Overview
SkyQuest, on behalf of a global renowned philanthropic organization, embarked on a project to promote private sector investment in climate-smart agriculture. Our objective was co-creating investable solutions that enhance smallholder farmer resilience, strengthen supply chains, and stimulate industry-wide climate adaptation.
The Challenge
Climate change is impacting India's agriculture causing reduction in yields, rising cost of inputs, and danger to supply chains. In spite of increased ESG commitments, private adaptation investment is low. The majority of companies are struggling with:
Our Approach
SkyQuest led a phased engagement model to shift corporate mindset from compliance to opportunity:
Listening & Diagnosing : Engaging with 20+ corporates and ecosystem stakeholders. Diagnosing ESG initiatives, risk of sourcing, and investment obstacles for the players. Sourcing promising Tier 1 & Tier 2 partners.
Co-Designing Investible Solutions : Developing 2–4 business-ready opportunity resume. Mapping out business cases with ROI models and co-investment streams. Attention was directed towards areas like regenerative agriculture, risk-sharing hubs, climate-smart sourcing coalitions.
Key Outcomes
· 4–5 corporates agreed to co-invest.
· 2–4 climate-smart opportunities ready for scale.
· A clear argument for private sector involvement in adaptation finance.
· A blueprint to promote resilient, long-term sourcing models.
Why It Matters
With support offered to businesses in converting supply chain threat into strategic investment, SkyQuest's consulting strategy is catalyzing climate action in agriculture. Collaboration in co-developing such climate-resilient solutions with the business community enables resilient sourcing models to be implemented that protect smallholder farmers while also serving the corporate ESG goals and long-term profitability of corporate firms.
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