This portal connects visitors to IFC's full range of sustainability products and services and explains the business case for sustainability -- economic, financial, environmental, social, and related to corporate governance -- with success stories from emerging markets.
Sections of the portal include:
- Global standard setting and risk management expertise
- Business opportunities and innovative approaches
- Development impact through investments
- Good practices in corporate governance
- Success stories by region and industry
Using examples from emerging markets, IFC's new portal presents the business case for sustainability, showing how the organization has helped companies strengthen their businesses. For example, in 2005, IFC invested $30 million in a polyvinyl chloride factory in India for the plant's expansion and an environmental upgrade that will enable the company to provide its plastic to the Indian market in a more cost-efficient and sustainable way. In another instance, IFC's support on corporate governance helped Romania's Banca Comerciala Romana carry out one of the most successful privatizations of a bank to date.
