Setting standards worldwide
As the IFC undergoes a review of its social and environmental policies, we’re working with partners to call for better standards on climate, gender, and accountability.
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Banking on renewables for people, planet, and climate
Public climate finance for renewable energy should deliver a just and inclusive energy transition, with energy access for all.
Pushing for an accountable Asian Development Bank
In 2025, the ADB will launch a long-overdue review of its Independent Accountability Mechanism, a vital tool for communities who are seeking remedy for harm caused by ADB’s financing.
About us
Recourse targets development finance as a means of influencing the wider investment community, financial flows and governments, to ensure inclusive, environmentally sustainable, socially just and pro-poor development.
How we work
Campaign
- Partnering with others to influence decision-makers and hold financial institutions to account.
- Advocating to shift policies and practices to ensure inclusive, environmentally sustainable, socially just and pro-poor development.
- Using evidence-based research and advocacy to build a compelling case for change.
Support
- Partnering with local communities and civil society to secure their rights and fight discrimination.
- Working in solidarity with local communities to open political space and ensure their voice in development decision-making.
- Supporting communities who have suffered harm to gain remedy and justice.
Multiply
- Building coalitions to be greater than the sum of our parts and maximise impact.
- Movement-building to foster long-term systemic change.
- Networking and capacity-building to create an informed and engaged movement to hold financial institutions accountable.