This report is a joint output from the OECD’s Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs and the Environment Directorate. It contributes to the work programmes of the Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) and the Investment Committee (IC). It was co-authored by Michael Mullan and Iris Mantovani, with valuable contributions from Konstantin Blondeau. This work was undertaken under the guidance of Robert Youngman and Yuval Laster (Environment Directorate) and Martin Wermelinger and Ana Novik (Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs). It was prepared for publication by Elvira Berrueta-Imaz.
The authors would like to thank the following OECD colleagues for their valuable advice and suggestions on previous drafts of this report. Mikaela Rambali, Simon Touboul, Sophie Lavaud, Geraldine Ang, Valentina Belessi, Leigh Wolfrom, Mamiko Yokoi-Arai, Sophia Gnych, Wiebke Bartz-Zuccala, Emilia Stazi, Kerstin Schopohl, Emma Raiteri and Ada Ignaciuk.
The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) and Investment Committee (IC) were responsible for oversight of this report. The Working Party on Finance and Investment for Environmental Goals (WPFIEG), the Working Party on Climate Change (WPCC) and the FDI Qualities Policy Network provided valuable feedback on previous drafts, alongside the Informal Expert Group that was established to support this project. The Framework has benefitted from the comments and suggestions of: Arghya Sinha Roy (Asian Development Bank), Vladimir Stenek (IFC), Jia Li and Chloe Desjonqueres (World Bank), Paul Smith and Gary Power (UNEP-FI), Craig Davies (Cadlas), Kit England (PWA Associates), Raffaele Della Croce (Imperial) and Jennifer Doherty (IADB).
This report has benefitted from the financial support of Environment and Climate Change Canada and the United States, as well as from the governments of the Netherlands and Switzerland through their support to the FDI Qualities Implementation Roadmap.