ADFIAP 2008 Integrated Annual and Sustainability Report

SUSTAINABILITY reporting addresses how societal trends are affecting a company, and how the company’s presence and operations are affecting society. As such, sustainability reporting can demonstrate a company’s motivation and willingness to position itself in a broader context. Such expectations now extend to organizations, and the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) is pleased to present its integrated Annual Report and Sustainability Report for 2008.

We at ADFIAP view sustainability as a signi?cant responsibility, as well as a continual source of opportunity. From the services we offer to members to our advocacy and operations, we strive to embed sustainability into everything we do.

This integrated report describes how ADFIAP forges ahead in our continuing journey towards sustainability. True to our commitment to become the focal point of financing sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region, we embarked on an initial journey to advance this agenda through sustainability reporting in 2007.

Our 2008 report reviews ADFIAP’s performance from the perspective of three key themes: continuity, diversity, and community. It also provides an overview of our Secretariat’s performance as measured by the G3 C level indicators of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. We also report the progress we made against our 2005-2009 Strategic Plans, which started our sustainability journey. An electronic version of the report is available at www.adfiap.org

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ADFIAP Annual Report 2007

Since embarking on the journey towards sustainability in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2004, the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) had spent the past four years trying to unpack what “sustainable development” really meant from a DFI perspective. The journey had led us to many roads and more fresh challenges to clearly defining our role as the engine that will drive the sustainable development agenda among our members.

Our 2007 annual report is an initial attempt to advance this agenda through sustainability reporting. Our cover depicts the journey ahead – through the straight road, the arching trees and the clear destination. The report would show that ADFIAP is on the right track in its quest as well as its commitment to foster sustainable development in the Asia- Pacific region.

In this report, we have adopted selected profile indicators from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) g3 guidelines on strategy and analysis, organizational profile, report parameters, governance, commitments, and engagements. This will serve as a prelude to our 2008 report where we plan to declare a specific application level with sustainability performance indicators.

We consider the publication of this integrated annual and sustainability report a part of our overarching goal to be a learning organization. Your feedback will allow us to advance, not only in the reporting process, but also in the areas of community commitment and environmental protection where we can improve on our performance. We welcome your feedback at inquiries@adfiap.org

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ADFIAP Annual Report 2006

Starting in 2005, ADFIAP, led by its Board of Directors, engaged in a participative strategic planning process. The planning process was intensive, introspective and self-critical. ADFIAP revisited and changed its mission and benchmarked it against comparable associations. Candid discussions were held within the Board and in the Secretariat to assess the future leadership and advocacy role of ADFIAP and the needs of members.

Throughout the process, the message was clear and consistent: ADFlAP must become an exemplary association, with sustainable development as an advocacy and with member services that are central to all activities.

The Board of ADFIAP heard the message and developed a five-year plan designed to transform ADFIAP into a full-service international association open and responsive to the collective interests of its members, constituents and partners.

The Five Strategic Directions The Board of Directors and Secretariat identified five strategic directions in which ADFIAP has a unique niche and opportunity.

As ADFIAP moves forward into its fourth decade of existence, these five directions will guide the Association as a fullservice international association that will strengthen DFls, the development banking and finance community, and the constituencies they all serve.

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ADFIAP Annual Report 2005

“The philosophy of financing development was borne out of the realization and conviction that the region is richly endowed with indigenous resources … We have to rely a great deal on our regional capabilities and strengths in the spirit of mutual cooperation.” Vicente R. Jayme, Founding Chairman

THE STORY OF ADFIAP started in Manila in 1969, when the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gathered development bankers at its Fourth Regional Conference of Development Financing lnstitutions of Asia and the Pacific.

The ADB was instrumental in planting the germ of an idea to form a regional association of DFls to bring institutions together in the pursuit of a common philosophy of development.

The plan gained further momentum in Paris in 1970 during the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Bankers’ Meeting. The Asia-Pacific DFls that attended the meetings in Caracas elected Abol Gasem Kheradjou, H.F.G. Leembruggen, and Baldev Pasricha to draft a constitution for the proposed association of DFls in the region.

On October 1, 1976, the Association of Development Financing lnstitutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) was born. A total of 31 DFls that attended the Sixth ADB Regional Conference in Manila signed a memorandum of agreement and adopted the constitution of the non-stock, nonprofit organization.

“Our keen desire for so many years to organize ourselves and share the task of improving our institutions and nations through mutual cooperation in development financing finally became a reality that day,” said Vicente R. Jayme, who was the founding chairman.

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