Our materiality process allows us to identify topics material to EDC and take action—from ensuring integration of materiality across our corporate strategies to establishing or strengthening our ESG governance.
Our key stakeholders
Stakeholders across the trade ecosystem have different priorities and expectations of EDC. To identify the environmental, social and governance topics that are the most important for us to focus on and report, we engage with:
EDC employees
Industry associations
Civil society groups
EDC’s ESG Advisory Council
Our material topics
The material topics included here are those that are highly prioritized by internal and external stakeholders and considered most relevant to EDC’s overall performance at this time.
Environmental impact of the portfolio
Sustainable/transition finance
Climate risk and opportunity management
Human rights
ESG risk due diligence
Transparency and communication
ESG oversight and corporate governance
Inclusion, diversity and equity
ESG knowledge sharing and capacity building
Talent
Details on our materiality matrix are available in our 2021 Materiality Assessment.
