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Case Studies: Climate Change


  • CPLP: Cleaner Production is the continuous improvement of industrial processes, services and products to enhance the conversion efficiency of manufacturing inputs (such as energy, water, raw materials) to saleable outputs. (more...)
  • Cleaner Production in Pharmaceuticals: Granules is India’s largest producer of paracetamol and ibuprofen across the products’ entire value chain. (more...)
  • China Glass: The Business Case Energy Efficiency has big rewards: China Glass Holdings Limited (“China Glass” or the “Company”), a leader in the Chinese glass market, is, in cooperation with IFC, implementing energy efficiency improvements to reduce costs and increase profitability. (more..)
  • Coco Ocean Spa & Resort: Architectural Beauty and Energy Efficiency: Addressing climate change is a key priority for IFC. In 2009, IFC supported the Coco Ocean Resort & Spa, a five-star resort in The Gambia, the first dedicated spa resort in West Africa, with IFC financing for construction. (more...)
  • Green Resources Plants Trees, Reduces Greenhouses Gasses in Tanzania Project: The African continent is losing 4 million hectares of forest land each year, for reasons ranging from conversion to agricultural use to illegal logging. (more...)
  • Green Case Study: Botnia Pilots Carbon Footprints Measurement Tool: Finland-based Botnia, a leading forest products company and IFC client, has a better handle on the carbon footprint of its Uruguay pulp mill and where it should focus future greening efforts, thanks to calculations using an innovative, do-it yourself measurement tool, called FICAT. (more...)
  • Renewables: Powering the World with Clean, Affordable Energy:With world electricity demand expected to double by 2030, and climate change becoming an increasingly critical challenge in emerging market countries (more...)
  • SunPower: The Philippines, as an archipelago with abundant sunshine, is an ideal location to benefit from solar energy to make renewable power available to the country’s citizens who live across its many islands. (more...
  • Suntech Power Holding: Next Generation Technology Reduces Solar Energy Cost: China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. is one of the world’s leading solar energy companies (more...)
  • Zara Investment Holdings: Greening Jordan’s Thriving Tourism Industry: Zara Investment Holding, is implementing a range of environmentally-focused initiatives to improve energy efficiency, optimize heating, cooling and water use, and increase its use of renewable energy sources. (more...)

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