Livelihoods announced the launch of Livelihoods Carbon Fund 4, an investment fund dedicated to developing nature-based solutions designed with rural communities. The fund was launched alongside Livelihoods’ long-standing partners, including Danone, Hermès, Mars, Mauritius Commercial Bank, McCain, SAP, Schneider Electric, and Voyageurs du Monde.
Livelihoods Carbon Fund 4 has completed an initial raise of €124 million and is targeting €150 million in total size. The fund will finance large-scale projects focused on restoring ecosystems, strengthening climate resilience, and improving the living conditions of rural communities.
Over a 25-year period, the fund aims to sequester or avoid between 7 million and 10 million tons of CO₂. Livelihoods also expects the fund to sustainably improve the living conditions of more than 500,000 people.
The fund will support initiatives focused on restoring natural assets such as forests, mangroves, and agricultural soils. These projects are intended to address climate and biodiversity challenges while creating new economic opportunities for rural populations.
Livelihoods said the companies investing in the fund are prioritizing reductions in emissions across their value chains. The fund is also designed to help companies contribute beyond their value chains by supporting ecosystems that play an essential role in climate regulation and communities that are highly exposed to environmental crises.
The new fund builds on Livelihoods’ experience since 2009 in developing projects across mangrove and forest restoration, regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, and rural energy access. Livelihoods-supported projects have enabled the planting of more than 160 million trees and improved the living conditions of more than 2.4 million people in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Livelihoods invests directly in long-term projects co-created with local stakeholders, providing initial financing and working with companies, NGOs, and communities throughout the project lifecycle. Its model is designed to ensure measurable impact, healthier ecosystems, and durable benefits for local populations.
Livelihoods said nature-based solutions remain among the most effective ways to address climate challenges while supporting biodiversity, water resources, food security, and rural livelihoods. However, available funding remains insufficient to deploy these solutions at the scale required.
With Livelihoods Carbon Fund 4, Livelihoods and its partners are expanding their shared commitment to climate action that restores ecosystems, strengthens rural economies, and creates sustainable value for future generations.
KEY QUOTES:
“For over fifteen years, we have been developing projects that combine environmental performance and local development, placing local communities at the heart of our action. This new fundraise reflects our commitment to scaling up this model to address the climate emergency and sustainably improve the living conditions of rural communities.”
Bernard Giraud, President and Co-Founder of Livelihoods
“Companies today have a clear responsibility: to reduce their emissions as quickly as possible while contributing to the protection of the ecosystems on which our collective future depends. With LCF4, we are mobilizing private capital to support projects that provide credible, measurable solutions capable of delivering real impact on the ground. In a world searching for solutions, nature remains the most powerful technology.”
Eric Soubeiran, CEO of Livelihoods
