Consulting for Sustainable Solutions is a specialist strategy consultancy and advisory firm which aims to unlock capital to create cities of the future. Since 2014, we have served leading financial institutions by developing innovative financial solutions to urban growth challenges. Our work focuses on the achievement of 4 SDGs, throughout SA and the region: Sustainable Cities & Communities | Clean Water & Sanitation | Affordable & Clean Energy | Climate Action Thriving cities are socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and financially prosperous. To promote these outcomes, we have developed expertise in three key areas: • Affordable and social housing; • Green building; • Decentralised energy and water solutions. To support the flow of capital, we pool multi-disciplinary skill sets to design innovative financial solutions: • Blended finance catalyses new markets and business models through mechanisms supported by partnerships between governments, DFIs and the private sector; • Green bonds raise debt capital for earmarked assets, projects and activities based on positive environmental and/or climate impact; • Financial products for energy and water efficiency match credit structures to the cash flow profiles of these investments; • Social and affordable housing property finance expands access to quality housing for emerging households, including through public-private partnerships and the application of subsidies. Highlights: • Supporting the establishment and implementation of a R120m debt facility promoting EDGE-rated affordable housing in SA (Nedbank & SA Green Fund); • Assisting with structuring loans in excess of R450m in respect of 5 000 units of affordable and social housing in SA; • Developing innovative green mortgage concepts to emable green inner-city rental housing in SA; • Developing a pioneering green bond framework for theSA listed bond market; • Designing a performance benchmarking tool for the SA social housing industry.