FinDev Canada is committed to actively engaging with stakeholders.
Summaries of engagement sessions are available here:
March 16th, 2018 - Innovation for Development Impact: Building a 21st Century DFI
August 1st, 2017 - Establishing Canada’s Development Finance Institution
E&S Policy engagement
FinDev Canada issued a draft Environmental and Social Policy for stakeholder consideration on November 19, 2019. The period for stakeholder comment was open until January 07, 2020. The Stakeholder Comments are available below:
FinDev Canada invites our stakeholders, including clients, civil society organizations, financial sector peers and members of the Canadian public to provide their constructive input on FinDev Canada’s approach and practices to managing environmental and social (E&S) risks and impacts of our financing and investment activities. To share feedback, follow this link.
Development Impact Framework Engagement
FinDev Canada’s Development Impact Framework was open for stakeholder comments in May and June 2018. We received more than 145 comments from over 30 different organizations and individuals, and the organizations represented a range of stakeholder types, including non-governmental organizations / civil society, development finance institutions (DFIs) and impact investors, the private sector, academic and research institutions, and multilateral and government agencies. We are grateful to those stakeholders who took time to provide thoughtful feedback to our impact approach.