PartnershipJun 9, 2025

Estates and Infrastructure Exchange Joins BDO Zone Investment Coalition

June 9th, 2025 – Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative are pleased to announce that Estates and Infrastructure Exchange (EIX) has joined the BDO Zone Investment Coalition, a group of leading investors and capital markets deploying capital into biofuels, renewable chemicals, ground transportation fuels, and biobased products. This partnership is set to accelerate capital deployment into the growing biomanufacturing sector and accelerate infrastructure investment across the United States.

The BDO Zone Initiative certifies regional readiness for biobased manufacturing, creates global connections with project developers, and ignites an influx of clean energy opportunities. A BDO Zone rating is an internationally recognized standards-based technical risk assessment of biomass feedstock, supply chain, and infrastructure risk with respect to the development potential of new biofuel, renewable chemical, biogas, and bioproduct plants.

EIX joins a select group of capital market leaders already aligned with the BDO Zone’s mission. EIX’s entry into this ecosystem brings a new and important layer of capital market infrastructure that can support how biobased projects are financed, insured, and scaled.

Mark Worrall, Chief Executive of Estates and Infrastructure Exchange, commented, “We’re thrilled to join the BDO Zone Investment Coalition at this pivotal moment. The opportunity to support transformative biomanufacturing technologies while enabling institutional investment through enhanced transparency and risk mitigation represents impact-driven finance.”

Jordan Solomon, Chairman of the BDO Zone Initiative, stated, “EIX’s regulated platform for debt issuance and risk management represents a natural and strong addition to the BDO Zone Investment Coalition. We believe that the addition of EIX can materially accelerate investment into biomanufacturing projects in BDO Zones across North America.”

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EIX brings to the BDO Zone Investment Coalition a pioneering approach centred around Project Bonds and Repayment Bond Guarantees (RBGs). This model offers:

Liquidity: Bonds listed on the Aquis-EIX Market allow investors to enter and exit positions efficiently transforming historically illiquid infrastructure assets.
Credit Enhancement: EIX’s Repayment Bond Guarantees (RBGs) underwrite repayment risk, leading to stronger credit ratings and broader investor participation.
Accelerated Timelines: EIX’s bond issuance process completes in as little as 12–16 weeks, substantially faster than traditional syndications.
Tailored Structuring: Customized amortisation and multi-currency options increase alignment with cash flows and global capital flows.

By joining the BDO Zone Investment Coalition, EIX will enable earlier-stage biomanufacturing projects, many of which are in underserved rural regions, to access long-term capital, bringing economic development, job creation, and energy independence to the forefront.

For more information about EIX, visit www.eix.global.

To learn more about the BDO Zone Initiative, visit www.bdozone.org.

Originally published at bdozone.org.