Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB): WORKING TOWARDS A WORLD IN WHICH INVESTMENTS IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LEAD TO INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS.
Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB) WORKING TOWARDS A WORLD IN WHICH INVESTMENTS IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LEAD TO INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS.
THE WORLD IS CHANGING: GLOBAL INEQUALITY IS RISING, OUR ENVIRONMENT IS DECAYING, WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF A DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS, A GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAS SHAKEN SOCIETY TO ITS CORE. INFRASTRUCTURE PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN SHAPING A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL.
INFRASRUCTURE IS OUR KEY TO ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: INFRASTRUCTuRE IS A PREDETERMINANT FOR EACH OF THE 17 GOALS, AND WILL ACCOUNT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF INVESTMENT REQUIRED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT. GIB convenes non-conventional partnerships to design and implement IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS FOR RADICAL CHANGE.
THE FUTURE LIES IN NATURE: GIB MAINSTREAMS THE USE OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE AND BIODIVERSITY, BY ENGAGING WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO REMOVE BARRIERS, PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE AND CREATE SCALABLE BUSINESS MODELS.
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR IMPACT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS: >200 URBAN DEVELOPMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IMPROVED; >USD20BN CAPEX INFLUENCED; >500 PROFESSIONALS TRAINED; LEADERSHIP IN A SYSTEM-WIDE SHIFT TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE
… BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO BE DONE…
GIB’s Vision is a world in which investments in social, economic and physical infrastructure lead to inclusive, sustainable and resilient communities and ecosystems.
SuRe® – The Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
GIB has developed a global voluntary and third-party verified system which integrates key criteria of sustainability and resilience into infrastructure development and upgrade to trigger system level change for infrastructure sustainability.
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Project developers: GIB offers consulting, training and sustainability assessment, validation and certification to SuRe®, to help you improve project design, stakeholder buy-in and attract better finance.
Financiers: GIB will assist you to align your infrastructure portfolio with sustainability and resilience best practice, thereby reducing future risks, pre-empting regulation and improving positive impact. We also offer training seminars to up-skill your team in a range of sustainable infrastructure topics.
Government agencies: GIB provides capacity building and consulting to government agencies seeking to improve infrastructure project design to meet international best practice, reducing risk, increasing resilience and benefits to society and the environment.
Foundations and philanthropists: GIB will assist you to design and implement programs that create long-lasting impact and trigger system-wide change for a better world.
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