Driving Peace-Positive Impact in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Societies
 

Clients

  • Companies and investors seeking to de-risk operations and create peace-positive outcomes in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS).
  • Public institutions, governments, and civil society organizations aligning investments with peace-building goals and international standards.

Tailored Solutions for Peace-Positive Investments 

FCS Impact helps clients align their investments with the Peace Finance Principles, Standards, and the Peace Finance Impact Framework. By de-risking investments and integrating peace-positive strategies, it ensures measurable outcomes that contribute to sustainable peace

Enabling Informed Decision-making

FCS Impact enables clients to adopt strategies that balance financial performance with meaningful and measurable peace-positive impacts. Partnerships with international and local stakeholders ensure solutions are effective and credible.

Key services:

  • Supporting the design and implementation of peace-focused financial impact assessments
  • Facilitating alignment with the Peace Finance Standard and Peace Finance Impact Framework developed by the Finance for Peace initiative.
  • Providing operational guidance for de-risking and delivering peace-positive investment outcomes.

Projects

Between 2022 and 2024, FCS Impact played a pivotal role in the Finance for Peace initiative, collaborating with Interpeace to develop the Peace Finance Impact Framework (PFIF). This framework provides benchmarks for public and private investors to achieve intentional peace impacts through their investments. FCS Impact's contributions were instrumental in the establishment of the Peace Finance Standards Committee and the creation of Peace Finance Standard. This Standard sets out international best practices for labeling investments aligned with peace objectives, facilitating the development of a global peace finance market. Through these efforts, FCS Impact has been a key player in launching and advancing the Finance for Peace initiative, bridging the gap between finance and peacebuilding to create sustainable, peace-positive investment opportunities.

As part of a joint effort with Bureau Van Dorp, FCS Impact has conducted a mapping exercise on ESG investment and conflict sensitivity. The purpose of the assignment was to identify and map out 20 actors and mechanisms in Environmental, Social and Governance investment that have the ability - both capacity and inluence - to use their leverage for the benefit of conflict and climate sensivity. The outcome will assist International Alert to engage with them on a number of key messaging areas that were identified as part of the research and analysis.

From June 2020, FCS Impact has been conducting research and analysis for the UN Business and Human Security Initiative by LSE-Ideas and the UN Trustfund for Human Security, FCS Impact and Bureau Van Dorp produced a paper and policy brief on ESG and SDG impact measurements by businesses operating or investing in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings (FCS) which resulted in a framework for collaborative action and innovation and practical guidance that would contribute to responsible and sustainable business conduct in FCS. The framework report presents a model to assist companies and investors work with communities, the UN system and local stakeholders to achieve the SDGs and contribute to peacebuilding in FCS. In January 2022, we published a new report Maximizing business contributions to sustainable development and positive peace, a human security approach.