The project consists in a participation into a private equity fund investing in greenfield and early brownfield projects of sustainably managed forest plantations and forest restoration in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund will mainly target environmental infrastructure investments through a landscape restoration approach and sustainable forest management. Sustainable forest management delivers environmental benefits including climate change mitigation (through increased carbon sequestration) and adaptation (through improved watershed management, prevention of soil erosion and protection of biodiversity). The operation will also contribute to to Paris Agreement and to the United Nations Strategic Development Goals. The Fund will be required to develop an environmental and social policy and establish the appropriate management systems so as to comply with the environmental and social requirements of the Bank. The assessment of the environmental and social impacts and risks will be part of the Bank's standard due diligence process. The Fund will have to carry out for each underlying investment an environmental and social assessment, thereby ensuring that the portfolio and these investments are in compliance with national law and in line with the principles and standards of relevant EU environmental legislation as well as with the EIB Environmental and Social Standards.

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