29,800
customers served, up 23% compared to 2020
Resilient, together
Resilient, together
EDC 2021 Integrated Annual Report Summary
EDC 2021 Integrated Annual Report Summary
Performance
Performance
Whether dealing with a global health crisis, a national response to climate change, or Canada’s exporting challenges, EDC demonstrated its value to Canadian business and the economy.
Whether dealing with a global health crisis, a national response to climate change, or Canada’s exporting challenges, EDC demonstrated its value to Canadian business and the economy.
Customers first
Customers first
While supporting companies affected by the pandemic, we also looked to getting them back on track to achieving their growth objectives.
While supporting companies affected by the pandemic, we also looked to getting them back on track to achieving their growth objectives.
Future focused
Future focused
By prioritizing the sectors and markets that offer the best potential for long-term, sustainable growth, we help build a more resilient, sustainable and competitive Canadian economy.
By prioritizing the sectors and markets that offer the best potential for long-term, sustainable growth, we help build a more resilient, sustainable and competitive Canadian economy.
Values led
Values led
Doing what’s right, and taking action to empower people and protect the planet, is at the heart of our business approach.
Doing what’s right, and taking action to empower people and protect the planet, is at the heart of our business approach.
$111 billion
in total business conducted by our customers with the help of EDC solutions
10,325
financial transactions supporting micro, small and medium-sized companies, up 5% compared to 2020
Building a stronger and more sustainable economic future for Canadians
By 2030, EDC aims to help Canada regain its standing as a leader in international trade. This year’s integrated annual report focuses on progress toward our 2030 vision.
Performance
Whether dealing with a global health crisis, a national response to climate change, or Canada’s exporting challenges, EDC demonstrated its value to Canadian business and the economy.
Customers first
While supporting companies affected by the pandemic, we also looked to getting them back on track to achieving their growth objectives.
Future focused
By prioritizing the sectors and markets that offer the best potential for long-term, sustainable growth, we help build a more resilient, sustainable and competitive Canadian economy.
Values led
Doing what’s right, and taking action to empower people and protect the planet, is at the heart of our business approach.
Message from the Chair
EDC is one of those companies that stepped up, again this past year, to find new ways to respond to the constantly shifting circumstances of the crisis.
Message from the President and CEO
We are adapting our business at this critical juncture, with the goal of maximizing our impact for Canadian exporters and the economy.
Q&A with the CCSO
Adding the Chief Corporate Sustainability Officer role to my portfolio signalled our intent to accelerate the embedding of ESG values, principles and processes across our organization and in our support of Canadian companies.
Making an impact that matters
EDC success stories
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Real Earth Bounty: Treat company’s pivot pays off