Showing posts with label IFC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IFC. Show all posts
Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) Hosts 10th Anniversary Conference
NGOs welcome reforms to IFC sustainability policies
NGOs have welcomed updates to the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) guidelines for sustainable investment, which they say increase transparency.Last week, the IFC released details of its new Sustainability Framework, which will come into effect in 2012.
The framework includes the Performance Standards, which set the environmental and social standards projects must meet to receive financing from the institution.
IFC Report Finds Scope for Greater Sustainable Investment in Turkey
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First report about Sustainable investment in the Middle East and North Africa
Sustainable Investment in the Middle East and North Africa is the first report measuring the amount of sustainable investment in the Middle East and North Africa. It assesses current levels of sustainable investment awareness, practices, and demand in the region and finds that while current volumes are small, there is scope for much greater sustainable investment in the region. The report also identifies opportunities to increase the flow of sustainable investment funds to the region and develop this increasingly important market segment: Sustainable Investment in theMiddle East and North AfricaRegion Report
Sustainable investment in the Middle East and North Africa
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