Partnership

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries. IFC’s work in more than a 100 developing countries allows companies and financial institutions in emerging markets to create jobs, generate tax revenues, improve corporate governance and environmental performance, and contribute to their local communities.

Two of IFC’s strategic priorities include ensuring environmental and social sustainability and addressing constraints to private sector growth in infrastructure, health, education, and the food supply chain. The 2012 edition of IFC's Sustainability Framework, which includes the Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability, applies to all investment and advisory clients whose projects go through IFC's initial credit review process after January 1, 2012. For IFC, GMAP – which is aligned to the Performance Standards – can help facilitate financing of agribusiness-related investments and, in turn, begin to help transform markets by defining principles of sustainable production for a variety of agro-commodities and improve the standards under which those commodities are produced, processed, and traded.

WWF is one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, working in 100 countries for over half a century. With the support of 1.1 million members in the United States and close to 5 million worldwide, WWF is dedicated to delivering science-based solutions to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth, halt the degradation of the environment and combat climate change. Transforming markets and policies to reduce the impact of the production and consumption of commodities is one of WWF’s key priorities in achieving its mission.