The new BII ESG Toolkit for Financial Institutions (FIs) is designed to provide practical guidance for the sector about how to assess and manage E&S and BI risks and capitalise on any related opportunities. It sets out:

• What to expect when working with BII.
• An overview of the E&S Business Case
• How to address E&S matters throughout the transaction cycle.
• How to set up and continually improve E&S management systems (ESMS) and business integrity management systems (BIMS).
• How to assess and manage business integrity matters.
• Sector profiles that outline the most relevant sector-specific E&S risks, impacts and opportunities.
• How to manage commonly encountered E&S topics via E&S topics.
• Further resources, checklists, templates and other useful materials.

• Quick guide

  Where to look in this Toolkit when…	Key sections/links
  …… preparing to pitch a new FI proposal to BII.	Working with BII
  …… preparing the FI’s annual ESG report for BII.	Annual Monitoring Report Templates
  …… setting up or updating the FI’s E&S and BI management systems.	FI E&S Management Systems FI BI Management Systems
  …… conducting due diligence on potential new transactions.	Transaction Cycle  – Screening and Due Diligence BII Environmental and Social Checklist
  …… supporting and managing portfolio companies.	Transaction cycle – Monitoring and Reporting
  …… making the business case to propose the value add of E&S Management Systems in FI.	BII Guidance: Business Case
  …… understanding and managing governance and business integrity issues, including corporate governance, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, whistleblowing and sanctions.	Business integrity FI BI  Management Systems
  …… learning about specific E&S topics.	E&S topics
  …… assessing and managing E&S issues associated with specific industry sectors.	Sector profiles BII Environmental & Social  checklist
  …… exploring opportunities to build climate resilient portfolios, green financing and gender-smart investing	Value add