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Growing public awareness of environmental and social issues is driving changes in the products consumers buy, how companies do business, and how investment decisions are made. IFC's world-class environmental and social development expertise helps private-sector clients succeed in this changing global environment by realizing their financial potential with a strong eye to environmental and social issues such as climate change, access to water, and the impact business operations may have on local communities. Our expertise includes:
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IFC has published "Gender Dimensions of Investment Climate Reform", a primary reference book for policy makers and development practitioners who want to design and implement gender sensitive reforms to foster women's participation in the private sector. Endorsed by international women's rights advocate Graca Machel, and US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, this guide presents actionable, replicable, and scalable tools, and was produced in partnership with the governments of the UK and Canada. 
The Gender and Investment Climate Reform Assessments for Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga and Vanuatu aim to address some of the barriers preventing women from realizing their economic potential by providing practical and attainable solutions. The reports are the result of collaboration between the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and IFC, and ask whether women face different or additional investment climate constraints in comparison to men. 
On September 8, IFC launched the review and update process of the Policy and Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability and Policy on Disclosure of Information. The process is expected to last until December 2010 and the updated framework to be released by January 2011.