As part of a cycle of training co-organized by the Indian Bank’s Association and the GIFS Initiative, Carbon4 Finance have presented a dedicated...
The GIFS Initiative closed a year of activity with a hybrid seminar in Mumbai on November 28, 2022. Opened by Mr. Rémy Rioux, CEO of AFD, Mr. Sivasubramanian Ramann..
During the GIFS Initiative closing seminar, the networking Greening of Finance by Women – GroW network was launched. A discussion between Ms. Neha Kumar, Head of the Climate Bonds..
The GIFS Initiative and Indian Bank’s Association members participated in the first round of a series of four training dedicated to the greening of the financial system..
15 CEO and chairmans of prominent Indian public and private banks, representatives from the RBI and Niti Aayog, participated in a three-day technical seminar in Paris..
The Indian government recently announced its commitment to reach Net Zero by 2070 along with intermediate 2030 targets which include increasing non-fossil fuel electricity..
For this inaugural conference, the GIFS Initiative gathered a broad scope of stakeholders (policy makers, civil society, industry, think tanks and academia), from India and from France..
The GIFS Initiative is the first Indo-European platform which supports the greening of the Indian financial system, through knowledge exchanges, trainings and networking, targeting like-minded finance practitioners from banks, investment funds and financial institutions.
The Peer Exchange is designed as a practitioner-led platform to examine, at an operational level, the factors that constrain financing and uptake of green and transition lending among MSMEs..
The peer exchange, convened virtually on 24 February 2026, brought together senior representatives from Indian financial institutions, development finance organisations, and climate finance practitioners to examine the operational barriers that constrain the structuring and scaling of longer-tenor green loans for MSMEs.
The training session aimed to support commercial lenders, particularly banks and NBFCs, in understanding and interpreting climate‑related risks and financing opportunities relevant to MSMEs for adopting green and sustainable practices technologies.
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