Our Services
At CSS, we make sustainable finance practical, scalable, and investable.
Since 2014, we’ve partnered with banks, DFIs, investors, corporates, and governments to design financial instruments, strategies, and systems that unlock capital for the green transition.
We work across energy, infrastructure, housing, agriculture, and industry sectors, to ensure finance flows where it creates the most impact.
What We Do
Blended and Innovative Finance
We design financial mechanisms that de-risk investment and crowd in private capital for
sustainable development.
Our services include:
Blended finance facilities and guarantee schemes structuring
Impact and results-based finance instruments design
Fund design and capital mobilisation
Financial feasibility and transaction support
Sustainable Finance and ESG Strategy
We help financial institutions integrate sustainability into core business and product design.
Our services include:
Sustainable finance and ESG strategy development for banks and DFIs
Green and transition finance product innovation
Green bond and sustainable debt framework development
Implementation, monitoring, and impact reporting
Climate and Green Growth Strategy
We support governments, corporates, and DFIs in shaping actionable, investable transition strategies.
Our services include:
National and sectoral green growth and just transition
strategies
Policy and market assessments
Climate investment planning and pipeline development
Cross-sector strategy design and systems strengthening
Capacity Building and Knowledge Systems
We build the systems, skills, and tools that enable capital to flow at scale.
Our services include:
Climate finance readiness and institutional capacity building
ESG and impact training for financial institutions
Decision-support and benchmarking tools
Market and policy research
Our Track Record
Green Affordable Housing Facility
Structured and implemented a debt facility promoting efficient, EDGE-rated affordable housing in South Africa for Nedbank and the
DBSA/DEA Green Fund.
Green Guarantee Company
Contributed to the design of a pioneering international guarantee company mobilising private capital for climate-aligned projects.
Green Bond Framework
Developed a sustainability bond framework for a leading African financial institution to access capital markets for green investments.
Climate Finance Readiness
Supported African banks and DFIs to build internal systems and skills for climate finance origination and reporting.
Impact Fund Design
Designed blended funds and impact investment mechanisms to
catalyse private sector participation in the green economy.
Our Impact
CSS bridges the gap between ambition and action.
We turn complex sustainability challenges into financeable, scalable solutions that create
measurable impact for institutions, investors, and communities alike.
