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RSVP for a discussion on gender considerations in infrastructure🚌👩🏽✈️ with insights from Colombia’s @LaRolitaBog & IFC.
🎙️ Speakers include: @CaRolita092022, @HenrietteKolb, Anais Julienne, Katherine Heller
🗓️ June 20, 2024
🕙 10am ET
🔗https://t.co/ulT7bd3dSy
Barbados is partnering with the IFC to structure a global tendering process for the development of a new utility-scale wind energy project at Lamberts, St. Lucy. The project is likely to attract an investment of approx. US$80M in wind-generated RE adding 30-40MW to the grid.
Sustainability-linked Finance indexes finance to ESG, & @IFC_org sees potential for social KPIs to bring climate & social development together & make both better. Great to hear the finance community ask questions on how practice can evolve to support the #JustTransition
Speaking @#aef23 IFC’s Global Energy Manager Elsa Le Borgne reminds us that a #JustTransition will depend on actions at personal, organizational and governmental level. @IFCAfrica
Bridging #Africa's energy gap requires sustainable & impactful investments. Timely discussion today w/ @IFC_org’s Elsa de Borgne, Manager for Global Energy Infrastructure at #AEF2023 on the importance of a #JustTransition.
Sustainability-linked Finance indexes finance to ESG, & @IFC_org sees potential for social KPIs to bring climate & social development together & make both better. Great to hear the finance community ask questions on how practice can evolve to support the #JustTransition
Heard at #aef23 - @IFC_org E&S performance standards can be challenging but down the road benefit projects by building buy-in from communities and social license.
.#aef23 kicks off today in #Nairobi, #Kenya. Bridging Africa’s electricity access gap and supporting the continent’s energy transition are central to IFC’s work. Visit the @IFC_org & @MIGA stand to connect and learn more.
Innovation is transforming #Africa’s energy sector. Join @IFC_org at #aef23 in #Nairobi this week, June 20-23, to connect and engage on working together to expand access to clean & affordable electricity. #IFCInfrastructure
How can the mining industry become more environmentally sustainable, inclusive & socially responsible? ESG may be the key to mining’s #NetZero future. Learn more in this 🆕 blog from @vnyhanjones & @RMI's Lachlan Wright.
👉https://t.co/tGdxBpUCge
#ESG#Sustainability#AEF2023
Kicking off #aef23. Heard at the @GAC_Corporate panel on Implementing and Financing Renewable Energy projects in Africa, “Investing in RE in Africa is investing in the future of the world”.
My favourite takeaway at the @IFC_org event on climate smart mining & climate change in general is “winning slowly is the same as losing.” Accelerated action is needed now #MiningIndaba2022#ClimateAction
🇺🇸 “Women must be at the table, including as engineers designing solutions to climate challenges from a holistic perspective,” says IFC’s @vnyhanjones. Read here about why enlisting everyone to curb #ClimateChange isn’t an option but a necessity. https://t.co/UHSajaMEDU #IWD2022
REGISTER NOW to interact with our global network of change-makers at the virtual Sustainability Exchange on JUNE 9!
You’ll learn about energy transitions, smart urban mobility, connectivity & inclusion, and more.
RSVP ➡️ https://t.co/zSinmdFWJc #IFCexchange#IFCinfrastructure
#IFCexchange in Freetown, Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
Minister @dsengeh & @MichalaMackay are discussing how we need to ensure that learning is universal, accessible, and inclusive. TUNE IN NOW: https://t.co/YiQFYUvxdk
#IFCinfrastructure