We work with investors with portfolios, investments and/or funds in fragile and conflict-affected settings – including Development Financial Institutions (DFIs), impact and commercial/institutional investors – to provide them with the necessary knowledge, tools and skills to put in place the HQ-level policy processes and country-level level investment frameworks and practices to ensure, a minimum, conflict-sensitive and, ideally, peace-promoting investments; we also assist investors with risk/crisis management and monitoring frameworks.

Using our peace finance framework as a guide, we support DFIs and their partners to:

• Design FCS-strategies and policy frameworks: Put in place FCS-specific strategies and frameworks to guide the work of the organisation with clear direction, principles and conflict-sensitive strategies.
• Undertake country or sector-specific analyses in FCS: Conduct heightened human rights due diligence and conflict-sensitivity analyses, as well as sector-specific analysis in FCS to guide the work of DFIs and their partners.
• Establish conflict-sensitive and/or peace-promoting investment frameworks: These frameworks can guide the work of DFIs and partners whether on large infrastructure projects, work with financial institutions or with Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) facilities to ensure maximised positive impacts, particularly on peace and stability.
• Support conflict-sensitive implementation: Provide support on the implementation of projects in challenging contexts, to ensure responsible and effective implementation leveraging peacebuilding approaches, as well as effective monitoring of the changing context/programme.

We work with impact investors and commercial/institutional investors (as relevant) to:

• Develop FCS-specific HQ policies and processes: Put in place FCS-specific policy frameworks and HQ-level processes to be able to manage conflict risks in investment portfolios.
• Conduct conflict-risk portfolio reviews: We review investor portfolios to understand, assess and help manage conflict-related risk exposure.
• Support active investor engagement strategies: Leveraging our experience to date with our strategic partner de Pury Pictet Turrettini in the context of their Cadmos Peace European Engagement Fund, we participate in engagement meetings with portfolio companies to raise awareness of heightened human rights due diligence and conflict-sensitivity.
• Conduct heightened human rights due diligence/conflict-sensitivity analyses at the country level: For specific investments (SMEs or MNC) engagements in FCS, we support investors with their due diligence processes, including heightened human rights due diligence and conflict-sensitivity assessments with a view to enabling the investment to proceed successfully.

Cross-cutting

• Ensure robust risk management and monitoring: Establish FCS-specific risk management processes and conflict-sensitivity monitoring mechanisms.
• Training and accompaniment: Ensure staff have the necessary knowledge and skills to operate effectively in FCS via training, mentoring and accompaniment.
• Ensure effective stakeholder management: Foster constructive and sustainable relationships with critical stakeholders within and outside of FCS.
• Manage and lead through crises: Ensure effective crisis management and communications through leadership support, media engagement and advisory.

Throughout our work we provide analysis, support and training design optimise the alignment of the company’s business operations with international standards, norms and emerging regulations. We work with leading international and national experts who have first-hand context-specific knowledge and networks, to collect data from public and proprietary sources and conduct high-quality analyses and assessments using primary data (interviews, focus groups with key stakeholders).

What we do