Responsible finance is a cornerstone of the World Bank Group’s Universal Financial Access Goals, contributes to the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and is a priority of the G20 Presidencies and the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI). Since 2009, the Responsible Finance Forum (RFF) has been an annual milestone that brings together the private sector, governments, practitioners, policymakers, academia, and consumers to share emerging best practices, solutions and initiatives to scale up financial inclusion globally.
The First Annual Responsible Finance Forum in 2010 was hosted in Berlin by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ/GIZ), and marked its launch among co-founding partners from the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The partnership has since expanded its collaboration globally and the Responsible Finance Forum Platform remains dedicated to advancing new evidence, solutions and practices with technology enabling innovation across all sectors to achieve financial inclusion.
Forum Partners are leveraging private sector innovators and investors to address evolving risks and opportunities in digital financial services. Our community of practice continues to grow, representing an outreach of more than 50,000 users on the Platform, along with an Annual Forum delivered in collaboration with Forum Partners and Signatories of the Investor Guidelines for Responsible Investing in Digital Financial Services.
IFC, together with CDC, DEG/KfW, Goodwell Investments and 50 co-founding Signatories–developed and launched the Investor Guidelines for Responsible Investing in Digital Financial Services, which now has over 120 Signatories. The investor community represents $180 billion in assets under management, and are investing over $3.2 billion in responsible digital inclusion and fintechs across 55 countries. Find out more about what’s happening and who are the Signatories of the Investor Guidelines.
