Guides

What a lender checks, topic by topic, on public standards. Every guide ends with the matching test.

• CBAM for Egyptian exporters: what your EU buyer needs from you in 2026CBAM is in its definitive period from 1 January 2026. What Egyptian steel, aluminium, cement and fertiliser exporters must give EU buyers, and how to avoid default values.Read
• EDGE certification for green building loans: two certificates, one loanHow IFC EDGE certification works with a green building loan: the 20 per cent thresholds, preliminary and final certificates, and when a lender releases each tranche. Written by an IFC EDGE Expert.Read
• Solar bankability: what a lender checks before financing a rooftop or ground systemThe five things a lender reads in a solar project: yield on a P90 case, equipment and warranties, grid or net metering approval, payback and owner's contribution.Read
• ESMS for non-bank lenders: five decisions a DFI will test on your filesWhat an environmental and social management system (ESMS) must do for a leasing, microfinance or factoring company seeking a DFI credit line, under IFC Performance Standard 1 and EBRD ESR 9.Read
• PCAF for non-bank lenders: financed emissions with an honest data quality scoreHow a leasing, microfinance or factoring company calculates financed emissions on the PCAF standard, and why the data quality score from 1 to 5 matters as much as the total.Read
• IFRS S1 and S2 readiness: read your reporting requirement by requirementA practical way to prepare for ISSB IFRS S1 and S2: map each requirement to what you already report, an owner and a date. For banks, non-bank lenders and listed companies in Egypt and MENA.Read