Greening the Financial Sector Through Provision Policies: The Role of Central Banks
This special report examines how central banks and other financial regulatory institutions are involved in efforts to green the financial system through provision policies.
Disaster Resilience Through Financial Inclusion
The role of financial regulators in disaster risk reduction
New IFC Initiative Helps Banks in Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Egypt Scale Climate Finance
The program is designed to increase climate lending by participating banks in Egypt, Mexico, the Philippines, and South Africa to 30 percent of their portfolios by 2030.
Funding for Research on Access to Energy, WASH, and Food Security for MFIs and Suppliers
The project will entail market studies with rural households in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa, to investigate the nexus between energy access, access to WASH, and food security.
Evaluation and Support for Improving Inclusive Green Finance for MFIs - The Green Index
This webinar recording guides participants through the framework to assess environmental performance of financial inclusion and its operationalization for microfinance institutions.
Promoting Inclusive Green Finance Initiative and Policies
This report seeks to deepen understanding of the first “P” — Promotion — of the 4P Framework for Inclusive Green Finance by sharing the experiences of AFI members who have begun promoting IGF in their countries, such as through awareness raising, capacity building and data collection.
IFC and IDB Invest Share System to Help Latin American Financial Institutions Measure Climate Impact
The new agreement allows two of the leading multilateral development banks with focus on the private sector to offer Climate Assessment for Financial Institutions tool to a larger number of financial institutions.
IFC, Aavas Financiers to Help Catalyze Affordable Green Housing Finance for Low-Income Borrowers in India
An endeavor to address a critical gap in affordable green housing in India will benefit scores of low-income borrowers, including women.
Inclusive Green Finance: From Concept to Practice
This study explores the overlaps of green finance and financial inclusion in addressing the issues of environmental change, financial stability, and social equity, and calls for the integration of both finance concepts into the emerging inclusive green finance (IGF) policy area.
IFC Lends Support to UniCredit Leasing to Enhance SME and Climate Financing in Romania
The EUR 27.5 million investment will generate jobs, boost energy-efficiency measures, and help reduce carbon emissions.