Our Partners

An economy that profits from destruction needs alternatives that regenerate the forest and benefit the people who live in it. No one builds them alone. Our partners form the ecosystem that makes our work possible, and we stay with them for the long term, guided by reciprocity, a value held by many Indigenous peoples of the Amazon.

Our partners are stewards of the Amazon rainforest and its biodiversity: indigenous communities, smallholder farmers, indigenous and other forest people's social enterprises, responsible processors and aggregators, direct-trade and purpose-driven and ethical companies, local NGOs, foundations and impact investors. Some of the organisations we partner and collaborate with include:

Cepro Yanesha is an indigenous cooperative representing more than 117 Yanesha coffee farmers from seven communities located in the Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha Biosphere Reserve in Pasco region in Peru.

AFIMAD is an indigenous forestry organization harvesting Brazil nuts directly from the forest. It represents eight communities and works with more than 200 indigenous producers in the region of Madre de Dios in Peru.

Eco Ola delivers regenerative and sustainably produced amazonian superfoods that are delicious, healthy, and done right. Eco Ola maintains the highest standards of excellence in how they grow food, how they treat their partner farmers, how they interact with the environment, and how they deliver food to you.

Imlak’esh Organics is a direct-trade functional foods company building an ethical bridge between small-scale farmers and the global marketplace through positive impact on agriculture and human health, positive impact on carbon sequestration, reforestation, living wages, gender & racial equality, and education.

We collaborate with Rabo Foundation, a leading impact financier working with small-scale farmers around the world. By working together, we are increasing both the availability of trade finance and technical assistance to indigenous cooperatives in the Amazon.

We are development partners of Advocates for International Development (A4ID). A4ID provide us with invaluable pro-bono legal support through its top-quality legal partners.

Amazonia Impact Ventures provides impact-linked finance to sustainable enterprises in the Amazon bioeconomy of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil. More than 50 partners work with us, from the cooperatives that grow and harvest, the processors who make it market-ready, the buyers who pay fairly, the funders who invest in the work, and alliances widening access to finance and technical assistance.

Wiñak is an indigenous association of more than 50 Kichwa communities living in the Ecuadorian Amazon. They produce and export Guayusa to the US market, cacao to Europe and commercialise organic bananas locally. All their production is based on the indigenous chagra system which secures families' food autonomy and protects the forest.

RONAP is a small association of wild Brazil nut harvesters from the Madre de Dios region of Peru exporting to the US market. Their members are also implementing cacao plantations to complement their incomes. RONAP is fully committed with forest conservation and biodiversity monitoring.

Programme &Technical Partners

Partners providing the technical support, capacity building, grants, certifications and policy engagement that turn lending into lasting impact.

RPCK is a law firm specialising in impact investing, working on multiple-bottom-line deals worldwide and helping fund managers design new capital structures. As our legal adviser in the US, it brings that experience to how we set up and manage our portfolio.

The British Embassy in Lima represents the UK in Peru, working with ministries and businesses on trade and climate, as well as development policy. We collaborated with the embassy on the Peru's Bioeconomy Roadmap, which brought visibility to our model of creating economic opportunities while protecting the forest.

Terra Nuova is an Italian non-profit that works with grassroots groups in Latin America and Africa, as well as in Europe. We joined forces on a UK PACT programme in Peru, building the capacity of local community organisations through technical assistance and organisational assessments.

Advocates for International Development (A4ID) is a UK charity, and we are one of its development partners. Through A4ID, we receive invaluable pro bono legal support from some of the world's leading legal practices.

IDB Lab, the innovation and venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, finances early-stage companies in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is an investor in AIV and leads NaturaTech LAC, which connects us with nature-based businesses throughout the region.

Wyss Academy for Nature is a Swiss research institute running around 60 projects in five focus regions, one of which is Peru. We're partners on a programme that helps producer organisations in the Brazil nut value chain become more economically resilient.

UK PACT is a British government climate programme, backed by the FCDO and DESNZ, that works with partner countries around the world. In Peru, it funds our field work strengthening producer organisations and value chains across the Amazon bioeconomy.

ADEX (Asociación de Exportadores) is one of Peru's main business associations for exporters, with a strong focus on agricultural produce. We take part in ADEX events, where the Amazon producer organisations we lend to can meet the overseas buyers they need.

Practical Action is a British development charity active in Africa, Asia and Latin America, helping communities earn a living and cope with climate change. We've partnered to promote events and panel discussions on the case for investing in the bioeconomy.