Under the SECO mandate SIFEM invests in triple-bottom line projects that earn a minimum commercial return and show compliance with SIFEM’s environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) standards. In addition to commercial and ESG sustainability, SIFEM's investees have significant development effects in counties of SIFEM's investment, creating employment and increasing skills training in local communities, transferring technology know-how and management expertise, and deepening local markets.
The development impact of SIFEM activities is illustrated in the following sample of SIFEM's investments in Ghana:
