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IFC Sustainability Resources Brochure 2013
36 pages | © June 2013 IFC | Complimentary
This brochure highlights sustainability resources produced or co-produced by IFC's Environment, Social and Governance Department (CES), the Sustainable Business Advisory (SBA) and the Climate Business Department (CBG). These resources include publications, tools, and learning & training programs. While not exhaustive, this brochure offers a navigation point for users on some of IFC's key sustainability resources.
Publish Date: 6/12/13
Publish Date: 6/12/13
Lessons of Experience No. 3 - Peru LNG: A Focus on Continuous Improvement
40 pages | © March 2013 IFC | Complimentary
This publication highlights the lessons of experience from the IFC-PERU Liquefied Natural Gas (PLNG) project. A focus on continuous improvement and adaptive management throughout the project, and an emphasis on stakeholder engagement and participatory monitoring are among lessons that are useful across sectors.
Publish Date: 4/24/13
Publish Date: 4/24/13
IFC's Sustainability Framework: From Policy Update to Implementation
40 pages | © December 2012 IFC | Complimentary
This publication summarizes key aspects of IFC's updated Sustainability Framework (2012), and highlights environmental and social issues of current and emerging importance for business, including climate change, business and human rights, supply chain management, gender issues, stakeholder engagement, Indigenous Peoples, and biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Publish Date: 12/21/12
Publish Date: 12/21/12
Performance Standards Objectives (flyer)
2 pages| © November 2012 IFC | Complimentary
Publish Date: 11/7/12
IFC Sustainability Framework - Effective January 1, 2012
84 pages | © January 2012 IFC | Complimentary
IFC's Sustainability Framework articulates the Corporation's strategic commitment to sustainable development, and is an integral part of IFC's approach to risk management. The Sustainability Framework comprises IFC's Policy and Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability, and IFC's Access to Information Policy.
Publish Date: 1/1/12
Publish Date: 1/1/12
IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability - Effective January 1, 2012
72 pages | © January 2012 IFC | Complimentary
The Performance Standards are directed towards clients, providing guidance on how to identify risks and impacts, and are designed to help avoid, mitigate, and manage risks and impacts as a way of doing business in a sustainable way.
Publish Date: 1/1/12
Publish Date: 1/1/12
Good Practice Note: Addressing the Social Dimensions of Private Sector Projects
28 pages | © December 2003 IFC | Complimentary
This Good Practice Note provides guidance on how to identify and assess project-related social issues and also provides guidance on options for social "value added" and sustainable development opportunities that may arise in project development.
Publish Date: 12/1/03
Publish Date: 12/1/03
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IFC Sustainability Resources Brochure 2013
36 pages | © June 2013 IFC | Complimentary
This brochure highlights sustainability resources produced or co-produced by IFC's Environment, Social and Governance Department (CES), the Sustainable Business Advisory (SBA) and the Climate Business Department (CBG). These resources include publications, tools, and learning & training programs. While not exhaustive, this brochure offers a navigation point for users on some of IFC's key sustainability resources.
Publish Date: 6/12/13
Publish Date: 6/12/13
Creating Opportunity in East Asia and the Pacific: Inclusive Economic Development
38 pages | © June 2013 IFC | Complimentary
This issue highlights how IFC works with the private sector to promote inclusive economic development in the region, where more than 35 percent of the world's poor live. The brochure showcases real life stories of how people in China, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and other countries benefit from IFC projects, which help create jobs, increase their income levels, and make economic growth as equitable as possible.
Publish Date: 6/5/13
Publish Date: 6/5/13
Success of Geothermal Wells: A Global Study
80 pages | © June 2013 IFC | Complimentary
This report presents analysis of a database of global geothermal drilling success. The database, compiled by IFC, covers geothermal fields that together supply power to 71 percent of the world’s installed geothermal electricity generating capacity, making it the largest database of its kind. This report analyzes that data to gain a better understanding of the probability of drilling a successful well, and the factors that influence such success, which will be of interest to geothermal developers, and to financers engaged in the risk assessment of such projects.
Publish Date: 6/5/13
88 pages | © May 2013 IFC | Complimentary
Produced by Vital Voices Global Partnership in cooperation with IFC and the MENA Businesswomen’s Network, this report surveyed 431 women business owners across 8 economies in the Middle East and North Africa to understand their needs, the critical obstacles they face in accessing finance, and identify real solutions to increase the economic contributions of women-owned SMEs.
Publish Date: 5/9/13
Greening Banks: Highlights of 2012 International Green Credit Forum
33 pages| © April 2013 IFC | Complimentary
The report captures the discussions among banking regulators and executives at the first International Green Credit Forum hosted by IFC and the China Banking Regulatory Commission in Beijing in May 2012. It also covers emerging market regulatory initiatives, China’s Green Credit Policy and international Equator Banks’ experiences.
Publish Date: 4/24/13
Lessons of Experience No. 3 - Peru LNG: A Focus on Continuous Improvement
40 pages | © March 2013 IFC | Complimentary
This publication highlights the lessons of experience from the IFC-PERU Liquefied Natural Gas (PLNG) project. A focus on continuous improvement and adaptive management throughout the project, and an emphasis on stakeholder engagement and participatory monitoring are among lessons that are useful across sectors.
Publish Date: 4/24/13
Publish Date: 4/24/13
74 pages | © March 2013 IFC | Complimentary
The Guide outlines procedures and exploration techniques for geothermal projects and provides guidelines for presenting a geothermal project to funding entities and insurance companies. A focus is placed on high temperature geothermal resources for electricity generation.
Publish Date: 3/29/13
Sustainability Reporting Handbook for Vietnamese Companies
50 pages | © February 2013 IFC | Complimentary
The Handbook on Sustainability Reporting - a guide for listed companies in Vietnam, was produced by IFC in collaboration with the State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC), the Vietnamese stock exchanges, and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).The publication helps companies understand, manage and disclose their environmental and social performance, and take first steps towards meeting their sustainable development goals.
Publish Date: 2/28/13
Existing and Potential Technologies for Carbon Emissions Reductions in the Indian Cement Industry
90 pages | © February 2013 IFC | Complimentary
The publication includes a set of technical papers developed under the Low Carbon Technology Roadmap for Indian Cement Industry project, which is implemented with support from IFC. The content of the report falls under five categories : co-processing of alternative fuels and raw materials, improved thermal and electrical efficiency, clinker substitution, waste heat recovery and newer technologies such as nanotechnology.
Publish Date: 2/28/13
IFC's Sustainability Framework: From Policy Update to Implementation
40 pages | © December 2012 IFC | Complimentary
This publication summarizes key aspects of IFC's updated Sustainability Framework (2012), and highlights environmental and social issues of current and emerging importance for business, including climate change, business and human rights, supply chain management, gender issues, stakeholder engagement, Indigenous Peoples, and biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Publish Date: 12/21/12
Publish Date: 12/21/12
IFC Advisory Services in Sustainable Business: 2012 Annual Review
140 pages | © November 2012 IFC | Complimentary
The 2012 Review of IFC's Advisory Services in Sustainable Business highlights the results of IFC's work to promote good corporate governance and strategic community investments; advance women entrepreneurs, small scale farms and firms; and engage the private sector in climate change solutions.
Publish Date: 11/19/12
Publish Date: 11/19/12
Performance Standards Objectives (flyer)
2 pages| © November 2012 IFC | Complimentary
Publish Date: 11/7/12
Who's Running the Company: A Guide to Reporting on Corporate Governance
76 pages | © October 2012 IFC | Complimentary
Media guide aims at helping business journalists report on corporate governance and raise public awareness of the impact it has on businesses, shareholders, and the broader community of stakeholders.
Publish Date: 10/26/12
Publish Date: 10/26/12
Gobierno Corporativo en Latinoamerica 2010-2011 [PDF]
72 pages | © October 2011 IFC | Complimentary
En los últimos años, las buenas prácticas de gobierno corporativo han sido un tema de gran interés para varias compañías y organizaciones del mundo entero, y América Latina no ha sido la excepción.
Publish Date: 10/1/12
Publish Date: 10/1/12
Risk Taking: A Corporate Governance Perspective [PDF]
60 pages | © August 2012 IFC | Complimentary
As part of IFC's response to the financial crisis of 2008, IFC launched a risk governance program intended to enhance the capability of boards of directors in emerging markets for improved risk management oversight. This publication is a compendium of teaching materials prepared for these workshops conducted in 20 developing countries during 2010–2012.
Publish Date: 8/3/12
Publish Date: 8/3/12
The Business Case for Sustainability (brochure)
8 pages | © July 2012 IFC | Complimentary
This brochure pulls together a variety of references to make the business case for sustainability, using IFC client examples.
Publish Date: 7/25/12
Publish Date: 7/25/12
Fostering Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Special Economic Zones - The Case of Bangladesh
72 pages | © July 2012 IFC | Complimentary
This study examines the role export processing zones (EPZs) can play in Bangladesh to to promote women’s economic participation as a way to boost trade-zone competitiveness and generate sustainable jobs.
Publish Date: 7/16/12
Publish Date: 7/16/12
Fostering Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Special Economic Zones
240 pages | © July 2012 IFC | Complimentary
This global report examines the opportunity for special economic zones to promote women’s economic empowerment and boost zone and enterprise competitiveness in developing countries. The research covers Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Jordan, Kenya, and the Philippines.
Publish Date: 7/16/12
Municipal Solid Waste Management: Opportunities for Russia - Summary of Key Findings
24 pages | © June 2012 IFC | Complimentary
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management system is one of the key components of a country’s overall environmental and resource efficiency framework. Inefficient MSW treatment in Russia today is causing negative environmental impact, and results in suboptimal use of raw materials and energy.
Publish Date: 6/28/12
Publish Date: 6/28/12
MoneyMoves: How Private Sector Finance Can Work for a Sustainable Future
64 pages | © June 2012 IFC | Complimentary
IFC invited 15 extraordinary business leaders in environmental and social sustainability to identify challenges in the "green" growth path. They share what they do to address them as well as what they think governments and regulators should do.
Publish Date: 6/22/12
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