PUBLIC FAST-Infra Platform FAQ

The FAST-Infra (Finance to Accelerate the Sustainable Transition-Infrastructure) initiative, led by the Climate Policy Initiative and nearly 80 partner institutions, aims to close the sustainable infrastructure investment gap by turning such infrastructure into a mainstream, liquid asset class. The initiative focuses on three transformational areas: a labeling system for assets, a technology platform for digital finance transformation, and innovative financial mechanisms for co-financing and guarantees.

• FAST-Infra aims to address the trillion-dollar sustainable infrastructure investment gap by transforming these assets into a mainstream, liquid asset class. The initiative consists of nearly 80 institutions, including governments, banks, institutional investors, multilaterals, fintech companies, and NGOs, who have been collaborating since May 2020.
• The initiative has identified three primary transformational initiatives: a system for labeling sustainable infrastructure assets, a technology platform to digitize infrastructure finance, and innovative financial mechanisms for co-financing with multilaterals and guarantees.
• The FAST-Infra Technology Platform is designed to replace 'artisanal' project development and finance processes, which currently suffer from a lack of standardization and high renegotiation rates (over 50% of developed projects). The platform's goals include reducing project development time by 50%, simplifying due diligence, improving risk management, and facilitating the securitization of infrastructure loans.
• Participants involved in developing the technology platform concept include IBM, SIF-SOURCE, Scale, EPPF, Infraclear, Liquidnet, Refinitiv, Hitachi, Standard Chartered, and HSBC. As of the document's publication, a clickable prototype has been developed, and plans for 2022 include defining a legal vehicle for a public-private consortium to steer the platform toward launch.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (n.d.). PUBLIC FAST-Infra Platform FAQ. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FAST-FAQs.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. PUBLIC FAST-Infra Platform FAQ. n.d. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FAST-FAQs.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiativendpublic, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{PUBLIC FAST-Infra Platform FAQ}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FAST-FAQs.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }