Furthering World Bank Group's Corporate Environmental Sustainability

Furthering World Bank Group's Corporate Environmental Sustainability

The World Bank Group (WBG) has focused on reducing the environmental impacts of its internal operations and improving corporate environmental practices since 2002, when the WBG President announced WBG's commitment to Corporate Social Responsib...

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Main Authors:	Kumar, Monika, Rubinfield, Adam, Moore, Judith, Raposa, Sarah, Fyodorova, Maria
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AIR AIR FLOW AIR QUALITY AIR TRAVEL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALUMINUM ALUMINUM CANS APPROACH AUDITS BATTERIES BICYCLISTS BIOMASS CAR CAR FUEL CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT CARBON EMISSION CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON NEUTRAL CARBON NEUTRALITY CARBON OFFSETS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CHEMICALS CHLORINE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE PROTECTION CLIMATE RISK INSURANCE CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CO CO2 COAL COAL MINE COMBUSTION COMPOSTING CONDITIONERS COOLING TOWER COST EFFECTIVENESS COST SAVINGS DEBT DECISION MAKING DRIVERS ECONOMIC IMPACTS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS EFFICIENT LIGHTING ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION CREDIT EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSIONS ACTION EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS REDUCTION ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FISHERIES FOREST FOREST CARBON FORESTRY FUEL SWITCHING GENERATION GHG GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY HEAT HEAT EXCHANGERS INNOVATIVE FINANCING INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LANDFILL LANDFILL METHANE LANDFILLS LOW-CARBON METHANE NEGATIVE IMPACT OILS PASSENGERS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PLASTICS PLATINUM POLICY ADVICE PORTFOLIO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAIL RAIN RAINWATER RANGELANDS REAL ESTATE RECYCLING REDUCING EMISSIONS REDUCTION IN TRAVEL RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS REPLACEMENT COSTS RESOURCE USE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROUTES SAFETY SANITATION SILVER SOLAR POWER STREAMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TRAIN TRAVEL TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRAVEL COSTS TRIPS UTILITIES VEHICLE VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLE USE VOC WASTE MANAGEMENT WIND WIND INSTALLATIONS ZERO EMISSION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/125761468338394251/Furthering-World-Bank-Groups-corporate-environmental-sustainability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27467

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Summary:	The World Bank Group (WBG) has focused on reducing the environmental impacts of its internal operations and improving corporate environmental practices since 2002, when the WBG President announced WBG's commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The objective of this document is to summarize the actions WBG has taken thus far to reduce environmental impacts from internal operations and present an action plan to further integrate sustainability into WBG's internal operations. Although this work focuses on the environmental impact associated with WBG daily operations, the links between WBG policies and actions related to environmental management and the financial/social considerations are significant. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) footprint and World Bank corporate responsibility teams facilitate the sustainability commitment of the WBG and monitor and track its progress. These teams provide technical information and research support to a dedicated group of champions throughout the WBG who implement emission reduction activities. Budget for these activities flows primarily through the environment department, the general services department, and IFC facilities management and administration. The environment department and IFC facilities management each resource one staff member to provide back-up research support and to monitor and report on environmental metrics, with building engineers and managers and project officers from across the WBG contributing.