Sustainability Report 2009

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Map of ADB Members and Offices......Page 5
The President’s Message......Page 7
Foreword......Page 9
About the Report......Page 11
ADB and the Asian Development Challenge 2......Page 15
Working with Civil Society 45......Page 0
Strategy 2020—ADB’s New Long-Term Framework 4......Page 17
Box 1.3. Organization Chart......Page 21
Country Partnerships 10......Page 23
Partnerships in Infrastructure 11......Page 24
Box 1.4. Supporting clean energy development through private sector financing......Page 25
Box 1.5. Powering up Cambodia’s northwestern provinces......Page 26
Generating and Sharing Knowledge 14......Page 27
Box 1.6. Advancing the managing-for-development-results agenda......Page 28
Funding Outflows 17......Page 30
Figure 1.5. Funding of operations, 2006–2008......Page 32
Box 1.8. Global accountability......Page 33
Being Accountable 21......Page 34
Box 1.9. Flow chart of the accountability mecha......Page 35
Part 2: The Environment......Page 36
Environmental Sustainability 24......Page 37
Improving Environmental Quality 25......Page 38
Regional Environmental Cooperation 26......Page 39
Box 2.2. Making cities livable......Page 40
Box 2.3. Coral Triangle Initiative......Page 41
Box 2.4. Lighting up with less energy......Page 42
Box 2.5. Capturing methane from landfills......Page 43
Box 2.6. Going geothermal......Page 44
Adapting to Climate Change 32......Page 45
Box 2.7. Partnering for water and climate change......Page 46
Inclusive Social Development 34......Page 47
Figure 2.4. Subregional distribution of ADB’s investment in education, 2006–2008 (percent)......Page 48
Box 2.8. Averting epidemics......Page 49
Figure 2.5: Maternal mortality ratios (average of 40 Asian countries)......Page 50
Figure 2.6. Loans and grants addressing gender concerns, 1998–2007 (percent)......Page 51
Box 2.11. Bangladesh—Improving urban governance and participation......Page 52
Box 2.12. Providing skills to unemployed youth and adults in Mongolia......Page 53
Responding to the Call for Food Security 41......Page 54
Environmental and Social Safeguards 42......Page 55
Promoting Good Governance 43......Page 56
Box 2.14. Support for governance reform......Page 57
Box 2.15. The Extractive Industries Transparency  Initiative......Page 58
Part 3: ADB’s Corporate Footprint 47......Page 60
Working Together 48......Page 61
Figure 3.1. Staff diversity by gender and category......Page 62
Managing Our Environmental Footprint 51......Page 64
Figure 3.5. Solid waste generation......Page 66
Figure 3.6. ADB headquarters greenhouse gas emissions......Page 67
Our Community 55......Page 68
Box 3.1. Sharing good practice......Page 69
Continuing to Improve 57......Page 70
ADB Sustainability Reporting 58......Page 71
Endnotes 59......Page 72
Appendix: Index to the Global Reporting Initiative Indicators 61......Page 74
Abbreviations and Acronyms 73
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Acknowledgments 75......Page 88
Back Cover......Page 91