AFD - 2018 Registration document

CHAPTER 2

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 financing and 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 process

2.2 Identification of the main non- financial challenges and risks 2.3 Transparency and dialogue with stakeholders 2.3.1 Transparency of funds granted 2.3.2 Dialogue with stakeholders 2.4 Managing the risks and impacts of our action 2.4.1 AFD’s management of environmental and social impacts, and the procedure for managing complaints 2.4.2 Management of environmental and social impacts at Proparco 2.5.1 Impact of AFD’s activity 2.5.2 Impact of Proparco’s activity 42 2.5.3 Impact of the Group’s activity on climate change 43 2.6 Coordination with development players: the “automatic switch to partnership” 45 2.6.1 Partnerships with civil society organisations 45 2.6.2 Partnerships with European and international players 45 2.6.3 Support for project management and the building of capacities 45 41 35 37 37 37 38 38 40 40 2.4.3 Human rights due diligence 2.5 Impact of the group’s activity on sustainable development 41

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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 48 2.8 Ameaningful work environment 49 2.8.1 The ethics system 49 2.8.2 Skills development, employability and training 49 2.8.3 Employee dialogue and social relations 50 2.8.4 Quality of employee working conditions and safety 51 2.9 Report from one 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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