Sustainability and Climate Change Mitigation Finance

Climate change poses a particularly high risk for people in developing countries. IFC has a unique role to play in helping our clients address these risks and also identify financing solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change on their operations.

Emerging markets represent more than half the opportunities available for greenhouse gas emissions reduction globally. Small emitters in these markets play a critical role in achieving these reductions, and their needs are best addressed through financial intermediaries (FIs). By providing our partner FIs with targeted investments, IFC helps them to successfully develop new products that benefit the environment while adding to their bottom line. Through its client base of over 400 FIs, IFC has created innovative new structures in renewable energy finance and developed customized credit lines that help SMEs make energy efficiency upgrades, invest in cleaner production technology, incorporate sustainability standards into supply chains, and strengthen corporate governance standards.

Advisory services add value to IFC’s investment offering with specialized training to build internal capacity, seed investment pipelines, and support new product development. With the Financial Times, IFC continues to sponsor the Sustainable Banking Awards, which have helped establish sustainability as a business objective for the broader banking community in emerging markets.

How We Create Value through Sustainability

By Banking Business Line
By Sustainability Product Line
Capacity Building

For further information on the Financial Markets Sustainability program, contact us via email: fmsustainability@ifc.org.