{"id":8744,"date":"2024-06-22T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/air8.io\/ifc-partners-with-li-fung-lfx-and-air8-to-support-sme-growth-and-digitalization\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T03:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:04:07","slug":"ifc-partners-with-li-fung-lfx-and-air8-to-support-sme-growth-and-digitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/ifc-partners-with-li-fung-lfx-and-air8-to-support-sme-growth-and-digitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"IFC partners with Li &amp; Fung, LFX and Air8 to support SME growth and digitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8744\" class=\"elementor elementor-8744 elementor-8717\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-297c443 e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con\" data-id=\"297c443\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c97c3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c97c3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/air8.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IFC-Collab-Banner.jpg\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: DengXian; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: var(--text-align);\">In June, Air8 embarked on a strategic partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to enhance supply chain sustainability. With the support of LFX and Li &amp; Fung, this alliance represents a major leap towards a greener and more responsible supply chain.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: DengXian; color: #000000;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/air8.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1718866169813.jpeg\" width=\"80%\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: gray; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Back Row: Riccardo Puliti, Regional Vice President for Asia and the Pacific at IFC; Kim-See Lim, Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific at IFC; and Dr. Victor Fung, Honorary Chairman of Li &amp; Fung and Chairman of Fung Investments.\u00a0Front Row: Carsten Mueller, Regional Industry Director, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, Asia and the Pacific at IFC, and Ed Lam, Board Executive Director of Li &amp; Fung and CEO of LFX.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\">This partnership features a $75 million credit facility with an environmental and social (E&amp;S) focus, designed to enable funding for qualified suppliers, fostering a more sustainable supply chain, accelerating SME growth and supply chain digitalization.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\">This strategic alliance underscores our dedication to sustainability and our goal to empower SME suppliers in emerging markets. By prioritizing environmental and social excellence, we aim to inspire widespread adoption of sustainable practices across the industry.<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;\" \/><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); line-height: inherit !important;\">\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;\" \/><\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;\">Discover more about this impactful partnership by reading the press release\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifung.com\/press-release\/ifc-partners-with-li-fung-and-lfx-to-support-sme-growth-and-digitalization-in-asias-supply-chains\/\"><span style=\"color: #003e97; text-decoration-line: none;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: DengXian; text-align: justify; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June, Air8 embarked on a strategic partnership with  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":8721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-news-zh-hans","category-news-zh-hans","wpbf-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/air8.io\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}