A returnable grant facility that supports economically and environmentally sustainable businesses in the specialty coffee and cocoa sectors.
WHAT WE DO
The Rebuild Facility is a finance facility of Regeneration that supports sustainable cocoa and coffee businesses in East and West Africa. We provide interest-free working capital to aggregators, off-takers, and buyers of specialty cocoa and coffee to protect at-risk value chains and to safeguard the incomes of forest-dependent communities.
This capital, offered as a returnable grant, facilitates the continued purchase of sustainable commodities from smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and community-based enterprises. As the commodities are successfully sold to end-markets, the grant is returned to Rebuild and redistributed to strengthen sustainable and fair value chains.
OUR IMPACT
Since 2020, the Rebuild Facility has contributed to securing the livelihoods of over 42,000 cocoa and coffee farmers, unlocking over 16 million euros of finance for grantee companies, and placing nearly 77,000 hectares of land under sustainable land use.
More on our impact here.
OUR OBJECTIVES
Protect smallholder livelihoods
The Rebuild Facility is focused on protecting the incomes and livelihoods of our forest stewards – smallholder farmers and communities – by ensuring their access to international buyers and premium markets.
Conserve tropical forests
The Rebuild Facility aims to protect and conserve tropical forests and the carbon and biodiversity benefits within them, through building sustainable value chains and facilitating improved incomes for producers.
Strengthen the private sector
The Rebuild Facility aims to strengthen private sector markets by supporting market liquidity, transactional integrity, and innovative approaches for deforestation-free production.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Organisations involved in the business of specialty coffee in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya and specialty cocoa in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Cote d'Ivoire are eligible to apply. All applicants should meet the eligibility criteria outlined below:
Track record of specialty coffee or cocoa trading, roasting, production and/or exporting.
Evidence of regenerative or zero-deforestation practices embedded within the business model.
Evidence of internal company processes and procedures for ensuring compliance in the supply chain.
Demonstrated business model that passes on increased economic and social benefits to smallholders.
Ability to show traceability within the value chain.
Evidence of existing investments and willingness to invest additional funds in the development of the value chain.
See our FAQ page for more on the application process.
HOW TO APPLY
If you meet the eligibility outlined above, please fill in the application form below. This form is the first step in applying for financing from Regeneration’s Rebuild Facility.
Once submitted, our team will review your proposal. If it is successful, we will be in touch with the next steps. The entire process from submitting the completed Application Form to receiving a financing decision takes roughly 7-8 weeks. However, funds being released are dependent on when it is required, and the full cooperation of applicants in providing relevant information. Please see our FAQs for more information.
For further information please contact rebuild@thepalladiumgroup.com
EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK
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Masaka Sustainable Coffee Scheme
The Masaka Scheme in western Uganda aims to support smallholder coffee farmers to sustainably improve coffee productivity to produce fine Robusta coffee for purchase and export to international specialty coffee markets
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Thiriku Cooperative Smallholder Farmers
Working with the Thiriku Cooperative and its supply chain partners, Rockbern Coffee and Trabocca, the Rebuild Facility's returnable grant will finance the purchase of specialty coffee from smallholder farmers and support an innovative sourcing model.
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Kaffa Forest Coffee Cooperatives
The Rebuild Facility's returnable grant will incentivize the Kaffa Forest farmers to continue collecting wild forest coffee and support an improved payment model that pays smallholder farmers an additional dividend when trading directly with the offtaker.
If you have concerns regarding the work of the Rebuild Facility, please use the IKI Independent complaint Mechanism. This is intended to enable people who suffer (potential) negative social and/or environmental consequences from IKI projects, or who wish to report the improper use of funds, to voice their complaints and seek redress. It follows established international standards for International Accountability Mechanisms.
Alternatively, please use the Palladium Integrity Hotline.