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Mar 22, 2023

Strengthening Sustainability | Decarbonizing Manufacturing Industries

Manufacturing is essential for economic growth, and its supply chains are pivotal for ensuring the wellbeing and advancement of people and economies. Among the largest and most critical manufacturing industries are steel, cement, glass, and chemicals.

English | 18 pages | IFC 2023

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Dec 20, 2022

Sourcing of Post-Industrial Cotton Textile Waste in the Tangier Area, Morocco

This report analyses the post-industrial cotton textile waste in the Tangier area, Morocco, to support the textile and apparel sector’s transition towards circular models of production.

English | 39 pages | 2022 IFC

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Nov 10, 2022

Strengthening Sustainability in the E-Waste Industry

The harnessing of electric power in the late-19th century ushered in an industrial era that forever changed the way people work, communicate, and interact.

English | 15 pages | IFC 2021

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Sep 30, 2022

The Potential Gains of Digitizing Garment Sector Wages in Cambodia

This report shows how the digital payment of wages can reduce employer costs while improving financial inclusion for workers, especially women workers.

English | 63 pages | 2022 IFC

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Aug 18, 2022

Financing Glass in Emerging Markets

IFC works with glass sector manufacturing companies to help them build their business in emerging markets with long-term financing, advisory services to improve business operations, and sustainability solutions that meet environmental and social demands.

English | 2 pages | 2022 IFC

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Jun 16, 2022

Technical Benchmarking Guide On COVID-19 Related Personal Protective Equipment

This technical benchmarking guide, created in partnership with the British Standards Institution (BSI), helps fill a critical knowledge gap on technical regulations and standards for PPE.

English | 272 pages | 2022 IFC

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Feb 17, 2022

Creating Markets in Uganda: Country Private Sector Diagnostic

The Uganda Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC & World Bank analysis of growth and investment opportunities, constraints, & policy recommendations.

English | 95 pages | 2022 IFC

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Dec 1, 2021

Gender-smart Business Solutions: Serena Hotels

Serena Hotels Takes Leadership Role in Tackling Barriers to Women’s Employment in Pakistan

English | 8 pages | IFC 2021

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Nov 16, 2021

Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry

Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry also generates about 7 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. While manufacturers have reduced emissions in recent decades, the industry must accelerate these efforts considerably if it is to meet its goal of achieving carbon-neutral concrete by 2050.

English | 15 pages | IFC 2021

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Nov 4, 2021

Innovation in Manufacturing Personal Protective Equipment: Toward Sustainability and Circularity

Innovation in manufacturing personal protective equipment

English | 68 pages | IFC 2021

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Oct 8, 2021

Creating Markets in Haiti: Country Private Sector Diagnostic

The Haiti Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC & World Bank analysis of growth and investment opportunities, constraints, & policy recommendations.

English | 137 pages | 2021 IFC

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Oct 8, 2021

Gender-smart Business Solutions: Maxport, Vietnam

Vietnam’s Maxport Seeks to Grow by Boosting Opportunities for Women Workers

English | 8 pages | IFC 2021

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Oct 8, 2021

Gender-smart Business Solutions: Bauducco, Brazil

Bauducco’s Commitment to Gender Equality: A Strategic Approach to Increase their Customer Value

English | 8 pages | IFC 2021

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Sep 26, 2021

Outlook for Chemicals Manufacturing

This report summarizes insights and opinions of external industry experts, practitioners and stakeholders of the chemicals manufacturing industry, obtained through discussions conducted by IFC’s Global Manufacturing and Corporate Strategy teams during Q1 2021.

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Aug 3, 2021

Strengthening Sustainability in the Steel Industry

Today, steel is present in virtually every aspect of people’s lives, from homes and hospitals to roads and other infrastructure that provide the foundation for social and economic development. Steel is among the world’s most recycled materials, with circular economy practices incorporated into various stages of the production cycle. Yet the high-temperature heat vital to its production process still requires large amount of energy. Hence, the iron and steel sector remains among the largest consumers of energy and emitters of carbon dioxide, accounting for 6 to 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

English | 15 pages | IFC 2021

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Aug 3, 2021

Strengthening Sustainability in the Plastics Industry

Plastics are the building blocks of many value chains, including packaging, health care, construction, aviation, logistics, clothing, and increasingly, the recycling industry. They play a vital role in driving industrial development, creating jobs, expanding opportunities, and generating wealth to improve people’s lives. But as the use of plastic has increased, so too have the environmental and social costs. The production process uses petrochemicals as a raw material and generates greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps the biggest cost is the waste generated by discarded plastic goods. Most of the common plastics of today are not fully biodegradable, and that has created a cascade of environmental, financial, and health problems around the world.

English | 17 pages | IFC 2021

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Aug 3, 2021

Strengthening Sustainability in the Glass Industry

Glass is present in a myriad of products used in both daily life and manufacturing, from beverage containers to windows to fiber optic cables. Its many properties and affordable cost make it an essential material for development, whether in the construction of houses and high rises where people live and work or for use in industries such as agribusiness and automaking.

English | 18 pages | IFC 2021

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Feb 8, 2021

Advancing Women's Employment

Why IFC? IFC is the preferred partner for global private sector entities that are at the forefront of leveraging the business case for gender equality. Learn more: Gender-Smart Business Solutions As more women enter the labor market and exert influence as consumers, savvy companies recognize the need to attract and retain more female employees and purchase from women-led companies. IFC’s Gender-Smart Business Solutions program provides clients with the tools and resources to strengthen gender inclusion within their operations, resolve labor issues, increase employee engagement, benefit from inclusive sourcing, and enhance company performance.

English | 2 pages | IFC 2021

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Jan 26, 2021

Creating Markets in Ukraine: Country Private Sector Diagnostic

The Ukraine Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC & World Bank analysis of growth and investment opportunities, constraints, & policy recommendations.

English | 154 pages | 2021 IFC

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Dec 23, 2020

Innovation, Investment, and Emerging Opportunities in Today’s Textile and Apparel Value Chain

Textile and apparel manufacturing is a critical creator of formalized jobs, a well-known path to industrialization, and an enabler of value chain relationships that modernize economies and make them more complex. Today, value chains that support the textile and apparel industries are rapidly evolving. They are integrating new technologies, embracing workplace innovations, adopting sustainable efficiencies, and inventing products and processes to meet the changing demands of global consumers and markets.

English | 8 pages—December—Note 96 | IFC 2020

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Dec 21, 2020

Creating Markets in Egypt: Country Private Sector Diagnostic

The Egypt Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC & World Bank analysis of growth and investment opportunities, constraints, & policy recommendations.

English - 144 pages | Arabic - 119 pages | 2020 IFC

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Dec 17, 2020

How Has COVID-19 Affected Haiti’s Apparel Industry

This joint study of 33 firms from the garment sector, that represent 87 percent of L’Association des Industries d’Haïti's (ADIH) membership and employ around 55,000 formal workers, provides key insights to help public and private decision makers navigate the crisis, and signals opportunities for the sector.

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Aug 24, 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Cement Industry

As the COVID-19 outbreak has slowed construction in many countries, the industry has seen lower demand for its products, leading to overcapacity. Cement companies are largely expected to survive the crisis, but they must strengthen their sustainability and competitiveness. Companies must also reduce their carbon emissions for their long-term viability; with the cement sector generating 7 to 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, pressure is growing for the industry to achieve carbon neutrality.

Aug 6, 2020

Factsheet: Advancing Women's Employment

As more women enter the labor market and exert influence as consumers, savvy companies recognize the need to attract and retain more female employees and purchase from women-led companies. This factsheet provides an overview of IFC’s Gender-Smart Business Solutions program that provides clients with tools and resources to strengthen gender inclusion within their operations, resolve labor issues, increase employee engagement, benefit from inclusive sourcing, and enhance company performance.

English | 2 pages | 2020 IFC

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Jul 27, 2020

AI Investments Allow Emerging Markets to Develop and Expand Sophisticated Manufacturing Capabilities

As advances in machine learning, computer vision, and robotics help manufacturers around the world improve their processes and produce new and more complex products, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral tool of modern manufacturing, and one that is increasingly important to the industry’s future. By combining large volumes of data with the computing power to simulate human thinking, AI is increasing the efficiency, capacity, and complexity of factory floors, and is introducing robotics, the Internet of Things, and other cutting-edge innovations to manufacturing value chains across the globe.

English | 8 pages – July – Note 87 | IFC 2020

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