Investing in a sustainable future
BIO invests in small and medium-sized enterprises, financial institutions, and infrastructure projects, contributing to socio-economic growth in developing countries.
Impact story
Replacing the charcoal value chain
BIO has invested in XpressGas.
Kofi Nketsia-Tabiri is its founder and CEO. This is his story.
Impact story
A huge potential for agriculture
BIO has invested in JTF Madagascar, a Malagasy company involved in the production of maize, soya and Geranium Bourbon for essential oil.
Dr Enrico Palchetti is its CEO. This is his story.
In numbers
Companies directly financed by BIO in 2019 employ 108,752 people and support an additional 2.1 million jobs.
Indirectly financed companies employ an additional 131,787 people and support an additional 1 million jobs.
Out of the 240,539 people employed by directly and indirectly financed companies, 83,697 are women - that's 1 in 3.
In 2019, over a million tonnes of CO2eq – about the emissions of driving 6 billion kilometres with a diesel car – were avoided through direct investments in renewable energy, with an additional half a million through indirect investments