Central and Eastern Europe: Financing efficient energy use in Eastern Europe
IFC has helped local banks finance energy efficiency projects in Central and Eastern Europe. As a result, these projects lead to reduced costs for businesses, profitable business lines for financial institutions, better public services of sub-sovereign institutions, as well as lower energy bills and improved living environment for the people.


China: A Greener China - A New Approach to Financing Energy Efficiency
For the first time, three key players in China's economy – utilities, suppliers of energy efficiency equipment, and commercial banks – have come together to create a new financing model for promoting energy efficiency.


Russia: If energy efficiency were a chocolate, what would it taste like?
Through IFC's Sustainable Energy Finance Program in Russia, a local confectionery manufacturer significantly increased production volumes and reduced the amount of energy it uses to produce one ton of chocolates. The overall modernization of chocolate production line is expected to reduce energy consumption per ton of output by 33%.