A pan Commonwealth investment platform with global aims for the environmental sustainable sector. In conjunction with Forbury and the Royal Commonwealth Society.

2. About us
Forbury Investment Network and the Royal
Commonwealth Society
 Forbury
Investment
Network (London,
Cardiff)
 Ghana
 Nigeria
 South Africa
(Durban and Cape
Town)
 Canada
 Malta
 Sri Lanka
 Maldives
 Seychelles
 Isle of Man
 India

3. About us
• Pan-Commonwealth platform to create a shared
community of business interest in the environment
• Encouraging low carbon economic growth through
connecting entrepreneurs, investors and sustainable
businesses in the environmental goods and services
sector
• Sharing sector and entrepreneurial knowledge,
contacts and experience across Commonwealth
markets
• A network of hubs that serve their national markets
but also connect members across other
Commonwealth markets

4. Why?
• Opportunity for SMEs in environmental sector
• New technologies and services hugely SME
based
• SMEs need funding, good management, and
a supportive environment such as effective
clusters
• CEIP model is to help fill the gap of finance
and international cooperation which limits
growth of Commonwealth SMEs
• Mechanisms to facilitate technology
transfer needed to accelerate response to
climate and environmental challenges

5. How?
• Develop stakeholders around hubs in each country
• Connecting SMEs and larger companies with
investors and business angel networks
• Investor briefings and training workshops
• Sharing knowledge and expertise on sustainability,
entrepreneurship, technology
• Linking SME’s with mutual business interests

6. Outcome
• Connecting stakeholders to achieve sustainable
economic growth whilst addressing urgent
social, economic and environmental issues
• Entrepreneurs, investors, SMEs, universities,
governments all benefit from increased
collaboration
• Business working for the good of the
environment

8. Why the Commonwealth?
• Common legal frameworks and existing
business, governmental, linguistic and cultural
links make it the ideal international forum
• As a global network the Commonwealth has a
head start and huge business potential
• Combined GDP of Commonwealth now
exceeds Eurozone
• Many of the 53 member states of the
Commonwealth are developing countries with
major development challenges

9. Why the Commonwealth?
• Combined workforce of the Commonwealth –
1.4 billion
• Total Commonwealth population of 2.2
billion citizens - over 60% of these are under
the age of 30
• Progress turns on exchange of ideas, trade
and people – the role of the Commonwealth
to promote mutual prosperity

10. The Commonwealth - a platform for
business
• Facilitating EU/Commonwealth enterprise
• Special opportunities from the Canada –
European Union Trade Agreement (CETA)
• Vital to encourage export of expertise and
technologies
• Academic/research collaborations support
innovation and perspective

11. Sustainable Cities
• Cities now host more than half of the
world’s population
• They generate 80% of global GDP and
contribute to 70% of the world’s CO2
emissions
• It is expected that by 2050 the global
proportion of people living in cities will
rise to about 70%
• Rapid urbanisation poses big challenges
- many cities do not have a strategy to
cope with this high growth.

13. Global challenges
• UN latest report, looking for improved overall
resilience to help adaptation
• South Asia particularly at risk
• Potential for a very tough 21st Century in many
parts of the world
• Vital that international collaboration
accelerates