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IFC Performance Standards

International Finance Corporation

The Performance Standards are directed towards IFC clients, providing guidance on how to identify risks and impacts, and are designed to help avoid, mitigate, and manage risks and impacts as a way of doing business in a sustainable way, including stakeholder engagement and disclosure obligations of the client in relation to project-level activities. In the case of its direct investments (including project and corporate finance provided through financial intermediaries), IFC requires its clients to apply the Performance Standards to manage environmental and social risks and impacts so that development opportunities are enhanced.

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  • Current Version: v2 (2012)
  • First Published: 2006
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Click on the arrows next to the topics in the table below to see the ESG topics covered by the IFC Performance Standards, and what its requirements are.

The statements detailing the requirements are cross-compatible, allowing you to compare the exact coverage areas of multiple standards or regulations.

This data is continually updated by TDi Sustainability's analysts as new standards and regulations are created, or the applicability or as the requirements of standards and regulations change over time.

You can download this data for the ASI Performance Standard by clicking on download this data on the right. If you’d like to compare the IFC Performance Standards with other standards and regulations, please go back to the standards and regulations browser and select multiple options to compare.

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Management Systems

Risk and Impact Assessments and Management

BUSINESS ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Stakeholder Engagement

RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

Supply Chain Practices

LABOUR

Occupational Health and Safety

Labour Rights

Employment Terms and Conditions

COMMUNITY

Land Acquisition and Resettlement

Community Rights, Health, Relations and Development

HUMAN RIGHTS

Indigenous Peoples

Security Forces

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental Policy

Waste Management

Hazardous and Toxic Substances

Material Stewardship

Energy Efficiency

Climate Action and Emissions

Water Stewardship

Land Management

Biodiversity

CLOSURE AND RECLAMATION