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Enda Tamweel Tunisia: Environmental Performance Management in Practice #3
This article illustrates how Enda Tamweel, in Tunisia, implements Environmental Performance Management in practice, with a particular focus on offering green financial products for waste management and renewable energy.
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Enda Tamweel Tunisie : Gestion de performance environnementale en pratique #3
Cet article illustre de quelle manière Enda Tamweel, en Tunisie, met en œuvre sa gestion de la Performance Environnementale, avec un focus particulier sur l'offre de produits financiers verts pour la gestion des déchets et les énergies renouvelables.
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Enda Tamweel Túnez: Gestión del desempeño ambiental en práctica #3
Este articulo muestra como Enda Tamweel, en Tunez, implementa la Gestión del Desempeño Ambiental en práctica, con un enfoque particular en la provision de productos financieros verdes para el manejo de desechos y las energias renovables.
Publications
Green inclusive finance - Status, trends and opportunities
This publication by Enclude summarizes the latest thinking about the role of Green Inclusive Finance, the state-of-affairs (as of 2015), and emerging trends.
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European Dialogue - 5th European Microfinance Award - Microfinance and the Environment
This publication presents ten initiatives from FSPs in the field of green inclusive finance. A variety of actions are presented: adoption of an environmental strategy, management of direct and indirect environmental impacts, financial and non-financial products for renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture, water and sanitation, etc. These initiatives were all shortlisted for the 2014 European Microfinance Award.
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DID Reference Framework - Environment
This document looks at the types of risks incurred by financial institutions that ignore environmental concerns, and offers social and environmental management mechanisms to address these risks, based on the experience of DID.
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12 Steps to Resiliency - A Guidebook on Disaster Risk Reduction and Business Continuity Planning for Microfinance Institutions
This guidebook, published by Oikocredit and ASKI, is designed to assist MFIs in improving their capacity towards preparedness, resilience and sustainability in the face of increasing vulnerability to disasters. The guidebook provides easy to follow and practical steps that will help the MFIs in developing their own Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan as well as Business Continuity Plan.
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Adapting to a New Normal - Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change: Best Practices from the European Microfinance Award 2019
This publication presents the factors of success that distinguish ten initiatives from FSPs aiming at strengthening resilience to climate change (at client, staff and institution level). These initiatives were all shortlisted for the 2019 European Microfinance Award.
Guidelines
Access to finance for Renewable Energy technologies - How to do
This note, published by IFAD, provides guidance on how to develop financial services for access to renewable energy technologies in rural areas. It focuses on end-user finance for individual/stand-alone RE solutions for rural households, smallholder farmers, and rural micro, small and medium enterprises. The note provides specific recommendations to FSPs for financial product design and project implementation.
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Access to finance for Renewable Energy technologies - Lessons learned
This note, published by IFAD, synthesizes the lessons learned worldwide in inclusive rural finance projects focused on access to renewable energy technologies.
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