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Ensuring the sustainability of
infrastructures and your investments

Ensuring the sustainability of
infrastructures and your investments

FAST-Infra Label®

The FAST-Infra Label is a globally applicable label for projects demonstrating significant positive sustainability performance.

It is designed to enable all market players, including developers, operators, and investors to show the positive impact of an infrastructure asset, and attract investors seeking assets which positively contribute to sustainable outcomes. The FAST-Infra Label introduces credibility, impartiality and technical rigour in the labelling of sustainable infrastructure.

FAST-Infra Label®

The FAST-Infra Label is a globally applicable label for projects demonstrating significant positive sustainability performance.

It is designed to enable all market players, including developers, operators, and investors to show the positive impact of an infrastructure asset, and attract investors seeking assets which positively contribute to sustainable outcomes. The FAST-Infra Label introduces credibility, impartiality and technical rigour in the labelling of sustainable infrastructure.

Certifying the sustainability of new infrastructures

A multi-stakeholder working group led by the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) and Macquarie has developed a standard based on the four pillars of sustainability :

Environmental
Social
Governance,
Adaptation and Resilience

These dimensions are expressed in 14 criteria which, taken together, describe sustainability as defined by the FISI label.

The FAST-Infra Group has designated Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Foundation as the Secretariat and Bloomberg L.P. as Data Repository for the FISI Label from 2023. Together GIB and Bloomberg are responsible for implementing and managing the label.

FIP : the FAST-Infra Platform

The FIP digital collaboration platform aims to support all stakeholders in the preparation, development, financing and deployment of large-scale sustainable infrastructure programs, particularly in emerging countries.

FIP is a unique digital environment that synergizes the complementary skills of users throughout the lifecycle of sustainable infrastructures. Its first version was launched at COP27.

FIP : the FAST-Infra Platform

The FIP digital collaboration platform aims to support all stakeholders in the preparation, development, financing and deployment of large-scale sustainable infrastructure programs, particularly in emerging countries.

FIP is a unique digital environment that synergizes the complementary skills of users throughout the lifecycle of sustainable infrastructures. Its first version was launched at COP27.

Scaling up bankable and sustainable projects

Supported by multilateral development banks and a group of eight public and private institutions, and led by HSBC, FIP brings together a global community of users, governments, developers, auditors and financiers.

Among the expected benefits for all players :

Project data collection and authentication
Process automation
Faster turnaround times
Reduced transaction costs
Improved project quality and bankability
Increased volumes and likelihood of financing
Ability to analyze and aggregate project portfolios

FAST-Infra Beyond

FAST-Infra Beyond, an innovation center for sustainable infrastructure, will incubate and accelerate digital, technological, financial, legal, regulatory and governance innovations.

Its mission is to help public and private institutions reduce risk, bundle projects and industrialize them along the sustainable infrastructure value chain, and to foster a deep and liquid market for the financing and refinancing of sustainable infrastructure projects and assets.

FAST-Infra Beyond

FAST-Infra Beyond, an innovation center for sustainable infrastructure, will incubate and accelerate digital, technological, financial, legal, regulatory and governance innovations.

Its mission is to help public and private institutions reduce risk, bundle projects and industrialize them along the sustainable infrastructure value chain, and to foster a deep and liquid market for the financing and refinancing of sustainable infrastructure projects and assets.

Accelerating innovation in sustainable financial tools

This solution under development, aims to deploy innovative financing tools such as :

• Global renewable energy guarantees

Regional diversified guarantee funds / off-take guarantees covering several months of debt payments (e.g. for PPAs) with interest / premium payments.

• Open-sourced managed co-lending portfolio programme (OMCPP)

Syndication structure allowing for participation from a wide range of MDBs in emerging markets and investors.

• Sustainable Financing Facility (SFF)

Banks and concessional capital lend to NDBs for on-lending to sustainable infra projects