Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure: Ensuring the economic, social and environmental co-benefits of infrastructure investment projects

The document defines sustainable infrastructure and advocates for embedding sustainability criteria into infrastructure contracts, specifically public-private partnerships (PPPs), to mitigate risks and generate co-benefits. It critiques the 2017 World Bank Group’s Guidance on PPP Contractual Provisions for failing to sufficiently support measures aimed at achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Additionally, the text references a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment regarding the electrification of the bus fleet in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

• Sustainable infrastructure must be specifically designed to mitigate economic, social, and environmental risks while generating corresponding co-benefits to support the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
• For public-private partnerships (PPPs) to result in sustainable infrastructure, sustainability criteria must be integrated into the project from the start and explicitly included in the PPP contract.
• The 2017 World Bank Group’s Guidance on PPP Contractual Provisions is criticized for providing advice that limits government efforts to achieve the SDGs and for neglecting the potential of infrastructure projects to contribute to sustainable development.

APA

Brauch,, M. D. (2017). Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure: Ensuring the economic, social and environmental co-benefits of infrastructure investment projects. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/contracts-sustainable-infrastructure-ensuring-economic-social-and-environmental

Chicago

Brauch,, Martin Dietrich. Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure: Ensuring the economic, social and environmental co-benefits of infrastructure investment projects. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2017. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/contracts-sustainable-infrastructure-ensuring-economic-social-and-environmental.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{brauch2017contracts, author = {Brauch,, Martin Dietrich}, title = {{Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure: Ensuring the economic, social and environmental co-benefits of infrastructure investment projects}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2017}, month = dec, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/contracts-sustainable-infrastructure-ensuring-economic-social-and-environmental}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }