Sarah BENDAHOU
Project Manager – Development financeSarah works on public and private financial institutions’ alignment with the Paris Agreement’s goals, as well as on climate change-related risks’ consideration within these institutions. She also contributes to I4CE’s role of holding the Secretariat of the “Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions” Initiative.
Prior to joining I4CE, Sarah worked for several years in climate change and sustainability consulting at ERM, supporting companies in assessing their direct and indirect climate impact and defining emissions reduction targets, assessing their exposure to climate-related physical and transition risks, and aligning with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. Before that, she worked at the Energy & Climate Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme on technical assistance projects in energy efficiency, in particular for beneficiary countries in Latin America.
Sarah holds a dual-master’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy, from Sciences Po Paris and Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI).
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19/10/2022
Blog post
Net zero commitments need to prioritise impact
Over the past couple of years, the growing net zero commitments across financial institutions strengthened the focus on their portfolios’ greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, this focus does not guarantee emissions are truly reduced in the real economy. For that to happen, there is a pressing need for decarbonisation approaches focused on impact generation, with the appropriate indicators. According to Sarah Bendahou, Public development banks are in a unique position to adopt such approaches and indicators, paving the way for private financial institutions. -
28/06/2022
Climate Report
Long-term strategy use for Paris-aligned investments
This I4CE report focuses on the role of countries’ Long-Term Strategies (LTSs) in the Paris alignment approaches of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). It explores the possible roles of both the LTS development process and the resulting LTS document in providing insights on the Paris alignment of investments within investment decision-making processes. The findings are relevant for a broader range of financial institutions.