Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB) is an independent,

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foundation under

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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 Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...

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 BPCE (for Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne) is a major French banking group formed by the 2009 merger of two major retail banking groups, Groupe Caisse d'Épargne and Groupe Banque Populaire. As of 2021, it was France's fourth-largest bank, t ...

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 municipalities and their stakeholders. GIB also organizes the GIB Sustainable Infrastructure Summit and is regularly asked to provide input at sustainable infrastructure events. GIB has also developed the SmartScan, an infrastructure self- assessment tool that provides a rapid assessment of an infrastructure project against sustainability and resilience criteria covering Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues.

Publications

GIB and UNEP Inquiry have partnered to publish the often-cited working paper "Sustainable Infrastructure and Finance" (published 2016). In August 2016, GIB and the UN Global Compact Cities Programme signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a view to developing synergies and collaboration as well as sharing knowledge and expertise on a range of topics.

Organisational affiliations

GIB is supported by the Swiss Government and many other partners, such as WWF,

ICLEI ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI, originally International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) is an international non-governmental organization that promotes sustainable development. ICLEI provides technical consult ...

and the

European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the 27 member states. It is the largest multilateral financial institution in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt sol ...

. GIB is an Observer of the Green Bond Principles. Since 2016, GIB is member of the Steering Committee of the

Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) is a coalition of more than sixty organizations actively working to accelerate investment into sustainable infrastructure. The Alliance brings together a wide range of public and private institu ...

(CCFLA), which was launched at the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Summit in September 2014.

References

{{reflist International non-profit organizations Sustainable urban planning International organisations based in Switzerland