Impact
Impact
Alsisar Impact invests in early-stage ventures rooted in India's most underserved and underrepresented geographies, the Himalayas, the Northeast, and beyond. We look for founders who are deeply embedded in their communities, solving problems that mainstream capital has long overlooked: food sovereignty, climate resilience, craft livelihoods, and access to technology. We don't just provide catalytic assistance— we walk alongside entrepreneurs as they build businesses that transform lives, restore ecosystems, and put dignity at the centre of growth.
16 JUNE 2026
ALSiSAR Impact calls for a fundamental rethink of how climate finance values the natural wealth held by indigenous communities across the Himalayas and Northeast India
ALSiSAR Impact calls for a fundamental rethink of how climate finance values the natural wealth held by indigenous communities across the Himalayas and Northeast India
BONN, Germany — As climate negotiators gather at UNFCCC SB64 this week, ALSiSAR Impact — an ecosystem development and capacity building organisation, and a trusted voice in impact investing and advisory across South Asia — is raising an uncomfortable question at the heart of the climate finance conversation: why can global markets price a luxury watch to the last decimal, but cannot price a glacier at all? We know the real-time value of a Prada bag. A Ferrari. A Rolex. Our financial systems are extraordinary at this. And yet a forest regulating the subcontinent's climate for millennia, a Himalayan watershed feeding a billion people, a freshwater source an entire mountain community depends on — is priced, effectively, at zero. That is not a data gap. It is a design choice. And it is the defining market failure of the climate transition.
BONN, Germany — As climate negotiators gather at UNFCCC SB64 this week, ALSiSAR Impact — an ecosystem development and capacity building organisation, and a trusted voice in impact investing and advisory across South Asia — is raising an uncomfortable question at the heart of the climate finance conversation: why can global markets price a luxury watch to the last decimal, but cannot price a glacier at all? We know the real-time value of a Prada bag. A Ferrari. A Rolex. Our financial systems are extraordinary at this. And yet a forest regulating the subcontinent's climate for millennia, a Himalayan watershed feeding a billion people, a freshwater source an entire mountain community depends on — is priced, effectively, at zero. That is not a data gap. It is a design choice. And it is the defining market failure of the climate transition.
BONN, Germany — As climate negotiators gather at UNFCCC SB64 this week, ALSiSAR Impact — an ecosystem development and capacity building organisation, and a trusted voice in impact investing and advisory across South Asia — is raising an uncomfortable question at the heart of the climate finance conversation: why can global markets price a luxury watch to the last decimal, but cannot price a glacier at all? We know the real-time value of a Prada bag. A Ferrari. A Rolex. Our financial systems are extraordinary at this. And yet a forest regulating the subcontinent's climate for millennia, a Himalayan watershed feeding a billion people, a freshwater source an entire mountain community depends on — is priced, effectively, at zero. That is not a data gap. It is a design choice. And it is the defining market failure of the climate transition.
