{"id":581,"date":"2025-09-23T15:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natureinvestmentlab.org\/?post_type=resource&p=581"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:59:00","slug":"instrumentos-financeiros-eco-invest-brasil","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/natureinvestmentlab.org\/en\/resource\/instrumentos-financeiros-eco-invest-brasil\/","title":{"rendered":"NIL Collaborates to Expand Financial Instruments for Eco Invest Brasil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Eco Invest Brazil Program \u2014 External Private Capital Mobilization and Currency Protection, an initiative of the Ministry of Finance under the Ecological Transformation Plan (PTE), combines blended finance instruments, currency protection mechanisms, and competitive auctions to reduce the historical barriers to attracting long-term private investment in the country. By offering tools that mitigate exchange rate volatility and leverage private capital through catalytic public resources, Eco Invest inaugurates a new paradigm in public policy \u2014 one in which the State acts as a risk manager and market facilitator, rather than merely a direct financier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its launch in 2024, the program has been tested and refined through successive rounds of thematic auctions. The first auction served as a proof of concept, mobilizing more than R$44 billion in total investments for the green economy. The second auction, in 2025, consolidated the model by directing R$30.2 billion toward the recovery of degraded lands, strengthening sustainable value chains across various biomes. Auction 3, in turn, represents a new milestone in the program\u2019s evolution, as it prioritizes fixed-capital formation through equity investments in strategic PTE sectors \u2014 such as the bioeconomy, circular economy, and energy transition \u2014 while expanding the range of eligible investment modalities, making the instrument more flexible, inclusive, and aligned with real market dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eco Invest 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Nature Investment Lab (NIL) had a key advisory role in the recent reformulation of regulations that broaden the range of financial instruments applicable to the Eco Invest Brasil Program. NIL’s contribution, incorporated into the new regulation linked to the Program, facilitates the mobilization of private capital for the national ecological transformation agenda. It was in CMN Resolution No. 5,205, published on April 17, 2025, that we can see NIL’s technical suggestions incorporated, improving the financing conditions for Nature-Based Solutions projects in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eco Invest Program, managed by the National Treasury, aims to attract foreign capital and mitigate exchange rate risks to finance projects aligned with sustainability. The second auction was announced this week and offers a blended finance line specifically focused on the goal of recovering degraded pastures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Article 3-A of Resolution 5,205, the result of technical discussions with NIL and the National Treasury, along with several other actors, authorizes financial institutions to use the resources of the Eco Invest Line (catalytic capital at 1% p.a. with extended terms) not only in traditional credit but also in new modalities such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n