Accelerating Green BRI Investments

The report compares the Green Development Guidance (GDG) and the Green Investment Principles (GIP), finding them highly compatible and complementary tools for reducing environmental risks and accelerating green finance in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). While the GIP is an industry-led voluntary initiative focusing on corporate governance and high-level principles for financial institutions, the GDG provides detailed project-level evaluation criteria, including a 'green light system' for project classification. The document recommends deeper information sharing, joint development of risk assessment tools, and enhanced communication between regulators and financial institutions to further align these frameworks.

• The Green Development Guidance (GDG) and the Green Investment Principles (GIP) are highly compatible and complementary, sharing the objective of driving green finance and investment in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
• The GDG employs a '1+9' framework consisting of one project classification mechanism (the 'Green Light System') and nine recommendations to manage environmental impacts on biodiversity, climate change, and pollution.
• The GIP is a voluntary, industry-led initiative that, as of December 2021, had 41 signatories and 13 supporting institutes from 15 countries and regions, focusing on seven high-level principles for financial institutions.
• The GIP and GDG differ in their primary focus: the GIP emphasizes organizational-level sustainability and corporate governance, whereas the GDG focuses on the project lifecycle and specific evaluation criteria.
• GIP signatories have shown progress in governance, risk assessment, and portfolio shifts, with nearly 75% considering limiting, halting, or exiting investments in high-emission projects.
• The report recommends several steps for further alignment, including joint development of climate and environmental risk screening tools, improved information disclosure, and capacity building for authorities in BRI countries.

APA

ClientEarth (2022). Accelerating Green BRI Investments. https://www.clientearth.org/media/5tnl0vj3/en_final-1.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Accelerating Green BRI Investments. 2022. https://www.clientearth.org/media/5tnl0vj3/en_final-1.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{clientearth2022accelerating, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Accelerating Green BRI Investments}}, institution = {ClientEarth}, year = {2022}, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/5tnl0vj3/en_final-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }