Delivering ESG In Emerging Markets

In recent years, ESG-driven demands in project finance have been changing not only the financing approach but also the underlying projects themselves. Financiers and project sponsor companies need to meet a seemingly ceaseless array of new global standards that require new policies and reporting.

The pressures of increasingly stringent ESG requirements are also coming from all stakeholders. Intra-national regulators and domestic governments are adopting tighter ESG standards – not just for the underlying projects themselves, but also for the project supply chain and the construction companies involved.

Meanwhile, project sponsors need to attract investors and meet tougher contractual requirements, as well as responding to pressure from employees and shareholders – while also appealing to future employees too. Investors too need to ensure deals qualify for ESG-designated funds, to be able to deploy new sources of liquidity into projects. And other financing