Omar Hamdy

Glossary. Environmental and social risk

Performance Standards

Performance Standards

IFC's eight standards for managing environmental and social risk, the common benchmark in project finance.

Usage: Write "IFC PS" once.

معايير الأداء (المعيار 1 إلى 8)

المعايير الثمانية لمؤسسة التمويل الدولية لإدارة المخاطر البيئية والاجتماعية، والمرجع الشائع في تمويل المشروعات.

المصدر: إرشادات مؤسسة التمويل الدولية بالعربية

Source of the Arabic term: IFC Arabic guidance notes

Why a lender reads this

A development finance credit line comes with environmental and social requirements, usually the IFC Performance Standards or the EBRD requirements. The lender must screen, categorise and monitor each loan against them, and the DFI checks that it did.

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