Development banks in Latin America and across the globe are operating in a fast-changing environment with growing pressures. Regulatory frameworks are shifting; national taxonomies have been introduced; countries have renewed their commitments to the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement; and financial materiality is increasingly sensitive to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks.

All of these shifts have a direct impact on the strategic and operational role of development banks. These institutions have a particular position within the financial system: they serve segments and projects that face greater barriers to commercial financing, and they sustain investment when private capital pulls back. Their place at the center of the sustainability conversation is, in that sense, a natural one — even as they face the challenge of translating ESG criteria into concrete credit, risk, and product decisions.

Against this backdrop, ALIDE is hosting the online course “ESG and Sustainable Finance: Integration, Strategy, and Decision-Making,” co-designed and taught by ImplementaSur. The course is aimed at development bank and financial institution staff — including commercial banks, microfinance institutions, insurers, and pension funds — as well as regulators and supervisors working primarily in sustainable finance, risk, and credit, and analysts and consultants with an interest in corporate sustainability.