Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2015: Investing for an Asia and the Pacific Free of Poverty
Asian Development Bank | December 2015
Abstract
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued its Sustainability Report every 2 years since 2007. For 2015, the
Sustainability Report highlights the sustainability of ADB’s investments and organizational activities during 2013–
2014. A separate detailed Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) index contains the responses of ADB to standard and
specific material disclosures in the GRI’s G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines and G4 Financial Services Sector
Guidelines. The Sustainability Report and detailed GRI Index are available online at www.adb.org/documents/
asian-development-bank-sustainability-report-2015.
The Sustainability Report provides a single point of reference to which stakeholders interested in understanding
ADB’s commitment to sustainable development can turn. The report has hyperlinks that direct readers to further
information already available via the ADB web page , which in turn improves accessibility to information that ADB
has published and stakeholders want to find.
The content of the Sustainability Report and detailed GRI Index enables stakeholders to assess ADB’s sustainability
performance during 2013-2014. The Sustainability Report focuses on (1) ADB’s investments in poverty reduction
and inclusive economic growth, environment and climate change, regional integration, and infrastructure; (2)
ADB’s private sector, finance and knowledge partnerships, and governance and safeguard matters; and (3) ADB’s
human resource activities, environmental footprint, and community activities as topics that are material to ADB’s
stakeholders in a sustainability context.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2015. Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2015: Investing for an Asia and the Pacific Free of Poverty. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5311. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-92-9257-285-3
Print ISBN
978-92-9257-284-6
Keywords
Governance
Good Governance
Governance Approach
Governance Capacity
Governance Models
Regional Policy
Regional Perspectives
Regional Government
Regional Development
Business Management
Regional Plans
Government
Public Administration
Government
Government services
Public management
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