ABC Climate II (IFC-44866)

Countries
  • Brazil
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
UNINFORMED
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Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
FI
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jan 27, 2022
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
BANCO ABC BRASIL SA
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 100.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS May 10, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Nov 24, 2021

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

 The indicative proposed investment consists of a 5-year loan of up to US$100 million to Banco ABC Brasil S.A. (“ABC” or the “Bank”), an existing IFC client since 2009. The proposed investment aims to continue supporting the Bank’s lending to climate-smart sub-projects, with a focus on (i) climate-smart agriculture projects if the sugarcane, coffee and orange crops are granted with an eligible certification (RenovaBio, Bonsucro. Rainforest Alliance and RSB); and (ii) renewable energy projects for the energy generation and transmission associated to sugarcane biomass projects (the “Project”). This Project is part of IFC’s strategy of fostering the greening of the banking sector in Brazil.

People Affected By This Project
People Affected By This Project refers to the communities of people likely to be affected positively or negatively by a project.

IFC expects that this Project will increase access to climate finance in Brazil, particularly in (i) the renewable energy segment by supporting the generation, transmission and distribution associated to sugarcane biomass projects and (ii) climate smart agriculture segment with eligible loans that are accepted if the sugarcane, coffee and orange crops are granted with an eligible certification.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Banco ABC Brasil S.A. Client Finance

Contact Information
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Banco ABC Brasil S.A.
Patricia Ackermann
Financial Institutions Relationship Manager
+55 (11) 99983-2676
patricia.ackermann@abcbrasil.com.br
São Paulo, SP Brasil
https://www.abcbrasil.com.br/

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