With our purpose to “Make the World A Better Place through Sustainable Financing” AFC has carved for itself a uniquely differentiated business model in the Financial Services Sector of Sri Lanka; having integrated Financial, Social and Environmental sustainability long before the term “Sustainability” became an international buzz word. Institutionalising the values of its founders formally in 2012 by embracing the Triple Bottom Line approach, AFC has been aligning itself with an integrated sustainability philosophy for over a decade. During these years we have undertaken many initiatives, going beyond the general frame of CSR to integrate the essence of sustainability into the business practices, roles and responsibilities of the departments and staff members as well. At AFC, we believe that sustainability has to be an integral part of all business functions, from inputs, internal processes, customer engagement to outcomes. Thus, in 2018 we revised our corporate strategy to incorporate sustainability into it, by adopting a new purpose statement and high impact goals to drive us. We have set our standards in line with the international sustainability best practices by obtaining the Sustainability Standards and Certification Initiative accreditation in 2020, gearing ourselves to realise our purpose and high impact goals.
For AFC, it is about creating value to make a positive impact on all its stakeholders – it is about doing its part and more to create economic inclusivity and reduce socio economic disparities, and about contributing to the nation’s macro economic progress. It is also about conserving the environment and contributing to the wider objectives of facilitating peace, unity and inclusive partnerships in the nation.
