The ASFO is a branch of the International Observatory of Sustainable Finance.
The ASFO, introduced at the Second AFN Sustainable Finance Meetings on May 10-11, 2024 in Sfax, Tunisia, aims to provide the public and private sectors with innovative ESG tools to measure the sustainable performance of African companies.
The ASFO is a think tank with the following objectives:
Monitoring and encouraging sustainable finance practices within Maghreb and African financial institutions through exchanges and research meetings with representatives of the financial profession.
Contributing to public debate on sustainable finance practices by seeking expert opinions and drafting policy briefs and articles, disseminated notably through a partnership with the African Finance Network (AFN),
Promoting academic research in Africa on sustainable finance, facilitated by the partnership with the AFN and the scientific journal African Finance for Development Review (AFDR).,
Developing, testing, and implementing sustainable finance indices to monitor practices aligned with sustainable finance principles.
