(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have acquired equity stakes in Bank of Palestine to support its capital base amid the challenging economic conditions in the region. The investment will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Bank of Palestine, EBRD, economy, Francis Malige, Hashim Shawa, IFC, investment, Palestine, partnership, SMEs, sustainablity
(IN BRIEF) Societe Generale and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have signed a Collaboration Framework Agreement to further their collaboration on sustainable finance initiatives in developing countries, aligning with their shared commitment to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Financial, IFC, Makhtar Diop, partnership, Slawomir Krupa, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Iberdrola and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have formed a partnership to promote clean energy and decarbonization in emerging countries. The collaboration includes a green and sustainability-linked loan from IFC to Iberdrola for energy efficiency improvements in Brazil’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Alfonso García Mora, APLMA, clean energy, decarbonization, Electropaz, energy transition, Iberdrola, IFC, International Finance Corporation, José Sainz Armada, NEOENERGIA, Sowitec Vietnam, Termopernambuco, World Bank Group
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) La Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement (BERD) a accordé un prêt de 29 millions d’euros à un véhicule ad hoc appartenant au français Voltalia pour développer la centrale solaire de 140 MW de Karavasta … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged Albanie, BERD, centrale solaire de Karavasta, centrale solaire photovoltaïque, Constantin von Alvensleben, enchère éolienne terrestre, enchère solaire, enchère solaire photovoltaïque, enchères renouvelables, énergies renouvelables, éolien offshore, Grzegorz Zieliński, IFC, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Albanie, Matteo Colangeli, Privredna Banka Zagreb, programme d'enchères d'énergie renouvelable de la BERD, Société financière internationale, solaire, Spitalla, Voltalia
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a €29 million loan to a special-purpose vehicle owned by France’s Voltalia to develop the 140 MW Karavasta solar plant in Albania. The project marks Albania’s first major … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged Albania, Constantin von Alvensleben, EBRD, EBRD Renewable Energy Auctions Programme, Grzegorz Zielinski, IFC, International Finance Corporation, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Albania, Karavasta solar plant, Matteo Colangeli, Offshore wind, onshore wind auction, Privredna Banka Zagreb, renewable auctions, renewable energy, Solar, solar auction, solar photovoltaic plant, solar PV auction, Spitalla, Voltalia
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD, IFC, and TBC Bank Group have invested an additional $28.3 million in TBC Bank Uzbekistan, solidifying the bank’s position in Uzbekistan’s banking industry and promoting further digitalization of the country’s banking sector. The capital injection follows … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged EBRD, IFC, TBC Bank, TBC Bank Uzbekistan
(COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) MONHEIM, 17-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer, una empresa global con competencias básicas en los campos de las ciencias biológicas de la salud y nutrición, ha anunciado que Better Life Farming Alliance, una asociación a largo plazo de … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Management, Science, Society, Technology
Tagged agricultores, Agricultura, Agroindustrias Unidas de México, AMSA, Bayer, BLF, Córdoba, Corporación Financiera Internacional, Crop Science, Dr. Lino Dias, ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Ltd., Grupo del Banco Mundial, IFC, México, Netafim, pequeños agricultores, The Better Life Farming Alliance, Yara, Yara México
(PRESS RELEASE) MONHEIM, 17-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and nutrition, has announced that the Better Life Farming Alliance, a long-term partnership of Bayer, IFC (International Finance Corporation), … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Germany, Industrial, Science, Society, Technology
Tagged agriculture, Agroindustrias Unidas de México, AMSA, Bayer, BLF, Cordoba, Crop Science, Dr. Lino Dias, ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Ltd., farmers, IFC, International Finance Corporation, Mexico, Netafim, smallholder farmer, The Better Life Farming Alliance, World Bank Group, Yara, Yara Mexico
PRESSEMITTEILUNG) PARIS, 3-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — TotalEnergies (EPA:TTE), eines der sieben „Supermajor“-Ölunternehmen, hat seinen Beitrag von 50 Millionen US-Dollar zum verwalteten „Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2“ (TAFF2) bekannt gegeben von New Forests, einem globalen Investmentmanager für naturbasierte Sachwerte und Naturkapitalstrategien. … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Management
Tagged Adrien Henry, Akquisition, CO2-Zertifikate, David Brand, ESG, forstwirtschaftliche Vermögenswerte, FSC, Gummi, Holz, IFC, New Forests, PEFC, SDGs, TAFF2, TotalEnergies, Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2, Waldschutz, zertifizierte Plantagen
PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 3-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — TotalEnergies (EPA:TTE), one of the seven “supermajor” oil companies, has announced its contribution of $50 million to the “Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2” (TAFF2) managed by New Forests, a global investment manager of … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Management
Tagged acquisition, Adrien Henry, carbon credits, certified plantations, David Brand, ESG, forest conservation, forestry assets, FSC™, IFC, lumber, New Forests, PEFC, Rubber, SDGs, TAFF2, TotalEnergies, Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2
2X Challenge plans to raise US$ 15 billion by end-2022 Enhancing women’s access to entrepreneurship and leadership opportunities (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 9-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announces that it has joined the 2X … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Small Business, Society
Tagged 2X Challenge, Austrian Development Bank, bank, Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, bio, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, CDC Group, coronavirus pandemic, Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries, DEG, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, EBRD, EIB, empowerment of women, Enda Tamweel, Entrepreneurship, European Investment Bank, FinDev Canada, FinnFund, FMO, G7, gender equality, gender finance target, German Development Finance Institution, IFC, IFU, initiative, International Finance Corporation, investments, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Jessica Espinoza, leadership opportunities, Odile Renaud-Basso, OeEB, PEG Africa, policy engagement, Proparco, quality jobs, support for women, Sustainable Development Goals, Swedfund, Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States International Development Finance Corporation, WOMEN
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 3-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS announces an expanded collaboration with Sintali with the aim to grow IFC’s green building standard, EDGE. Both companies will deliver certification and audit services in over 170 countries around the world, acting … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Tagged audit services, certification, EDGE, EDGE audit, EDGE certification, environmental impact, global certification services provider, green building standard, Harry Fernau, IFC, inspection, property developers, remote auditing technology, SGS, Sintali, testing, Thomas Saunders, verification, zero carbon, zero carbon services
The HAGUE, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — FMO and IFC launched an online course on Related Party Transactions Governance for Vietnamese commercial banks. Related party transactions (RPTs) are viewed as situations, which are open to a possible conflict of interest and can harm … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Netherlands
Tagged commercial banks in Viet Nam, e-course, FMO, IFC, Jasper Veel, Related Party Transactions Governance
Hong Kong SAR, China, 04-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today signed an agreement with Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc, to raise $500 million for an innovative IFC program that … Read the full press release
GENEVA, 16-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The consortium of SGS-thinkstep will serve as the sole provider of certification services for the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) green building program in Ghana. The agreement was signed on … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, Management, Real Estate
Tagged certification services, EDGE, Foster Osae-Akonnor, green building program, Harry Fernau, IFC, SGS, thinkstep consortium
The Hague, 22-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Kenya Banking Association (KBA) and the Mongolian Bankers Association (MBA), members of the IFC-supported Sustainable Banking Network (SBN), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance environmental and social risk management and sustainable financing practices … Read the full press release
Sir Suma Chakrabarti has meetings in Washington and New York LONDON, 12-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, has concluded a visit to the United States to initiate high level discussions … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Management, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr. Jim Kim, EBRD, IFC, Naoko Ishii, philanthropic organisations, Philippe Le Houerou, Rachel Kyte, Sir Suma Chakrabarti
Making cocoa farming more sustainable and profitable for farmers • USD 24 million benefits generated to smallholders as a result of investments • Reaching 103,000 farmers by 2020/21 season • 23% expected income increase for farmers at year two • … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Financial, Food & Beverage, Society, Switzerland
Tagged Barry Callebaut, cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire, IDH, IFC
Road traffic injuries are a global public health and development problem, killing over 1.2 million people per year and injuring 20-50 million more, according to the World Bank and the World Health Organization AXA, IFC and the World Bank are … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, France, Insurance, Society, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AXA, Dimitris Tsitsiragos, IFC, Jean-Laurent Granier, road safety, the World Bank
Monheim/Kiev, 8-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Bayer CropScience and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced today an innovative partnership to support modernization of agriculture in Ukraine and help the country maximize its farming potential. Securing … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Germany, Ukraine
Tagged Bayer CropScience, IFC, International Finance Corporation, Jesper Kjaer, Kiev, Liam Condon, Monheim, UKRAINE, World Bank Group
Amman, Jordan, 27-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the European Investment Bank (EIB), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and the European Commission through the Neighborhood Investment Facility (NIF) are working together to provide funding for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business
Tagged AFD, Agence Française de Développement, Amman, Dimitris Tsitsiragos, EIB, European Commission, European Investment Bank, finance for small businesses, funding, Hervé Breton, IFC, JORDAN, MENA, Middle East and North Africa, Neighborhood Investment Facility, Philippe de Fontaine Vive, small businesses, SME, SMEs
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