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Green Finance

Impacts related to climate change have no borders. People need financial security as well as resilient working and living environments. That is why climate change mitigation and environmental protection are among the most pressing tasks when it comes to development cooperation. There is an opportunity to deliver improved social, environmental and economic outcomes for people, including support to Criação de empregos e comunidades mais resilientes, bem como um ambiente mais limpo e saudável. Ao ajudar seus clientes a construir resiliência e se adaptar aos efeitos das mudanças climáticas. Ajude as instituições financeiras em todo o mundo com o desenvolvimento, implementação e promoção de produtos financeiros inovadores, que apóiam uma transição suave de uma economia resiliente climática convencional para sustentável. A GOPA AFC tem capacidade e programas para treinar e treinar funcionários nas operações diárias, projetar e apoiar a conscientização sobre os riscos climáticos e demonstrar oportunidades e benefícios de investimentos verdes e ambientalmente sólidos para instituições financeiras e seus clientes.

Investments in climate mitigation and adaptation measures are essential and factors such as strong domestic financial markets and access to green finance play a key role and contribute to the “greening” of economic activities and living conditions worldwide. Financial institutions, such as banks, leasing companies, microfinance institutions, credit unions and other financial service providers can play an important role in helping their clients build resilience and adapt to the effects of climate change.

GOPA AFC advises financial institutions on how to establish and successfully develop their own ‘greening’ strategy, which influences all financial products and services to clientele and ensures that they are not only commercially viable, but also engage in climate-friendly activities and stimulate economically healthy businesses and responsible practices, as well as improve living conditions.

We help financial institutions across the globe with the development, implementation, and promotion of innovative financial products, which support a smooth transition from a conventional to sustainable climate resilient economy. GOPA AFC has the capacity and programs to train and coach staff on day-to-day operations, design and support awareness raising on climate risks, and demonstrate opportunities and benefits of green and environmentally sound investments to financial institutions and their clients.

Apoiamos instituições financeiras para identificar, avaliar e gerenciar riscos ambientais e sociais (E&S) gerados pelas atividades e projetos que eles financiam. Além disso, a GOPA AFC auxilia a realizar a due diligence ambiental e social (ESDD) e estabelecer sistemas de gestão ambiental e social (ESMS) na instituição financeira. Infra

Since 2007, when GOPA AFC became a member of the GOPA Group , the company has benefited from a competitive advantage of having close working relationships with sister companies such as GOPA Infra e sua experiência em desenvolvimento de infraestrutura; Gopa INTEC , Exceling em Eficiência Energética (EE)/ Tecnologias de Energia Renovável (Re); ou Gopa Worldwide , que aborda ativamente as mudanças climáticas e a depleção de recursos naturais. Impacto. Por exemplo, a Gopa AFC implementou com sucesso programas de financiamento habitacional com eficiência energética na Armênia, Quirguistão e Índia; Projetado de produtos de empréstimos personalizados para instituições financeiras locais; aprimorou a capacidade dos agentes de empréstimos; e facilitou a promoção dos créditos de EE entre o público. O banco se beneficiou da equipe aprimorada e da capacidade operacional e pode gerenciar independentemente a linha de crédito do EE, identificar o potencial de economia de energia entre os clientes e atrair clientes em potencial para eficiência energética e empréstimos de energia renovável. Divulgação.  O IGFP serve para orientar o país na transição de um sistema financeiro convencional para um sustentável e ajudará a identificar, rastrear, monitorar e demonstrar o escopo e o volume de fluxos financeiros verdes e inclusivos, seja na forma de um empréstimo, a base de empréstimos, a garantia e alguns outros instrumentos financeiros. (Ampaz). Além disso, facilitamos os investimentos em financiamento favoráveis ​​à biodiversidade no setor privado através da instalação de financiamento de biodiversidade KFW/ EADB em Uganda. Pipelines ao triagem e avaliando propostas de investimento, bem como na agricultura resiliente ao clima. Comprado de fornecedores confiáveis ​​usando fundos de crédito subsidiados do governo alemão. 17

Snapshot of relevant project examples AFC is proud of:

  • Development of an e-learning course on Climate Finance, Resilience, and Financing for Biodiversity Impact.
  • Conduction of a series of showcase projects, raising awareness, and highlighting the benefits of energy-efficiency investments on the local markets.
  • Our experience in climate finance further expands to developing green loan products including EE and small-scale RE financing for (M)SMEs and households. For example, GOPA AFC has successfully implemented energy-efficient housing finance programs in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and India; designed tailored loan products for local financial institutions; enhanced the capacity of loan officers; and facilitated the promotion of EE credits among the public.
  • Assisting the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) in establishing a Credit Line for Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection. The bank benefited from enhanced staff and operational capacity and can independently manage the EE credit line, identify energy savings potential amongst clients, and attract potential clients for energy efficiency and renewable energy loans.
  • In East Africa, GOPA AFC has supported 15 financial institutions to manage environmental and social (E&S) risk in their activities and provided trainings in Climate Risk Management and Opportunities, highlighting the need for climate-related financial disclosure.
  • GOPA AFC, on behalf of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), has developed the framework foundations for an inclusive green finance policy (IGFP) for the financial sector of Papua New Guinea, in partnership with the Bank of Papua New Guinea and the Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI).  The IGFP serves to guide the country in transitioning from a conventional to a sustainable financial system and will help to identify, track, monitor, and demonstrate the scope and volume of green and inclusive financial flows, whether it is in the form of a loan, equity, guarantee, or some other financial instrument.
  • Contribution to the development of financing mechanisms for the sustainable management of natural resources in Colombia for the GIZ Environment and Peace Project (AmPaz). Moreover, we facilitated biodiversity-friendly financing investments in the private sector through the KfW/ EADB Biodiversity Financing Facility in Uganda.
  • An outstanding example of productive synergies among GOPA sister companies is the “Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Support Programme” which has been implemented by several GOPA units with essential technical input from GOPA AFC in preparing project pipelines by screening and evaluating investment proposals, as well as on Climate-Resilient Agriculture.
  • Another good example of cooperation between GOPA AFC and its sister GOPA intec, is a project in Pakistan, supporting the Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company in setting up a targeted credit facility earmarked for households in rural and remote areas, in need for off-grid solar home systems, which can be purchased from reliable vendors using subsidised credit funds of the German government.