Tools

The Enabling Better Infrastructure (EBI) guidance provides a practical framework for governments and other stakeholders seeking to plan infrastructure more strategically to deliver better outcomes for people and the planet. It sets out eight guiding principles for establishing an effective strategic planning process, a three-step approach for developing an infrastructure plan, and a gap assessment tool to identify priority areas for improvement. The guidance is supported by a range of international case studies.

ADB’s Urban Sector Group has prepared tool kits for guiding the preparation of integrated urban plans or city development plans with inclusive cities, competitive cities, and green cities as the primary focus, depending on the relative importance of the 3E agenda: economy, environment, and equity. This tool kit presents concepts and strategies for addressing technical and institutional challenges related to shelter, infrastructure, transport, climate change, and disaster risk management—all of which are essential for Inclusive Urban Development.

The Environmental and Social Policy Framework (ESPF) aims to contribute to the IDB’s overarching objective of achieving sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean.The ESPF seeks to enhance the sustainability of the IDB-financed investment projects through the application of robust environmental and social risk management standards.

FPIC360° is an Equitable Origin initiative in partnership with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) and the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA), with support from the ISEAL Innovation Fund, which is supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. The tool helps address the challenges related to monitoring and verifying FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent) through embedding two key principles: Participation and Transparency.

The FAST-Infra Label is a globally applicable labelling system designed to identify and evaluate sustainable infrastructure projects, with the overarching objective of supporting infrastructure and creating a liquid asset class. It aims 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. A key motivation behind the FAST-Infra Label is not to reinvent the wheel, but to build on existing standards, frameworks, and taxonomies to create a comprehensive framework and set of sustainability criteria that takes into account best practices and evolves with changes in the market. To account for this, the label is based on an extensive mapping against 25+ leading standards, frameworks, and principles in the market.

The Gender and Infrastructure Toolkit is a comprehensive, modular, and interactive resource to empower companies in addressing gender disparities in their workforces, supply chains, and community engagement activities within infrastructure and natural resource sectors. At a time when diversity and inclusion are more important than ever, this toolkit includes business cases for mining, water, energy, transport, & cities; 64 practical tools on gender-inclusivity in workforce, supply-chain, community engagement; Guidance on addressing gender-based violence and harassment across all themes and sectors, and Report builder to customize and build your own toolkit.

This methodology, developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), aims to support countries in assessing the current state of infrastructure resilience, so that areas of improvement are identified, and actions taken. It follows five steps: mapping institutional governance and identifying key stakeholders, review existing policies and regulations, identify infrastructure vulnerabilities through stress-testing, assess current practices through the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure, and development of a plan and final report.

Women and girls are among the most affected by climate change, yet lacking data often result in gender-blind local climate action and policies. Her4Climate is centred on the knowledge and capacities of women in urban areas. The participatory tool provides a framework for assessing women’s exposure, sensitivity and capacity to respond to climate change in cities in 3 dimensions: (1) Health and Wellbeing, (2) Built and Natural Environments, (3) Governance and Decision-making, and aims at promoting their participation and agency in the design and management of urban climate adaptation initiatives and plans.

The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub), a G20 initiative, and its consultant, Atkins Acuity, have created this Reference Tool on Inclusive Infrastructure. It defines inclusivity in large scale infrastructure projects. It also provides guidance and shares leading practices to maximise the impact of projects on reducing inequality and promoting shared prosperity.

Infraclear meticulously collects and indexes thousands of project agreements, financing agreements, and financial models from around the world. Using it can become “the way of working” for every investor, developer, lender, lawyer, government ministry, regulator, insurer, technical adviser, and construction company who develops, invests in, or manages projects.