; What is the France Invest framework? ;
The repository France Invest ESG is a reporting framework designed by the France Invest association, which brings together French private equity players.
It aims to structure and harmonize the collection of ESG indicators within the investments of private equity funds, venture capital, private debt, infrastructure and impact funds.
Updated regularly, this framework is gradually aligned with European regulations (CSRD, SFDR), while remaining practical, synthetic and adapted to inter-company reporting between funds and portfolio companies.
It is based on a base of common indicators (ESG Core Metrics) and sectoral or à la carte indicators according to the level of maturity.
Who is concerned?
- Management companies (GPs) members of France Invest
- SMEs/ETI supported by investment funds
- Startups/scale-ups in the portfolio impact funds or funds with ESG requirements
- Funds wishing to improve the ESG comparability and consolidation of their participations
- Companies raising funds from demanding ESG investors
France Invest: the reference ESG reporting for private equity players in France
France Invest reporting challenges
Finding the balance between standardization, comprehensiveness and feasibility
The France Invest framework remains voluntary, but its adoption is becoming almost systematic. It involves:
- A good understanding of ESG Core indicators
- An ability to consolidate data between entities and years
- A logic of dialogue with funds that requires rigor, comparability and responsiveness
- Coordination between management companies and participations
How Harnest makes your life easier
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- Automated and structured ESG Core Metrics collection
- Monitoring of indicators by entity, with history, alerts, supporting documents
- Analysis tools by portfolio, sector, or year
- Possible integration with CSRD, VSME, EDCI to avoid duplicates
- Data export in the format expected by the funds or LPs
Benefits for your organization
Controlled ESG reporting, valued by your investors
- Respond effectively to the expectations of your GPs or LPs
- Value your ESG progress with solid data
- Integrate France Invest reporting into a broader sustainable strategy
- Save time, avoid re-typing, standardize your approach
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