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08 October 2015
UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) and Mexican development bank Nacional Financiera, S.N.C., I.B.D (NAFIN) have today announced a two-year agreement to share knowledge and best practice on green finance, renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
The partnership underlines GIB’s commitment to share its market-leading experience in green investment, Mexico’s efforts to boost sustainable development, and the role NAFIN is playing in fostering and financing sustainable projects across the country.
The organisations have marked the occasion by co-launching a Spanish version of GIB’s ‘Green Investment Handbook’, which outlines the methods GIB uses to asses, monitor and report on its investments.
It is hoped that the handbook will support investment in green infrastructure in the Spanish-speaking communities of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding is a feature of 2015’s ‘Dual Year Mexico-UK’, which celebrates and deepens the respective countries’ economic, financial, political, cultural and social ties.
Download a summary of the Green Investment Handbook in Spanish and in English.
The full Green Investment Handbook can be downloaded from the UK Green Investment Bank website.
Shaun Kingsbury
Chief Executive, UK Green Investment Bank
Jacques Rogozinski
General Director, NAFIN
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About the UK Green Investment Bank
UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) was launched in November 2012. With £3.8bn of funding from the UK Government, it is the first bank of its kind in the world. It is a “for profit” bank, whose mission is to accelerate the UK’s transition to a greener economy, and to create an enduring institution, operating independently of Government.
GIB is wholly owned by HM Government. The Company is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority. A wholly owned subsidiary UK Green Investment Bank Financial Services Limited, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
About Nacional Financiera S.N.C, I.B.D
Nacional Financiera is a Mexican financial institution established in 1934. NAFIN is a second tier development bank aiming to support the development of micro, small and medium sized companies in Mexico. Also, NAFIN is mandated by the government to finance priority and sustainable projects of the federal government. Currently NAFIN’s portfolio consists of nine wind farms, a photovoltaic solar park, a mini hydroelectric dam, and two cogeneration projects.