Combining environmental, social and financial impacts

Challenge No. 2: Successfully combining environmental, social and financial impact to support local communities saving our environment

There is a growing focus on environmental, social and governmental concerns, including net zero strategies and diversity and inclusion. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance in the minds of many industry leaders of the need to consider how the infrastructure and real estate developments can reduce its carbon emissions, and the importance of the ESG (environmental, social and governance) agenda in general. This is putting additional pressure on all stakeholders and capital which needs to be spent

However, the social upheavals accelerated by COVID are beginning to exert the same pressure on locally oriented social impact strategies. Local communities are reclaiming their power and direct influence in shaping the (social) environment in which they live. This allows them to address and solve problems in the best possible way for them.

Based on the idea that our current global challenges require a global society organized in strong local and transparent communities, where individuals can maximize their positive impact to best address local problems together, we see the increasing need for decentralized organizations. There is a global urge for impact-oriented, sustainable infrastructure development projects that address local community issues and use a global community as an investment vehicle to enable locally driven infrastructure development projects around the globe that contribute to social value. Everyone should have the opportunity to contribute to the success of projects with his knowledge, generate an impact on society and to participate in the infrastructure projects financially. In particular, financial participation in the largest and most illiquid asset class in the world is not or hardly possible for the majority of the population. This is because infrastructure investments are closed by design and have not yet found their way into the mass market. They are characterized by high entry barriers, illiquidity, inefficient, costly and complex transaction processes, and are limited for cross-border investments.