International Monetary Fund (IMF)
MISSION
The IMF's primary mission is to ensure the stability of the international monetary system - the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries and their citizens to transact with each other.
ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, 2020–2030
IMF is carbon neutral. IMF is LEED and WELL Health-Safety Rating certified. We continue to monitor waste, water, procurement, travel, shipping, and events to adhere to our GHG goals.
EMS AND REDUCTION EFFORTS
Each year, as part of the Greening the Blue Report on Environmental Governance, each participating UN entity’s progress on the development of an Environmental Management System (EMS) is evaluated according to the UN system’s EMS criteria (these criteria are available on the Methodology webpage). Upon this evaluation the entity is then rated Exceeds, Meets, Approaches, or No response. For the 2022 reporting year, IMF’s progress on the EMS is rated as: Does not meet.
ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS AND STANDARDS IN POLICIES, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES
For the 2022 reporting year, IMF’s status of implementing environmental and social safeguards and standards in their policies, projects and programmes is: Yes.
ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL
For the 2022 reporting year, IMF’s status on providing training on environmental sustainability is No.
OFFSETTING
Since 2014, all local operations and international travel has been carbon neutral. We continue our efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, with focus on local energy usage, mobile emission and employee commuting.
OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES
The Fund has made great strides in its environmental journey. The Fund has retrofitted its office space to make for both, improved working conditions for its employees, and a better environment. A number of initiatives and programs were implemented to reduce paper, electronics, food, water and energy waste.