AFD - Universal Registration Document 2020

2 CHAPTER

Statement of Non-Financial Performance

2.1 The business model

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2.7 Fair practices

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2.7.1 Initiatives for preventing corruption, fraud, money laundering, terrorist fi nancing and Ǿ tax evasion 2.7.2 Checks made during a project’s life cycle 2.7.3 Checks carried out as part of the foreign public procurement Ǿ process

2.2 Identification of the main non- financial challenges and risks 2.3 Managing the risks and impacts of our action 2.3.1 AFD’s management of environmental and social impacts, and the procedure for Ǿ managing Ǿ complaints 2.3.2 Proparco’s management of environmental and social impacts, and the procedure for managing complaints 2.4.1 Impacts of AFD’s activity 2.4.2 Impacts of Proparco’s activity 50 2.4.3 Impact of the Group’s activity on Ǿ climate change 51 2.4.4 Impacts related to the Group’s activity in reinforcing social relations 54 2.5 Transparency and dialogue with stakeholders 54 2.5.1 Transparency of funds granted 54 2.5.2 Dialogue with stakeholders 55 2.6 Coordinationwith development actors: priority to partnership 56 2.6.1 Partnerships with civil society organisations 56 2.6.2 Partnerships with European and Ǿ international players 56 2.6.3 Support for project management and the Ǿ building of capacities 57 48 41 44 44 45 47 2.3.3 Human Rights due diligence 2.4 The Group’s contribution to sustainable development 48

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2.7.4 Counterparty commitments 2.7.5 Information reporting systems 2.7.6 Training of Group employees

2.7.7 Initiatives undertaken to prevent tax evasion 2.7.8 Speci fi c risks of non-compliance related to the Covid-19 crisis 60 2.8 Ameaningful work environment 61 2.8.1 The ethics system 61 2.8.2 Skills development, employability Ǿ and training 61 2.8.3 Employee dialogue and Ǿ social Ǿ relations 62 2.8.4 Promotion of professional equality and diversity 64 2.8.5 Quality of employee working conditions and safety 64 2.9 Report fromone of the statutory auditors, as a designated

independent third party, on the voluntary consolidated statement of non-financial performance included in the management report

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