Research & news
The Network’s knowledge products and case studies are anchored in the Global South. They connect emissions and industrial policy to what actually happens in the places where cement is made: health, air quality, water, workers, and communities. See below for links.
Brief: What Executive Directors should look for in IFC’s revised Sustainability Framework
Climate commitments shouldn’t disappear between approval and results.
Industrious Labs and community partners examined IFC-financed industrial projects to see how climate promises hold up in practice. The findings are clear: accountability breaks down when commitments made at appraisal never become binding requirements, when efficiency gains mask rising emissions, and when community input is documented but not acted on. As IFC and MIGA revise the Sustainability Framework, this evidence points to what real accountability requires — and where Executive Directors should be looking.
Report: Creating markets for low-carbon cement
A report by Industrious Labs and i3T
The Global South will shape the future of cement. “Creating Markets for Low Carbon Cement: Public procurement as industrial policy in the Global South” examines how governments are using their purchasing power to create and sustain markets for durable, cost-effective, climate-safe materials.
