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January 2018

Greening the Belt and Road Initiative

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers both opportunities and risks for investors, for sustainable development, and for natural resources. Financial institutions have a key role to play to ensure that its programmes and projects are delivered in ways that invest in and enhance natural capital and ensure a net gain for the environment. This report provides recommendations to the finance sector in three main areas: (i) Integrating sustainability in infrastructure decisionmaking; (ii) Demonstrating the sustainable business opportunity; and (iii) Scaling up sustainable infrastructure.
8 October 2018 to 12 October 2018
Partner Event

Environmental Leadership Programme for the Green Development of the “Belt and Road Initiative” - Course for Policymakers

On 8-12 October 2018, UN Environment and the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO) co-hosted the Environmental Leadership Programme for the Green Development of the “Belt and Road Initiative” for representatives from national governments in the Central Asian countries in Turin, Italy.

Sharing Experience and Knowledge for a Sustainable Belt and Road

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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Sharing Experience and Knowledge for a Sustainable Belt and Road project will support the opportunities for sustainable development associated with Belt and Road investments by increasing Belt and Road stakeholders’ awareness and understanding of the sustainable development opportunities and challenges associated with Belt and Road investments, and policy conditions required to enable and address them. This outcome will be achieved through knowledge, data collection and sharing, as well as capacity building.
21 November 2017

A Sustainable Look at the Belt and Road - Q&A with Fulai Sheng

Sheng Fulai
"Making sure the Belt and Road Initiative is sustainable requires a myriad of tailored guidance, tools, best practices, and strategic thinking. It requires the active involvement of those with the knowledge and expertise to build green," says Sheng Fulai, Senior Economist at the UN Environment.
May 2018

The Role of Investors in Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure Under the Belt and Road Initiative

Chatham House
The paper The Role of Investors in Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure Under the Belt and Road Initiative examines how the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the European bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs) encourage the use of sustainable procurement by their borrowers, and how China’s policy banks approach this issue.
19 August 2019
Other News

Beijing's Green Belt & Road Forum Draws Global Lenders

BEIJING, Aug.

May 2018

The Role of Investors in Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure Under the Belt and Road Initiative (Chinese Version)

Chatham House
The paper The Role of Investors in Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure Under the Belt and Road Initiative examines how the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the European bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs) encourage the use of sustainable procurement by their borrowers, and how China’s policy banks approach this issue.
December 2017

Investing in a Green Belt and Road? Assessing the Implementation of China’s Green Credit Guidelines Abroad

Friends of the Earth

The report Investing in a Green Belt and Road? Assessing the Implementation of China’s Green Credit Guidelines Abroad examines seven case studies to assess Chinese's banks' compliance with the China's Green Credit Guidelines (GCG) in their overseas lending practices.

February 2018

China Green Bond Market 2017

Climate Bonds Initiative
This report China Green Bond Market 2017 is the second annual flagship publication reviewing China’s progress on green bond issuance, policy development and market growth.
February 2018

China Green Bond Market 2017 (Chinese Version)

Climate Bonds Initiative
This report China Green Bond Market 2017 is the second annual flagship publication reviewing China’s progress on green bond issuance, policy development and market growth.

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