What we do
Supporting Your Transformation

Livelihoods provides the expertise and solutions to integrate environmental impact and sustainable sourcing at scale, based on our 15-year experience from the field. Whether it’s financing large-scale ecosystem restoration or supporting brands in transforming their supply chains, we are here to help you create a positive, long-term impact on both the environment and the communities that depend on it.

Our Conviction : Sustainability Must Serve Rural and Local Communities
At Livelihoods, we have one core belief: sustainability must serve rural and local communities. We know that the well-being of the planet and the livelihoods of those who depend on it are inseparable. For over a decade, we’ve worked to ensure our projects not only restore ecosystems but also uplift and empower the rural communities closest to the land. When local communities thrive, nature thrives—and together, we create a sustainable future for all.
Our Aim
We build resilient communities and ecosystems, and sustainable businesses
70% of the world’s poor live in rural areas, where agriculture is the main source of income and employment. These rural communities are the most vulnerable to climate change and environmental degradation. Smallholder farmers face a vicious circle: inefficient agricultural practices lead to low yields and degraded ecosystems, which keeps them in poverty.
On the other side, businesses require sustainable supply chains to secure their long-term activities, as well as high social value carbon credits to offset their unavoidable emissions.
The Livelihoods funds propose innovative investment models to simultaneously address environmental degradation, climate change and rural poverty, while helping businesses become more sustainable.
We partner with public institutions looking for efficient solutions to achieve sustainable development goals (SGDs) in developing countries. We work with best-in-class NGOs to design and scale up impactful pilot-projects. We cooperate with experts on the continuous improvement of our projects. We empower rural communities with additional knowledge and technology, as they are the real actors of change.
By bringing all parties together, we create shared value.
Sustainable Developement Goals
We implement projects with social, environmental & economic impact
Social
Our projects improve the livelihoods of rural communities, focusing on access to essential goods (education, water, health…), the condition and social status of women, youth, and communities’ social and cultural cohesion.
Environmental
We strive to find the best balance between increased food production and preserving ecosystems (soil and water conservation, CO2 sequestration…).
We implement projects at the landscape level to maximize impact.
Economic
We empower smallholder farmers through efficient agricultural practices to produce more, and better, and provide them with access to markets.
Our projects generate tangible returns for our investors: sustainable sourcing and carbon credits with high social value.
Our Approach
Large-scale projects creating value for all stakeholders
Results-oriented coalitions
We join forces with NGOs, public institutions and experts to develop innovative projects based on performance & results in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Upfront financing
We support best-in-class NGOs in scaling up tested pilot projects, which empower farmers with efficient, affordable and replicable agricultural practices
Large-scale projects
We design projects at landscape level, across thousand of hectares, in order to maximize social, environmental and economic impact.
Long-term commitment
We implement and monitor projects on a 10 to 20 year span, thanks to our investors’ firm commitment. Results-based returns on our investment guarantee tangible impacts.
Mutual value creation
Our projects create benefits for rural communities (improved livelihoods…), public goods (water and nature conservation, CO2 sequestration…) and improve business sustainability (better sourcing, carbon credits with high social value…).