AllianceBernstein - Blended Finance: Bridging the Sustainability Funding Gap

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[{"type":"text","content":"NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / September 23, 2025 / Patrick O'Connell, CFA | Director-Responsible Investing Portfolio Solutions and Research","length":149,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Marie Clara Buellingen| Head of Sustainable Finance for the Americas at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking","length":121,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Blended finance has the potential to transform overlooked markets into investable opportunities.","length":96,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The United Nations (UN) warns of a roughly US$4 trillion annual shortfall in financing for its sustainable development goals-a gap too large for the public sector to fill alone. Blended finance, which combines public, philanthropic and private capital, can help bridge this divide and unlock progress on global priorities such as poverty reduction, climate action and access to clean energy.","length":391,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"A decade after the UN adopted its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, progress toward many of its goals remains stalled. While some elements of the plan, such as rural electrification, have advanced, insufficient funding has impeded others. Nearly 3.5 billion people live in countries where governments spend more on interest payments than on healthcare or education-leaving little capacity to invest in sustainable development.","length":433,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"At the same time, according to the IMF, global environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds have largely avoided emerging markets. Even though these economies drove the bulk of global GDP growth over the past 10 years, they were allocated only about 6% of global ESG portfolios (Display).","length":292,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"This mismatch highlights a significant untapped opportunity. Blended finance offers a way to gather capital at scale, mobilizing both mainstream investors and those seeking impact. And it charts a path forward: expanding access to underserved markets and growth sectors while offering attractive potential risk-adjusted returns, typically in investment-grade packages.","length":368,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"But first, a quick word on taxonomy.","length":36,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Building Blocks of Blended Finance...

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