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<p>Intermediated investments allow Development Finance Institution's to effectively:
provide smaller levels of financing, raise standards in the wider market, support
the development of local institutions, and mobilise other capital.</p><p>British International
Investment's (BII) Policy on Responsible Investing [https://assets.bii.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/22114326/Policy-on-Responsible-Investing.pdf]
sets out BII's business integrity and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) expectations.
This includes drawing on the standards set out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business
and Human Rights. Legally binding Business Integrity and ESG action plans are developed
to improve standards of all investees over a defined period; and investees are risk
assessed on a quarterly basis across various dimensions of risk including ESG and
business integrity.</p><p>High environmental, social and business integrity risks
are reported to FCDO and there is an established process for escalation of significant
incidents.</p>
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