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In 2022, AFD, AFD went on with its support to human rights through its environmental and social complaints mechanism. The Mechanism independently handles grievances...

AFD Group presents a “100% SDG” corporate social responsibility and activity report. The 2023 edition concretely reflects the alignment of the Group’s activities with the ...

Through its operations, AFD Group is committed to building a fairer and more sustainable world that leaves no one behind. Since 2014, the Sustainable Development Analysis and Opinion mechanism ...

The objective of the exclusion list is to clearly indicate the activities that the Group refuses to finance due to ethical, regulatory, environmental or social criteria, and arising from the application of normative requirements as well as its strategic choices. The present exclusion...

AFD Group has a Professional Ethics Charter which sets out the mission, values and commitments that guide its positions and modes of action.   A public document, the Ethics Charter outlines the key references that inspire the action of the Group and its employees, the...

AFD Group releases its Activity and Social Responsibility Report (RARES), which reports on its contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  The 2022 edition of the Activity and Social...

The Sustainable Development Mechanism is the tool used by AFD Group to ensure that every project it finances is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (...

Corruption, in all its forms, is a major obstacle to development. In developing countries, perhaps even more than in developed countries, it has detrimental effects. It deprives the poorest populations of resources, breaks the social pact and undermines the foundations of the rule of law...

In 2021, Agence Française de Développement continued its commitment to the beneficiaries of its projects by handling the complaints received through its Environmental and Social Complaints Mechanism, in a fair and independent way. This year has seen an increase in the number of complaints...

Fighting corruption is central to the rule of law and a necessary condition for the respect of human rights. A global phenomenon affecting all countries, corruption weakens the legitimacy of public authorities, undermines the effective...

The AFD Environmental and Social (E&S) Complaints Mechanism was set up in spring 2017 to strengthen the Agency’s response to its transparency and accountability requirements. It was part of an overall context of good practices put...

The purpose of this document is to outline the policy of Agence Française de Développement and its subsidiaries to prevent, detect and combat any act of corruption, fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing and anti-competitive practices which would undermine its activities or operations....

The future of the planet – a prerequisite for the survival of humankind – implies a shared responsibility, as expressed by States in New York in 2015 with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), then in Paris during COP21, to which AFD contributed. This new vision of the world...

The AFD Group's social responsibility report for the 2017 financial year has just been published. It presents the Group's policies, practices and tools in the social, environmental and governance fields, as well as the main results achieved in its areas of commitment, namely the integration of...

Environmental and Social Risk Management Policy for AFD-funded Operations

AFD corporate social responsibility 2016

Environmental and social complaints mechanism of AFD