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IDB America
February 2004
Roger Hamilton |
No more business as usual Why enforcement of environmental laws is starting to replace Latin America's longtime culture of noncompliance   |
IDB America
September 2003
Roger Hamilton |
Is government up to the job? When it comes to environmental management, government is both the problem and the solution. But are governmental institutions in Latin America up to the challenge? |
IDB America
April 2008
Paul Constance |
Private Capital Drives a Green Energy Boom Inter-American Development Bank funds leverage investments in ethanol, biodiesel, wind, solar, hydroelectric and tidal energy in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
IDB America
June 2005 |
Environment Fund Reaches Across Brazil Brazil's National Environmental Fund (FNMA, after its initials in Portuguese) has pushed for more than 2,000 projects throughout the country. Recently, NGOs and municipalities are helping to carry out national environmental policy there. |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2008
Hepeng Jia |
China to Establish Environment Ministry This Year An environment ministry with new powers to enforce green legislation is to replace China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) later this year. |
IDB America
September 2005
Bruce Babbit |
Big Dreams, Big Decisions Massive infrastructure projects planned for Latin America demand strong environmental measures. |
Science News
March 10, 2007 |
Science Safari: National Environmental Education Week This web site provides information on the annual National Environmental Education Week that will culminate with Earth Day. |
Geotimes
April 2006
Frank T. Manheim |
A New Look at Mining and the Environment: Finding Common Ground The current impasse between environmentalists and industry is unique among advanced nations. The U.S. conflict contrasts sharply with policy in Sweden, where a dynamic mining and mineral industry coexists with a strong national environmental commitment in a high-wage, strong economy. |
IDB America
February 2003 |
IDB supports sustainable development in Ecuadorian Amazon The IDB signed documents for $10.5 million in financing for projects to support sustainable development of Ecuador's Northern Amazon Region and decentralization of environmental management. |
IDB America
November 2005
Robert Montgomery |
The IDB and the Camisea Project Favorable economic impact is expected to continue through the 30-year life of the IDB-funded natural gas project, improving Peru's standard of living. |
IDB America
January 2006 |
IDB Approves New Environmental Policy This policy brings will steer the Bank's work toward mainstreaming environmental considerations across sectors, safeguarding the environmental quality of all IDB operations and making the Bank socially and environmentally responsible within its own facilities. |
Information Today
June 18, 2015 |
EPA Mapping Tool Identifies Environmental Problem Areas The mapping and screening tool helps state and local government officials, researchers, and advocates locate communities facing environmental risks based on nationwide, consistent data. |
IDB America
March 2003 |
Support in a time of crisis A senior IDB manager calls for greater equity in development |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Kathryn McPhail |
How Oil, Gas, and Mining Projects Can Contribute to Development Oil, gas, and mining projects could be a boon for developing host countries, yet their environmental and social costs often outweigh their benefits. Partnerships between project developers, governments, and local communities are crucial for projects to have a lasting development impact. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2010
Tom Muller |
Contamination Examination Tainted properties may be worth the risk for savvy investors. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2011
Tom R. Mounteer |
Environmental Risk: 10 Myths Do you really know what your liability is? Buyers, sellers, borrowers, and lenders frequently misperceive environmental liability risk in acquisitions and financings. |
Searcher
December 2002
Barbie E. Keiser |
Our Environment: Part 2, Governments, Laws, and Organizations International organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and governmental agencies provide vast resources of environmental information, documentation, publications, research, statistics, and databases. |
U.S. Banker
December 2005 |
The Green Revolution Are banks sacrificing profits for activists' principles? |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
Marla Brill |
Sustainability Indexes: Pros And Cons Environmental, social and governance criteria are the basis. |
Salon.com
January 11, 2001
Anthony York |
Baked Alaska? Fearing a return to the days of James Watt, green activists mobilize to spike Bush's environmental nominees... |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
Gazette Environmental Group Honors IDB... Italy Considers MIF Support Fund... |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Leone & Reason |
Dirty Secrets Companies may be burying billions more in environmental liabilities than their financial statements show. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 12, 2007
Katherine Burger |
The Pressure Is On Banks and Their IT Organizations To Address Environmental Issues HSBC is the latest among leading financial institutions to commit to addressing climate change and other environmental issues. |
Bank Technology News
July 2008
Rebecca Sausner |
Call It a `Green' FICO Diane Baum hopes that her automated environmental assessment, dubbed "Enviroscore," will simplify commercial lenders' decision-making process when it comes to evaluating the environmental risk of a proposed transaction. |
IDB America
October 2005
Daniel Drosdoff |
Industrial Good Neighbors How an Argentine company won support for its Peruvian investments through proactive social and environmental policies. |
IDB America
February 2002
Roger Hamilton |
Beyond economics Ecotourism aims not only to turn a profit, but also to help communities and protect nature... |
Financial Advisor
September 2010
Eric Rasmussen |
Counting On Green The BP disaster has thrown a spotlight on environmental, social and governance data. |
Chemistry World
October 25, 2013
Emily James |
AstraZeneca to close environmental lab and cut 71 jobs The 71 employees at the Brixham Environmental Laboratory in Devon, UK. will lose their jobs in March 2014, as the laboratory's environmental operations are not a core part of the company's strategy to develop innovative new medicines. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2015
Papa & Coyne |
Environmental Due Diligence Consider the advantages of proactive sell-side assessments. |
IDB America
October 2006 |
Optimism on Energy IDB president envisions a future in which Latin America provides energy security and stability to the Western Hemisphere. |
IDB America
February 2004 |
IDB supports coastal management in Ecuador The IDB in February approved a $12.4 million loan to Ecuador to improve and expand the management of coastal resources, enhancing conservation and environmental protection. |
Bank Technology News
March 2009
John Adams |
Spotting Bad Environmental Bets The Inter-American Development Bank recently deployed a tech platform allowing it to quickly and accurately assess, track, report and store detailed data on the sustainability risks of projects it finances. |
Chemistry World
June 5, 2014
Hepeng Jia |
China gets tough with polluters Amid worsening soil, water and air pollution, China has announced what it is calling the strictest environmental laws to date. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
Karen Krebsbach |
Wall Street Banks Go Greener with Principles on Power Sector Three of the world's top financial institutions have released The Carbon Principles: climate-change guidelines for advisors and lenders to U.S. coal and other greenhouse gas-intensive industries. |
IDB America
October 2004
Enrique V. Iglesias |
Solving the Competitiveness Conundrum The IDB is proud of the role it has played in promoting administrative, financial and judicial reform in its Latin American member countries, both through the Bank's lending programs and in the many innovative initiatives taken by its Multilateral Investment Fund. |
Parameters
Summer 2006
Dan Henk |
The Environment, the US Military, and Southern Africa Regardless of who ultimately takes responsibility for creating the focus, the US military would get more from its environmental investments in southern Africa if they were part of a more coherent strategy for dealing with regional environmental opportunities and threats. |
Entrepreneur
October 2002
Mark Henricks |
A New Standard Finished sweating through your ISO 9000 certification? Time to think about ISO 14001. |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
New Amazonians Latin America is attempting to create a relationship between man and nature that includes the history, heritage and views of local people. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2011
John J. Heft |
Environmental Deal Breakers Environmental liability concerns can serve as major deal breakers during commercial real estate sales and transfers. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Ben Elgin |
Banks: All About the Green Big banks such as Citi and Bank of America are touting new environmental initiatives, but how much are they really doing to combat global warming? |
IDB America
December 2001
Christina Mac Culloch |
A thirst for ethics Frustration with corruption in public life has mobilized civil society in many Latin American countries. Now, the IDB has launched an initiative on social capital, ethics, and development. |
IDB America
February 2006 |
IDB Expands Support for Private Sector The bank's newly appointed Private Sector Coordinator discusses new challenges and responses to Latin America's and the Caribbean's private sector financial needs. |
Reason
June 2009
Lynn Scarlett |
Scarlett Green The author, now consulting for the Environmental Defense Fund, spoke with reason about her three biggest frustrations working for eight years making environmental policy under the Bush administration. |
Fast Company
June 2006
Cheryl Dahle |
The Greening of Goldman An investment bank links environmental sustainability to profit. |
U.S. Banker
August 2008
Rebecca Sausner |
Risk Assessment: Call It a `Green' FICO Banks need to calculate the environmental risk of a proposed transaction; a new automated system, "Enviroscore," will simplify that process. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
Robert F. Keane |
The Green Advisor: More Investors Going Green, But Advisors? The majority of clients say that their advisors never suggest environmental investments. |
IDB America
August 2005 |
"A Bigger, More Creative, More Efficient Bank..." After 17 years as IDB president, Enrique V. Iglesias offers an assessment of the Bank's performance and reflects on Latin America's uneven economic progress. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2006
Johnson, Kesling & Rosenbaum |
Retirement Plan FIN 47 may help to create opportunities for companies and developers by prompting companies to assess their retired properties' identifiable and quantifiable costs. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
Advice and dissent After Seattle and Washington, street protests have become standard features at big international gatherings, along with the traditional speeches and receptions. So the near absence of demonstrators at the IDB's annual meeting in New Orleans last March came as somewhat of a surprise.... |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
More funds pledged for Peru-Ecuador peace Commitments for border development program made in New Orleans |
