BlueEarth provides a $ 30 million impact-linked facility to Valency International

Baar-Zug, Switzerland, May 30, 2025

Blue Earth Capital (“BlueEarth”), the specialist global impact investor, today announces a $ 30 million private credit commitment of its investment vehicles to Valency International (“Valency”). Headquartered in Singapore, Valency is a global trader, processor, and exporter of agricultural commodities with a specialty in edible nuts (particularly cashew & sesame) and agricultural inputs (agrochemicals & fertilizers). The company operates large-scale commodity processing facilities across four countries in Africa and Asia.

Agriculture remains central to the African continent. The sector employs around 70% of Africa’s labor force and typically accounts for 30 to 40% of GDP.¹⁵ Agricultural production in Africa is currently largely focused on upstream activities such as crop cultivation, growth, and harvesting, with limited involvement in higher value-add operations further down the supply chain. As a result, Africa is the world’s largest supplier of raw cashew nuts and sesame seeds but most of the harvest is shipped to Asia for processing before reaching the end markets.

Valency plays a key role in embedding a sector of strong local significance through its ongoing investment into onshore processing capacity. Its facilities support a significant number of employment opportunities for low-skilled populations in regions with limited livelihood alternatives. Onshore processing also lowers the overall carbon footprint of the global cashew supply chain through partial elimination of cross-continental shipping.

Valency’s distribution of agrochemicals and fertilizers to local markets in Africa further helps to alleviate chronic food insecurity faced in the region, driven by factors such as poor crop yields resulting from the world’s lowest fertilizer application rates (lagging seven times behind global averages¹⁶). Each year Africa also loses half of its harvest to pests such as insects, weeds and pathogens¹⁷, against which safe and effective agrochemicals such as herbicides and pesticides are critical in combating.

The investment marks BlueEarth’s fourth impact-linked facility (ILF), which are designed to encourage borrowers to align with pre-defined impact goals. These facilities embed performance-based incentives such as interest rate reductions for the achievement of specific social and environmental objectives.

The additional funding will provide Valency with working capital for the purchase of agricultural commodities from the company’s network of smallholder farmers and local traders across Africa. The sustainability and impact-linked characteristics of the facility work to ensure full alignment with BlueEarth’s dual mission of generating compelling social and environmental impact alongside financial returns.

Amy Wang, Head of Private Credit at BlueEarth, comments: “By providing this impact-linked facility to Valency, BlueEarth is excited to not just support a market leading business but also empower thousands of smallholder farmers and support critical local processing capacity while reducing the carbon footprint of cashew nuts. Valency’s approach to bridging agricultural value chains between Africa and Asia demonstrates exactly the kind of measurable, scalable impact our capital is designed to accelerate.”

Sumit Jain, Chief Executive Officer of Valency, comments: “We are excited to partner with Blue Earth Capital on this $30 million sustainability-linked financing, which strengthens our commitment to supporting smallholder farmers and driving local value addition in Africa. This investment will help us enhance our sourcing network, reduce environmental impacts, and contribute to the sustainable development of agriculture in the region, all while aligning with our mission to create lasting social and environmental impact.”

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About Blue Earth Capital
Blue Earth Capital is a global, independent, specialist impact investor, headquartered in Switzerland, with operations in New York, London, and Konstanz. Blue Earth Capital seeks to address the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges by delivering measurable impact alongside aiming for attractive and market-rate financial returns. The company operates dedicated private equity, private credit, and fund solutions as well as separately managed accounts. Blue Earth Capital is owned by the Blue Earth Foundation, a Stiftung (charity/trust) registered in Switzerland that focuses on deep impact to support initiatives and business ventures to help deliver a more equitable and sustainable future.

 About Valency International
Valency International is a Singapore-headquartered food ingredient supplier with a highly differentiated product portfolio across 21 product categories. Established in 2007, Valency has grown into a global leader with a presence in 40 countries and a passionate team of more than 3,000 people. The company operates across a broad range of sectors including agricultural commodities, processed agri-products, agri-inputs, industrial chemicals, and FMCG food products. The company is also committed to developing sustainable supply chains, supporting local farmers, and creating economic opportunities for rural communities. Valency has secured strategic equity investment from British International Investments (BII), the development finance arm of the Government of the United Kingdom, further enhancing its capacity to drive sustainable growth. The company is particularly recognized for its efforts in building a sustainable supply chain for agri-products, an achievement that has garnered industry recognition and numerous awards.

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