- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Inter-American Development Bank Publishes Sustainability Report 2015 https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/69366?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/69366?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/69366?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Inter-American Development Bank Publishes Sustainability Report 2015&body=ESG News from Alerts https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/69366?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Research, Reports & Publications](/CSR-News/research-reports-publications) # Inter-American Development Bank Publishes Sustainability Report 2015 ##### IDB Invests $3.8 billion in Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change projects Apr 6, 2016 9:00 AM ET Campaign: ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/idb-3-cover-350x500.jpg) The Inter-American Development Bank ([IDB](http://www.iadb.org/sustainability)), the main source of multilateral financing for the Latin America and the Caribbean, committed $3.8 billion for projects that target climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable energy and environmental sustainability in 2015. This investment represents over one-third of the Banks’ lending for the year, surpassing its institutional target of 25 percent, according to the IDB’s annual [Sustainability Report](https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/7532) published this week ahead of its Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors. The Report highlights the Bank’s sustainability performance in 2015, both in achieving institutional sustainability investment targets and environmental and social safeguard performance targets, as well as through a series of stories about the projects it is undertaking in its member countries. The Report is accompanied by an [interactive timeline](http://www.iadb.org/en/topics/sustainability/timeline,20001.html) that looks back over a decade of achievements of the Bank in building a series of sustainability programs, and a suite of safeguard policies, as well as innovative projects and initiatives. The Sustainability Report also details the IDB’s achievements in leveraging significant climate resources in addition to the Banks own resources, reporting US$2.2 billion in climate finance for mitigation and adaption under the Multilateral Development Banks common approach for climate finance tracking. In the year, the IDB continued to expand its activities through special initiatives focused on different elements of sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2015, fifteen cities joined the Emerging Sustainable Cities Initiative, helping to identify actions required and to leverage critical funds that help cities on a path to long-term urban sustainability. In addition, the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Program, now in its third year, provided funding in 2015 for 8 new projects which integrate biodiversity and ecosystem services into key economic sectors. Examples of the Bank’s work with member countries highlighted in the publication include a well-planned road infrastructure project in the Bahamas that also helped reduce vulnerability of low-lying areas to flooding, a biodiversity monitoring and adaptive management program for a park near two geothermal projects in Costa Rica, and the advances being made by the Panama Canal to implement a series of water-saving basins. For more information visit view the Report and the interactive sustainability and safeguards timeline at [www.iadb.org/sustainability](http://www.iadb.org/sustainability). Media Contacts: [Natasha Ward](mailto:natashaw@iadb.org) Environmental Specialist +1 202-623-1703 [Pablo Bachelet](mailto:pbachelet@iadb.org) Communications Principal Specialist +1 202-623-1328 [![3BL logo ](/sites/default/files/2023-06/3BL%20FULL%20LOGO_MIDNIGHT_MEDIUM_0.png)](/profiles/alerts) ### More from Alerts ###### [U.S. Dairy Publishes 2023-2024 Sustainability Report](/news/us-dairy-publishes-2023-2024-sustainability-report) Nov 18, 2025 9:00 AM ET ###### [Employee Dedication Drives Progress Toward Animals, People and Planet Goals in Aurora Organic Dairy’s 2025 Sustainability Report](/news/employee-dedication-drives-progress-toward-animals-people-and-planet-goals-aurora-organic) Sep 10, 2025 8:00 AM ET ###### [Takeda Report Highlights Company’s Commitment to Cutting-Edge Science, Putting Patients First](/news/takeda-report-highlights-companys-commitment-cutting-edge-science-putting-patients-first) Jul 8, 2025 9:00 AM ET ###### [Kinross Releases 2024 Sustainability Report](/news/kinross-releases-2024-sustainability-report) Jun 10, 2025 10:00 AM ET ###### [Blackbaud’s 2024 Impact Report Highlights Continued Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility](/news/blackbauds-2024-impact-report-highlights-continued-commitment-corporate-social-responsibility) May 29, 2025 11:00 AM ET ###### [Vancity Restores Profitability and Stays True to Its Co-Operative Values](/news/vancity-restores-profitability-and-stays-true-its-co-operative-values) May 14, 2025 6:00 AM ET ###### [Schrödinger Demonstrates Corporate Sustainability Progress in 2024 Report](/news/schrodinger-demonstrates-corporate-sustainability-progress-2024-report) Apr 30, 2025 10:00 AM ET ###### [Ancestry Publishes 2024 Annual Impact Report, Highlighting Corporate Commitments & Progress](/news/ancestry-publishes-2024-annual-impact-report-highlighting-corporate-commitments-progress) Apr 15, 2025 9:00 AM ET