The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World
Bank Group, is the largest multilateral provider of financing for private
enterprise in developing countries. IFC finances private sector
investments, mobilizes capital in international financial markets,
facilitates trade, helps clients improve social and environmental
sustainability, and provides technical assistance and advice to businesses
and governments. From its founding in 1956 through FY06, IFC has committed
more than $56 billion of its own funds for private sector investments in
the developing world and mobilized an additional $25 billion in
syndications for 3,531 companies in 140 developing countries. With the
support of funding from donors, it has also provided more than $1 billion
in technical assistance and advisory services.
| Category |
Submission Date |
Submission Title |
| News |
10.21.2008 |
IFC and Bank of Scotland Host Summit to Promote Access to Finance |
| News |
10.16.2008 |
IFC and AccountAbility to Help Emerging Market Companies Become CSR Leaders |
| News |
10.07.2008 |
IFC and ILO to Improve Labor Standards and Competitiveness in Vietnam’s Apparel Industry |
| News |
10.02.2008 |
IFC and MI-BOSPO Report Shows Women Entrepreneurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina Face Challenges |
| News |
9.25.2008 |
IFC Appoints New Director for Environment and Social Development |
| News |
9.17.2008 |
IFC Partners with Global Reporting Initiative to Improve |
| News |
9.16.2008 |
IFC Partners with the Global Reporting Initiative to Promote Sustainability Reporting in Emerging Markets |
| News |
8.01.2008 |
Employment Opportunity: Senior Projects Officer – Social Responsibility |
| News |
4.08.2008 |
Lighting Africa 2008 - First Global Business Conference and Competition for Off-grid Lighting in Africa |
| News |
3.12.2008 |
International Finance Corporation and United Nations Release Study of Human Rights and Investment Contracts |
| News |
2.11.2008 |
IFC Agreement with ING Bank Supports Abatement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Ukraine |
| News |
2.07.2008 |
Applications Sought for IFC Social Responsibility Agribusiness Consultants |
| News |
2.07.2008 |
IFC and ILO Team Up to Support Jordanian Clothing Exports Through Improved Labor Standards |
| News |
1.31.2008 |
IFC Promotes Sustainable Banking in the Middle East |
| News |
1.30.2008 |
Standard & Poor's ESG India Index Launched |
| News |
1.17.2008 |
International Finance Corporation (IFC) Seeks Senior Project Officer For Social Responsibility Team |
| News |
1.16.2008 |
Emerging Market Companies Win by Using Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Business, a Joint IFC and SustainAbility Report Reveals |
| News |
11.30.2007 |
IFC and Mercer Launch First Sustainability Survey in Emerging Markets |
| News |
11.19.2007 |
Innovating to Support Women Entrepreneurs |
| News |
10.19.2007 |
IFC and Donor Partners to Leverage Private Sector Potential in Addressing Climate Change |
| News |
10.02.2007 |
IFC and Westpac Sponsor Workshop to Help Boost Lending to Women Entrepreneurs |
| News |
9.07.2007 |
IFC Publishes Lessons Learned on Solar Energy |
| News |
9.05.2007 |
World Bank Group Launches New Initiative to Light Africa |
| News |
9.04.2007 |
IFC Congratulates Societe Generale on Adopting Equator Principles |
| News |
8.15.2007 |
New World Bank Group Studies Celebrate Tanzania's Success in Promoting Gender Equality, Recommend Further Changes |
| News |
8.07.2007 |
IFC and UN Cooperate on Study of Investment Contracts and Human Rights |
| News |
7.17.2007 |
IFC to Launch Initiative to Protect Biodiversity in Agricultural Commodities Production |
| News |
7.12.2007 |
Collaboration with Stakeholders Needed to Improve Working Conditions in Shenzhen’s Information and Communication Technology Industry |
| News |
5.15.2007 |
IFC Launches a New Handbook on Stakeholder Engagement |
| News |
5.14.2007 |
IFC Celebrates One Year of New Environmental and Social Standards: |
| News |
5.07.2007 |
IFC and Aureos Launch New Initiative to Promote SME Sustainability |
| News |
4.11.2007 |
State Street Global Advisors Launches Rexiter Global Emerging Markets Sustainability Strategy: |
| News |
4.02.2007 |
Short List Selected for 2007 FT Sustainable Banking Awards |
| News |
3.28.2007 |
IFC and ICF Win UN-Habitat Environmental Award for Wetland Conservation Project |
| News |
3.27.2007 |
Banks Gain Competitive Edge through Sustainability-Oriented Risk Management and Product Development, Says New IFC Publication "Banking on Sustainability" |
| News |
3.21.2007 |
Global Financial Leaders Discuss Sustainable Finance |
| News |
3.16.2007 |
2007 FT Sustainable Banking Awards Draw 151 Submissions from 104 Banks in 51 Countries |
| News |
3.13.2007 |
IFC Offers Guidance to the Private Sector in Relation to ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples |
| News |
2.12.2007 |
IFC and Raiffeisen Partnership for Energy Efficiency Lending in Hungary Helps Renovate 300 Apartment Blocks |
| News |
2.06.2007 |
IFC and SustainAbility In Search of Emerging Markets Companies with Good Environmental, Social and Governance Practices |
| News |
12.06.2006 |
IFC and IETA to Collaborate on Business Solutions to Climate Change |
| News |
11.14.2006 |
IFC Helps Companies Identify Business Opportunities Through Improved Animal Welfare |
| News |
11.09.2006 |
Banks Team Up to Support Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide: |
| News |
10.16.2006 |
IFC and Austria Support the Roll-Out of Energy Efficiency Loans for the Housing Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| News |
10.10.2006 |
IFC Launches Lessons of Experience on BTC and Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Projects |
| News |
10.02.2006 |
IFC Conducts Media and Advocacy Training as Part of Gender Assessment in Tanzania |
| News |
9.27.2006 |
IFC Awards Grant to CRISIL, Standard & Poor's, KLD, Trucost, and CLSA to Study Environmental and Social Data for Emerging Market Equity Investors |
| News |
9.19.2006 |
IFC Reports Gains in Sustainable Development Indicators |
| News |
8.25.2006 |
IFC and ILO Team Up to Improve Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains |
| News |
8.23.2006 |
IFC Backs Effort to Cut Energy Costs for Schools Throughout Hungary |
| News |
7.18.2006 |
IFC Launches New Sustainability Web Portal, Providing One-Stop Access to Its Sustainability Resources |
| News |
7.06.2006 |
Financial Institutions Announce Revision of Equator Principles |
| News |
6.02.2006 |
World Bank Group Studies Highlight Women's Economic Potential in Kenya |
| News |
5.30.2006 |
IFC Report Shows the Way for the Financial Sector to Better Seize Opportunities and Manage Risks Through Sustainability |
| News |
5.17.2006 |
IFC Establishes Risk-Sharing Facility with Industrial Bank to Boost Energy Efficiency Project Lending in China |
| News |
5.17.2006 |
IFC Contributes $1 Million to XinAo Gas' Energy Efficiency Operations |
| News |
4.24.2006 |
''Choices Matter'': IFC Mainstreams Sustainable Energy in Core Investments Says New Sustainability Report |
| News |
4.05.2006 |
IFC Launches Competition to Expand Environmental and Social Information for Emerging Market Equity Investors |
| News |
3.28.2006 |
New Reports Offer Investors Guidance for Assessing Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in Asian Businesses |
| News |
3.24.2006 |
IFC Joins Global Philanthropy Forum |
| News |
3.23.2006 |
IFC Launches Web-based Private Sector Guide to Biodiversity |
| News |
2.21.2006 |
IFC Adopts New Environmental and Social Standards |
| News |
2.14.2006 |
IFC launched Good Practice on Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity |
| News |
10.31.2005 |
60-Day Public Comment Period Reaches Halfway Point for Input on the New Draft Sustainability Policy and Performance Standards and the draft Disclosure Policy |
| News |
8.17.2004 |
IFC Launches Consultation Phase on Safeguard Update and Disclosure Review |
| News |
2.11.2004 |
Seeking Comments - International Financial Corporation Safeguard-Disclosure Policy Review |
| News |
6.03.2003 |
Leading International Banks to Announce Major Initiative -- The Equator Principles |
| Events |
4.25.2007 - 4.27.2007 |
Global Financial Leaders Discuss Sustainable Finance |
| Reports |
9.19.2006 |
2006 Annual Report - Increasing Impact |
| Reports |
4.27.2006 |
2005 Sustainability Report |
