Member area

Sustainable Finance

Members work together on environment and sustainability efforts and report impact on a consolidated basis using harmonised definitions across data points. As DFIs put in place sustainable finance policies and rules in developing and emerging markets, EDFI knows well emerging sustainable finance frameworks, be it regulations developed globally, both within and outside the European Union. EDFI engages with policymakers and plays a growing role in blended finance as a stakeholder in fora on climate finance for LMICs.

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Creating jobs, boosting growth, fighting climate change

EDFI Association member institutions are focused on the development of private sector enterprises and operate in developing countries and emerging economies. They are mandated by their governments to contribute to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by creating jobs, boosting growth, fighting poverty and climate change.

We focus on several key areas to enhance our impact in the countries where we operate.our mission is drive  focuses its work around the main pillars of the EDFI Strategy 2024-2027: Membership Network, promoting Development Impact and Operational EfficiencyOperational Efficiency and on the development of private sector enterprises and operate in developing countries and emerging economies. They are mandated by their governments to contribute to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by creating jobs, boosting growth, fighting poverty and climate change.

Investment and impact

Climate Investment
€3.6 billion

up 17 per cent compared with 2022

Clean electricity
96 TWh

= annual electricity consumption in Bangladesh

CO2 reduction
15 million tonnes

of CO2 equivalent GHG emissions avoided