Operating in fragile, frontier, and emerging markets
Motive blends expertise in finance, international development, policy, and social innovation like no other firm to offer powerful services to industry clients. Our clients include firms in the energy, resources, agribusiness, infrastructure, and transportation sectors. We view business in these sectors as an opportunity to fuel sustainable growth and global stability, if done with economic and social value creation in mind.
We can help you with:
Project and structured finance, especially blending U.S. and emerging market financing and applying innovative financing (i.e. impact bonds, impact investments)
Financial advisory and modeling services for new or expanding ventures
Support to achieve global sustainability standards (i.e. IFC, Equator Principles) to attract investors, capital, and partners, enable successful operations, and deliver impact
Scouting and partner brokering services between investors/investees, joint venture and operating partners in the global south & north
Strategy and implementation support that transforms social, political, and environmental risks into opportunities
Support for businesses operating in or seeking to enter unstable or conflict-affected markets, including conflict and instability analysis and activity implementation that leverages business for stability outcomes
Representation and outreach services, including with governments and regulators
Community relations and stakeholder affairs
Political risk analysis and forecasting
Sanctions compliance and assistance navigating sanctions-restricted domains
Next-Generation Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scaled for businesses of all sizes