The Candriam Institute
for Sustainable Development.

All year long, the Candriam Institute for Sustainable Development is working to select and activate projects that aim to make a difference.

Did you know the Institute is active in more than 20 countries? In 2022, all four of our pillars have kept us quite busy. 32 projects were supported!

This annual report is an opportunity for us to report on our actions and highlight our partners working on the ground to transform our contributions into beneficial realities.

The Board of the Candriam Institute oversees a rigorous selection and validation process of organizations and initiatives to be supported . A Due Diligence process seeks to ascertain the quality of supported initiatives, taking into account following criteria:

• Creation of positive social impact through educational, research, social and environmental projects
• Local or global initiatives, primarily in Candriam’s operating countries
• Alignment with the Institute’s objective and values
• Pragmatic and relevant allocation of resources (in financial and organisational terms)
• Reliability and quality of the organisation, including in terms of governance

Candriam’s Compliance department supervises the analysis of the organizations/initiatives from AML-TF, Corruption, Conflict of Interest and reputational risks point of view. Compliance formalizes its opinion for the Institute Board.
For grass-roots, social projects (global commitment across projects around € 200 K per annum), the Institute Board has delegated the selection and follow-up process to Candriam’s staff-sponsored “ Helping-Those-Who-Help (“HTWH” ) Selection Committee”