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PRINT THIS PAGE Aureos, IFC launch initiative to boost environmental and social sustainability11/07/2007. Source: AltAssets. 
 The International Finance Corporation and Aureos Capital have launched an initiative to help small and medium-sized enterprises in the emerging markets improve their environmental and social performance.
The SME Sustainable Opportunities Initiative provides selected SMEs in which Aureos-managed private equity funds have invested with financial backing from the IFC and bilateral donors to address environmental and social challenges including reducing carbon emissions, improving energy and water efficiency, reducing effluent discharges, and developing HIV/AIDS and other social sustainability programmes.
While at least half of the projects are expected to be in Sub-Saharan Africa, the initiative will also target SMEs in which Aureos funds have invested in regions including Asia and Latin America.
Projects currently being considered to benefit from the initiative include a Kenyan steel manufacturer, a Tanzanian pharmaceuticals company, a paint manufacturer in Nigeria and an aluminium producer in Panama.
Aureos Capital specialises in providing expansion and buy-out capital to unlisted mid-cap businesses across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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