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#+title: IFC Performance Standards
#+filetags: :passepartout:compliance:framework:ifc:

projects in 100+ countries. Also adopted by many multilateral development banks
(MDBs) as their standard.

Why it matters: ESF compliance is condition precedent to World Bank disbursement.
Delays in compliance verification delay project funding. The gate stack's
deterministic rule system can encode ESF standards as execution gates — "no
disbursement unless ESS5 resettlement plan is verified complete." First-mover
advantage: World Bank compliance is entirely document-based (reports, audits,
site visits). A verified gate system is unprecedented.

** [[id:fc736aec-ef53-4759-9787-62bc8deea2e7][IFC Performance Standards]] (PS)

International Finance Corporation's standards for environmental and social
sustainability in private sector investment. Eight standards: PS1 (risk
management), PS2 (labor), PS3 (resource efficiency), PS4 (community health),
PS5 (land/resettlement), PS6 (biodiversity), PS7 (indigenous peoples), PS8
(cultural heritage). Adopted by over 80 Equator Principles financial
institutions (project finance lenders).