Investing in a Green Belt and Road? Assessing the Implementation of China’s Green Credit Guidelines Abroad

The report Investing in a Green Belt and Road? Assessing the Implementation of China’s Green Credit Guidelines Abroad examines seven case studies to assess Chinese's banks' compliance with the China's Green Credit Guidelines (GCG) in their overseas lending practices. In light of China's wide-reaching Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), case studies were selected from BRI related countries, including Afghanistan, Indonesia, Kenya, Russia, India, and Sri Lanka. These examples span across the pulp and paper, mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors. This report evaluates Chinese banks' implementation of the GCG based on the ChinaBanking RegulatoryCommission' s official Key Performance Indicators for green credit, which were published in 2014.