Engage in impact finance for nutrition

Switzerland is one of the leading global hubs for impact investments and blended finance. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has already invested in Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F) a pioneering partnership between Incofin and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). N3F is the first fund entirely dedicated to nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. N3F finances SMEs producing nutritious food for lower-income consumers in the region.

SDC will explore further catalytic investments to mobilize private sector financing for nutrition, in particular in Africa. SDC will also further support of an enabling environment for nutrition public-private financing with the development of nutrition-lens investing framework and investment screening tool to support DFIs, PDBs, impact investors and other funds to scale up investments by helping them to identify investments which can lead to more positive nutrition outcomes. This could help scale up concessional finance to de-risk private investment and drive healthier diet outcomes for low-income consumers and to incentivize portfolio companies to report on and improve the healthiness of their product portfolios.