019 and 2020.

10/01/2020 | By Caitlin Rosser

2020 Investor Survey Results

Every two years, we conduct an investor survey to better understand the motivations of our investor base, the challenges they face in investing for impact, and how we can serve them better

09/15/2020 | By Caitlin Rosser

Why do our investors invest for impact? Takeaways from our 2020 Impact Investor Survey

Every two years, we conduct an investor survey to better understand the motivations of our investor base, the challenges they face in investing for impact, and how we can serve them better

09/15/2020 | By Caitlin Rosser

The Forest Resilience Bond: An Innovative Financial Tool Used to Fight Fires in California

In the face of climate change, catastrophic wildfires increasingly blaze across the country, threatening forests, communities, and livelihoods

09/02/2020 | By Leigh Pomerantz

Strategy in the Context of Crisis

As I wrote last month, to say that we are living in extraordinary times would be an understatement. We are in the midst of a triple crisis - health, economic, and climate

04/17/2020 | By Jennifer Pryce

2020-2022 Strategic Plan

Calvert Impact Capital's 2020-2022 strategic plan

04/01/2020 | By Jennifer Pryce

Borrower Spotlight: ECLOF International

Our borrower, ECLOF International, is a faith-based organization founded in 1946 with a mission is to promote social justice and human dignity through microfinance

03/13/2020 | By Leigh Pomerantz

Interview with Jennifer Pryce - GLF Luxembourg 2019

02/06/2020

Oxford Impact Investing Webinar - Ask the Expert

Gayle Peterson, Programme Director of the Oxford Impact Investing Programme and Jenn Pryce, CEO of Calvert Impact Capital discuss new trends, ideas and innovations for impact investing

01/29/2020

There’s a new way for investors to turn a profit while helping California prevent fires

Rising Risks — Forest resilience bond

10/31/2019

2019 Impact Report

In our 2019 Impact Report, we provide even more data on our investor, portfolio, and community impact through updated data, graphics, and case studies.

10/01/2019 | By Caitlin Rosser

Affordable, Renewable Energy in Washington, D.C.

We are excited to expand our renewable energy portfolio through a new loan facility to Vermont Energy Investment Corporation and its District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility program

09/06/2019

Calvert Impact Capital 2019 Business Update

Reflecting on our accomplishments over the past year, we're proud of our ability to deliver on the ambitious strategy we developed nearly three years ago

03/20/2019 | By Jennifer Pryce

A New Investment In The Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund

Calvert Impact Capital recently invested $7.5mm in the Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund

03/05/2019 | By Adrika Lazarus

2018 in Review

Against a backdrop of global and political turmoil, we saw an industry of doers organize more urgently around the common call for greater transparency and accountability in our global financial

12/21/2018 | By Leigh Moran

Forest Resilience Bond: a new mechanism for fighting fire with finance

In this short video I'll cover Calvert Impact Capital's recent investment in the Forest Resilience Bond, which aims to reduce the risk of severe wildfires in the Tahoe National Forest

11/30/2018 | By Jacqueline Westley

Fighting fire with finance: Calvert Impact Capital's investment in the Forest Resilience Bond

Calvert Impact Capital Sr. Investment Officer Jacqueline Westley discusses our investment in the Forest Resilience Bond, which aims to reduce the risk of severe wildfires in the Tahoe National Forest.

11/29/2018

2018 Impact Report

Our 2018 Impact Report, featuring impact data across our investor, portfolio, and community impact.

10/01/2018

Energy Access at Home and Abroad: Bringing Clean Energy to New Global Communities

For Climate Week, Investment Analsyst Caroline Chinhuru shares her insights on renewable energy around the world.

09/24/2018 | By Caroline Chinhuru

5 Things to know about our Impact Investors: 2018 Edition

Every two years, we conduct an investor survey that is focused on understanding the motivations and challenges of our investor base and how we can serve them better

08/30/2018 | By Caitlin Rosser

Making our drop in the bucket count

The World Economic Forum's annual event in Davos kicks off 2018 with as many reasons to be hopeful as reasons to bury my head under a pillow

01/31/2018 | By Jennifer Pryce

Financial Advisors Can Use The SDGs To Facilitate Discussions With Their Clients

Through my conversations with financial advisors and advisory firms, many tell me that they are interested in bringing impact investing opportunities to their clients

11/29/2017

Promoting Sustainable Business Practices

Earlier this year, we closed a $5 million investment in the eco.business Fund

11/16/2017

Breaking Ground with DC Water

We are thrilled to be invested in the first U.S. environmental impact bond (EIB), which was issued by DC Water, the District of Columbia’s water and sewer authority

11/14/2017

Supporting Carbon Offset Efforts

Calvert Impact Capital has closed a new $1 million investment in Forest Carbon Partners, L.P.

11/06/2017 | By Catherine Godschalk

Responding to Natural Disasters With Different Types of Capital

I’m sure you too have been affected in some way by the recent hurricanes and earthquake that have brought destruction to Texas, Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, and elsewhere throughout the region

09/18/2017

Factoring Impact Into Risk Assessment

Risk management is an important part of our work here at Calvert Foundation but not often discussed here in our blog

08/07/2017

Environmental impact bonds: Next big thing for green investments? (Environmental Defense Fund)

DC Water pioneered the nation’s first EIB bond offering in 2016 when it sold a $25-million, tax-exempt EIB in a private placement to the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and Calvert Foundation

07/14/2017

In Support of the Paris Climate Agreement

This past weekend leaders of the G20 nations met at their annual summit where the topic of climate change and the Paris Climate Agreement was of high priority

07/11/2017

Innovation in Agriculture and Renewable Energy

Calvert Foundation is excited to announce the recent closure of a $9 million investment that will finance the construction of an anaerobic biodigester facility in the western region of the U.S.

07/04/2017

Promoting Renewable Energy in Central America

We are pleased to announce a $5 million investment in the Honduras Renewable Energy Financing Facility (H-REFF)

07/02/2017 | By Najada Kumbuli

Capital Aggregation Mobilizes $8 Million Investment for MyStrongHome

Yesterday we announced the closing of an $8 million investment in MyStrongHome

05/31/2017

Affordable Housing on the Gulf Coast

Calvert Foundation is pleased to announce our closure of a loan to Gulf Coast Housing Partnership (GCHP) that will finance the construction of affordable housing throughout the Gulf Coast region

02/10/2017

Recycling for People and Planet

Calvert Foundation's commitment to impact extends beyond the social - we also seek to make loans that positively impact our environment

12/15/2016

The Intersectionality of Gender, Development and Access to Clean Energy

In 2014 as a part of our second phase of the WIN-WIN we committed to investing $20 million in organizations that work specifically in providing access to clean energy for women

03/08/2016 | By Najada Kumbuli