Buildings, Energy and Resource Efficiency, BERE

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an investor and advisor supporting sustainable economic growth in developing countries by making private sector investments, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets, and providing advisory services to businesses and governments.

The Scaling Up Climate Finance through Greening the Financial Sector – also known as the 30 by 30 zero program – is a technical assistance program funded by the German government and led by IFC, in partnership with the World Bank (WB) and national stakeholders. It aims to harness the financial sector in targeted countries to considerably scale up private sector financing for climate mitigation and adaptation projects in line with their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) targets. The program is being implemented in Egypt, Mexico, the Philippines and South Africa, from 2021 to 2027. The program’s short name reflects the aspirational target to increase climate lending by banks (to close to 30 percent of their portfolio by 2030), and to reduce their coal exposure while managing climate-related risks. The program plans to collaborate with a partner bank in South Africa to support training and skills development for bank staff in the financing of green building, energy efficiency and resource efficiency.

IFC is seeking the services of a firm to deliver this training.