GGF 2 (IFC-42478)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • Middle East and North Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
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
B
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
Dec 18, 2019
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
Green for Growth Fund, Southeast Europe S.A., SICAV-SIF
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • 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)
$ 66.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 66.00 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 Jan 4, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Nov 12, 2019

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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.

According to IFC website, the project is an IFC investment of up to USD 66 million in A shares in the Green for Growth Fund (GGF) which was launched in December 2009 and by year-end 2018 has reached total investment portfolio of EUR 463 million. It aims to provide financing for the Fund to continue its increasing reach in catalyzing the development and capacity building in sustainable commercial lending market for energy efficiency and renewable energy investments in the target regions.  

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.

i) Project outcome: The most significant, expected Project-level outcome is increased access to climate mitigation finance, such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other green financing in the Fund's operational regions of ECA and MENA. The Project will also result in reducing carbon emissions and energy savings in energy intensive and highly polluted regions.

ii) Market creation: IFC anticipates that the Project will enhance integration among public and private investors in the green financing segment by demonstrating to the wider investor community that climate mitigation investments represent an attractive risk-reward profile for all parties. IFC also anticipates that the investment will promote greater market sustainability through climate finance capacity building in ECA and MENA.

Investment Description
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Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.

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