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IFC Performance Standards

International Finance Corporation

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Overview

The Performance Standards are directed towards IFC 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, including stakeholder engagement and disclosure obligations of the client in relation to project-level activities. In the case of its direct investments (including project and corporate finance provided through financial intermediaries), IFC requires its clients to apply the Performance Standards to manage environmental and social risks and impacts so that development opportunities are enhanced.

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About

Name
IFC Performance Standards
Owner(s)
International Finance Corporation
First Published
2006
Licensing Terms
Open Access
Number of Participants
50-100
Applicable Size of Entity
Agnostic/All

Governance

Scheme Holder Type
International Organisation – An organisation established by treaty between a group of nations, such as the United Nations or the ILO.
Core Focus
Operating standard – A standard that sets expectations for the sustainability performance of a standard-holding organisation’s own operations
Claim Type
Business practice performance

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