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Guidelines
Green Inclusive Finance: A Framework for Understanding How Financial Services Can Help Low-Income and Vulnerable People Respond to Climate Change
This publication identifies the different financial products and services that can help mitigate adverse impacts on the environment, strengthen resilience against climate-related shocks, and support adaptation to climate change and transition to new livelihoods. It reviews their effectiveness in reaching these objectives, using key results from different impact studies.
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EU Taxonomy
The EU Taxonomy establishes the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives.
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Universal Standards Manual in English - February 2022
The complete manual of the Universal Standards for Social and Environmental Performance Management, as of February 2022.
Case studies & Field examples
Association Base Fandima Develops a Flexible Group Lending Methodology
Brief example of how Association Base Fandima used social audit findings that it was not reaching its target clients to adapt its group lending methodology to increase accessibility to these potential clients.
Tools & Templates
Risques environnementaux et sociaux par secteur d’activité fiches sectorielles
Le site web FIRST for Sustainability propose une série de fiches sectorielles qui identifient le niveau de risques environnementaux et sociaux pour 28 secteurs clés.
Tools & Templates
Social and Environmental Management Guidance for Micro Finance Institutions - Part B. Field Guide
This practical guide published by FMO includes sector factsheets to help MFI staff identify the main social and environmental risks of 24 key sectors (eg. agriculture, fishing, restaurant, transport, handicrafts, etc.). Each factsheet also offers areas for improvement to suggest to clients.
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Manuel des Normes Universelles - Février 2022
La description complète des Normes Universelles de Gestion de la Performance Sociale et Environnementale. Version de février 2022.
Guidelines
Manual de los Estándares Universales - Febrero 2022
Manual completo de los Estándares Universales para el Desempeño Social y Ambiental.
Guidelines
Taxonomie UE
La Taxonomie UE établit les critères d’examen technique permettant de déterminer à quelles conditions une activité économique peut être considérée comme contribuant substantiellement à l’atténuation du changement climatique ou à l’adaptation à celui-ci et si cette activité économique ne cause de préjudice important à aucun des autres objectifs environnementaux.
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Taxonomia UE
La Taxonomia UE establece los criterios técnicos de selección para determinar las condiciones en las que se considera que una actividad económica contribuye de forma sustancial a la mitigación del cambio climático o a la adaptación al mismo, y para determinar si esa actividad económica no causa un perjuicio significativo a ninguno de los demás objetivos ambientales.
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