The Fonds de solidarité FTQ incorporates principles of sustainable development into its mission, and in so doing sets itself apart from traditional financial institutions.
The Fonds:
- Views investing in businesses as a way to create jobs and support the regional and local economies;
- Performs a social audit of prospective partner companies before investing to ensure they employ sound management practices;
- Believes reasonable profitability is essential to a company’s health but at the same time seekssocial profitability;
- Invests in most sectors of the economy, supports the governments’ sector development policies, and is intent on growing the economy;
- Encourages saving, particularly in segments of the population that most need to do so;
- Is solidly entrenched in the regions, communities and workplaces.
The Fund's sustainable development plan is based on the following documents:
- Québec’s sustainable development policy and strategy, which set out fundamental orientations for society and enlist the participation of the main social actors, including businesses and financial institutions;
- The Fonds’ strategic plan, which defines a vision for the type of organization the Fonds aspires to become by 2025 and which sets out orientations to make this vision a reality.