Created in 2008, at the joint initiative of Crédit Agricole’s Directors and Professor Yunus, founder of the Grameen Trust and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, the Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation is a cross-business actor committed to promoting a better-shared economy.

Investor, funder, technical assistance coordinator and fund advisor, the Foundation has more than 70 partners (microfinances institutions and social business) and operates in more than 30 countries with 77 million euros in commitments. Women and rural populations represent respectively 74% and 77% of the 3 million customers served by the institutions funded by the Foundation.

SOLIDARITY BANKER

On the initiative of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA, skill-based voluntary missions carrying the "Banquier Solidaire" label are proposed to employees on behalf of microfinance institutions or "social business" companies, partners of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation. Five missions have been planned for 2018.

This is a unique partnership in the history of Crédit Agricole and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation. With “Banquier Solidaire,” the Group and the Foundation are capitalizing on their synergies and stepping up their action in favour of sustainable finance. The objective is to provide additional advice and guidance for the microfinance and social businesses supported by the Foundation via pro bono missions carried out by the staff of the Crédit Agricole Group.