Environmental Pollution Programme

Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

The Environmental Pollution Programme’s aim is to work with ODA-eligible countries and regions to reduce the adverse impacts of pollution. Work will improve health and reduce environmental harm and poverty that results from chemical, air, waste and water pollution, as part of the Triple Planetary Crisis. 2021-22: Scoping year to share expertise, best practice and invest in research to strengthen the capacity of low- and middle-income countries to meet their obligations under UN Multilateral Environment Agreements and frameworks. 2022-2025: Phase one delivering two multi-year projects in Vietnam and South Africa through delivery partners Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and in country organisations. The programme reduced pollution and its impacts on the environment and health by promoting sustainable, economically viable practices, strengthening regulations, and enhancing awareness through multi-sector engagement, robust evidence projects, capacity building and monitoring to support policymaking. 2025-26: Phase two delivered a one-year programme which built and expanded on the successful approaches on reducing air pollution and increasing uptake of integrated pest management in Vietnam, adding new work on waste and plastic pollution. The programme launched in Uganda and focussed on developing a Health and Pollution Action Plan, creating a framework for future action that is aligned with priorities of national stakeholders. The programme also established the Regional Pollution Forum platform, taking a multilateral approach in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to amplify impact by spreading knowledge of successful interventions.

AkshayaKalpa Farms and Foods Private Limited

British International Investment plc

Akshayakalpa is a fully-integrated direct to consumer dairy brand in South India. The company aims to increase sustainable and regenerative farming in India while improving the nutritional impact of dairy products available to consumers. It is India?s first certified organic and Fairtrade dairy enterprise.

Arkam Ventures Fund I (Unitary Fund)

British International Investment plc

Arkam Ventures is an early-stage venture capital investor focused on high-growth, technology-driven companies that are serving ?Middle India?.

Arkam Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in highly scalable, technology-driven companies that are serving the mass market in India.

Blume Ventures India Fund IV

British International Investment plc

Blume Ventures is a venture capital firm specialising in start-up financing for India.

Blume Ventures India Fund IV is a venture capital fund investing in tech-led start-ups, with the aim to solve hard problems and impact large markets in India.

Elevar India V

British International Investment plc

Elevar Equity is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments and growth equity investments.

Elevar India V is managed by Elevar Partners. Elevar invests minority stakes in early-stage companies providing essential goods and services to underserved low-income populations in India. The fund will target companies across four key themes which include financial inclusion, agriculture, education, and MSMEs providing business services across healthcare, housing, and through marketplaces.It's one of the few funds in India targeting solution-oriented businesses, which enable marginalised customers to overcome barriers of inequality and difficulty accessing goods and services. Through its existing four funds, Elevar has supported the creation of approximately 70,000 jobs, served 370,000 SMEs and 310,000 smallholder farmers, and provided loans to 20 million women borrowers through Monetary Financial Institutions.

Jinnat Textile Mills Limited

British International Investment plc

Jinnat Textile Mills Limited is a greenfield, cotton yarn spinning mill and is part of the DBL Group, a textiles group in Bangladesh.

Kinara Capital

British International Investment plc

Founded in 2011, Kinara Capital is a tech-enabled leading provider of unsecured small business loans in India to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), focusing on manufacturing and trading in urban and semi-urban cities. Headquartered in Bangalore, it is active in six states and over 90 cities in South and West India through its 125 branches and it has over 30,000 active borrowers.

Light Microfinance Private Limited

British International Investment plc

Light Microfinance is a Non-Banking Finance Company registered with the Reserve Bank Of India. Light Microfinance provides microfinance products and services, targeting rural and peri-urban areas, with a specific focus on women. The company operates in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.

Lok Capital IV LLC

British International Investment plc

Lok IV, managed by Lok Investment Management Limited, is a $150 million to $180 million SME-focused fund which will invest in financial services businesses and technology-enabled business models in agriculture, healthcare and climate. The fund aims to support inclusive and sustainable growth in India by catering to lower-income and underserved communities.

Mahindra Electric Automobile Limited

British International Investment plc

Mahindra Electric Automobile Limited (MEAL) is a new four-wheeler passenger electric vehicle venture company launched by Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), a leading Indian automotive group.

Mintoak Innovations Private Limited

British International Investment plc

Mintoak provides a digital payments platform for MSME retail merchants. It does this by working with banking partners to deploy and scale value-added services (payments, lending, engagement) to their MSME customers.

NMB Bank Ltd.

British International Investment plc

NMB Bank is one of Nepal's leading commercial banks, with 201 branches across Nepal. It is licensed as an "A" financial institution by Nepal Rastra Bank and was founded in 1996. It currently serves a range of large and medium-sized business customers.

Pi Ventures Fund II

British International Investment plc

Pi Ventures LLP is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and startup investments.

pi Ventures is an early-stage fund, focused on investing on disruptive ideas leveraging machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) in India.

Pravega Ventures Fund II

British International Investment plc

Pravega Ventures is an early-stage venture capital investor backing highly scalable, tech-enabled businesses in India, particularly in the fintech and enterprise spaces.

Pubali Bank Ltd.

British International Investment plc

Pubali Bank is one of the largest private commercial banks in Bangladesh. It was established in 1959.

RFL Electronics Limited

British International Investment plc

RFL Electronics Ltd (REL) is a consumer electronics manufacturer based in Bangladesh, which manufactures and assembles wide range of electronic home appliances including TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners and small home appliances. REL was established in 2015 and is part of the PRAN-RFL group.

South Asia Growth Invest Holdings LP (Hero Motors Limited)

British International Investment plc

Hero Motors is an Indian-headquartered manufacturer of components (incl. gears and transmissions) for electric bicycles and electric motorbikes.

Touchkin eServices Private Limited

British International Investment plc

Wysa is is an AI-powered mental health app that has been shown to help improve mental health. It uses AI to deliver clinical grade digital therapeutics along with human support and is used by 4 million users globally across 65 countries.

Turtle Shell Technologies Pvt Ltd

British International Investment plc

Turtle Shell Technologies develops Dozee, a contactless health monitor that tracks users' heart, respiration, and sleep patterns while they sleep and converts hospital beds to "step-down" ICUs.

Wortgage Technologies Private Limited

British International Investment plc

WeRize is building a financial services platform. Its focused on providing a service for blue and grey-collar, low-middle income consumers residing in outlying districts and smaller cities in India, who are typically underserved by financial institutions.