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Sure I Can Dance
SuRe (The Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure) is a global voluntary standard which integrates key criteria of sustainability and resilience into infrastructure development and upgrade. It has been developed by the Swiss Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation and the French bank Natixis. The aim of the standard is twofold: it not only guides project owners to develop infrastructure projects that perform highly with regard to sustainability and resilience aspects — taking into account social, environmental and governance criteria and best practices; it also serves as a tool to communicate the sustainability and resilience benefits to potential investors, thus channelling more financial flows into infrastructure development and boosting sustainable socioeconomic development globally. The Standard was launched at 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). SuRe® is governed by three bodies (Secretariat, Standard Committee and Stakeholder Council) in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB) is an independent, not-for-profit foundation under Swiss law active in the field of sustainable urban infrastructure. The CEO of GIB is Louis Downing. Activities GIB supports various stakeholders, such as governments, banks and cities, in the designing, implementing and financing of infrastructure projects at all stages of the project cycle. Currently, the foundation particularly works on: * The SuRe Standard – The Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure: a global voluntary ISEAL standard, developed in cooperation with the French bank Natixis that integrates key criteria of sustainability and resilience into infrastructure development and upgrade; * a Resilience and Sustainability Credit Rating; * Capacity building services to enable infrastructure developers, financiers, and public sector actors to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to create green infrastructure.; and * consultancy and tailored services to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |