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Codes, Standards, and Certifications: Infrastructure

Codes, Standards, and Certifications: Infrastructure

Implementing Partner: Build Change

Project name:Codes, Standards, and Certifications: Infrastructure Certifications

CDRI’s research highlights that most infrastructure needed by 2050 is yet to be built, making private financing essential for sustainable development.

Investors require efficient tools to identify high-quality, resilient projects.

CDRI facilitates this by advancing infrastructure principles, investment taxonomies, certifications, and labelling systems, ensuring climate and disaster resilience is embedded in future infrastructure.

These efforts empower stakeholders to prioritize risk-aware investments, fostering long-term sustainability and climate adaptation.

Impact

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User-friendly tools empower developers to integrate resilience into infrastructure projects, ensuring tangible benefits. Public and private finance stakeholders have identified incentives to mainstream resilience in project planning, fostering risk-aware investments and long-term sustainable infrastructure development.

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Labelled infrastructure projects underscore the importance and feasibility of resilient investments in lower- and middle-income countries. Case studies provide practical examples of replicable resilient practices, guiding future infrastructure development toward sustainability, disaster preparedness, and long-term resilience.

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Quality infrastructure certifications help establish resilient infrastructure as an investable asset class, enabling investors to identify and finance high-quality projects while minimizing risks, ensuring long-term sustainability and disaster preparedness in infrastructure development.

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Alpana Saha 2

Director, Partnerships, Governance, and Resource Mobilisation 

Alpana heads institutional partnerships, governance, and resource mobilization at CDRI, advancing cross-sector collaborations that drive resilient infrastructure programming across Member Countries and organizations. With over 25 years of experience spanning international development, global health, and the non-profit sector, she brings deep expertise in fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and delivering strategic change. 

At CDRI, Alpana has been pivotal in forging strategic alliances with governments, international organizations, and philanthropies. She also plays a key role in fortifying institutional systems and board governance mechanisms as the Coalition transitions into an international organization. 

Before joining CDRI, Alpana held senior leadership roles at The George Institute for Global Health, Plan India, WaterAid India, and SOS Children’s Villages, leading institutional fundraising and cultivating strategic partnerships for social impact. 

She holds a Master’s in Finance & Control from Aligarh Muslim University and completed Executive Education at Harvard Business School (CSR India). Her work is driven by a commitment to building enduring, values-based partnerships that accelerate sustainable development outcomes. 

Alpana Saha 

Director, Partnerships, Governance, and Resource Mobilisation 

Alpana heads institutional partnerships, governance, and resource mobilization at CDRI, advancing cross-sector collaborations that drive resilient infrastructure programming across Member Countries and organizations. With over 25 years of experience spanning international development, global health, and the non-profit sector, she brings deep expertise in fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and delivering strategic change. 

At CDRI, Alpana has been pivotal in forging strategic alliances with governments, international organizations, and philanthropies. She also plays a key role in fortifying institutional systems and board governance mechanisms as the Coalition transitions into an international organization. 

Before joining CDRI, Alpana held senior leadership roles at The George Institute for Global Health, Plan India, WaterAid India, and SOS Children’s Villages, leading institutional fundraising and cultivating strategic partnerships for social impact. 

She holds a Master’s in Finance & Control from Aligarh Muslim University and completed Executive Education at Harvard Business School (CSR India). Her work is driven by a commitment to building enduring, values-based partnerships that accelerate sustainable development outcomes.