Team seminar between the Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA CSR

As part of a team seminar held from July 3 to 5, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) department of Crédit Agricole SA decided for the first time to bring together their teams, led by Eric Campos, General Delegate of the Foundation and CSR Director of Crédit Agricole SA. Rich in exchanges and reflections, these three days provided an opportunity to take stock of the different professions and to strengthen the dynamics common to both entities.

Strengthening cooperation between the Foundation and CSR

Over the course of three days spent in the Ardèche village of Voguë, the teams were able to discuss the levers to activate to strengthen the scale of the projects carried out together and the new avenues of work to explore.

First, the two entities each presented their 2019-2022 Strategic Plan. For the Foundation, this is structured around three pillars: strengthening microfinance expertise, developing the resilience of rural economies, and promoting impact finance within the Group. On the CSR Department side, the teams focused on the Group's climate strategy, which provides for the gradual end of investments in coal, first in EU and OECD countries by 2020, then in China in 2030, and finally in the rest of the world by 2050. The common thread of both medium-term plans: supporting more inclusive, responsible, and sustainable finance.

Through working groups, the Foundation and CSR teams were able to define various elements on which they will move forward together in order to create synergies beneficial to both the Foundation and the entire Crédit Agricole group through the CSR Department of Crédit Agricole SA. Sharing expertise, capitalizing on successful joint projects, innovating, there are many possible actions to strengthen the action of the Foundation and the Group in favor of financial inclusion and entrepreneurship with social impact.

Following the Seminar, other meetings are planned to continue this dynamic of sharing and mutual enrichment between the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and the CSR Department and, more generally, the entire Crédit Agricole group.