FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label: Framework

The FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label (SI Label) is a voluntary, global framework designed to identify infrastructure projects with significant positive sustainability performance. It aims to transform sustainable infrastructure into a mainstream, liquid asset class by providing a standardized system for developers and operators to demonstrate impact and attract investors.

• The SI Label can be applied to infrastructure assets at any stage of their lifecycle, including planning, designing, sponsoring, developing, constructing, operating, financing, and decommissioning.
• To qualify for the SI Label, an asset must meet baseline requirements—intended to reflect 'do no significant harm'—and demonstrate a significant positive contribution to at least one sustainability objective.
• The framework defines baseline requirements as the IFC Performance Standards and additional 'gaps filled' not currently covered in those standards.
• Sustainability is measured across four dimensions: environmental, social, governance, and adaptation & resilience. These are based on 14 criteria aligned with the Paris Agreement, the SDGs, and the G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII).
• Minimum safeguards and risk management requirements include adherence to the 2012 IFC Performance Standards and the July 2020 Equator Principles 4. Assets are also expected to publish an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and a Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment in the public domain.
• The framework mandates a two-stage disclosure process: an 'initiation stage' involving self-declaration and a forecast or actual impact report, followed by 'subsequent disclosures' including re-assessments and updated impact reports.
• While not required for self-declaration, an external Independent Review by a technically expert institution is strongly encouraged as market good practice to provide assurance and trust.
• The framework provides an indicative list of eligible asset types, including renewable energy, green buildings, clean transport, data infrastructure, water/wastewater/sanitation, electricity transmission and distribution, solid waste management, and nature-based solutions.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2021). FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label: Framework. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FAST-Infra-SI-Framework_FINAL-271021.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label: Framework. 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FAST-Infra-SI-Framework_FINAL-271021.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2021fastinfra, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label: Framework}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = nov, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FAST-Infra-SI-Framework_FINAL-271021.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }