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RFI Foundation

RFI Foundation, C.I.C.

Watford, England, United Kingdom

Environment & Climate
NGOFounded 2015International reach
Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

Founded in 2015, RFI Foundation is a non-governmental organisation based in Watford, United Kingdom working on environment & climate.

RFI Foundation is a non-profit Community Interest Company registered in the United Kingdom. It works as a catalyst to bring responsible finance and Islamic finance together, with a focus on driving change within the financial sector in OIC countries. Its work includes building awareness, promoting research, and delivering knowledge and capacity-building for financial institutions on ESG, climate and nature-related commitments. It also provides thought leadership through open-access data, reports and public comments on responsible finance consultations, and runs training and a financed emissions database. Founded in 2015, it was the first nonprofit principally dedicated to connecting responsible and Islamic finance markets.

Location

Watford, United Kingdom

Founded

2015

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

CIC

Legal name

RFI Foundation, C.I.C.

Focus areas

responsible financeIslamic financeESGclimate financesustainable financeOIC markets

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Environment & Climate

How they work

Advocacy & campaigningResearchAwareness & educationCapacity building

Programmes

OIC Financed Emissions Database

Environment & Climate

Open-access database of financed emissions for 206 banks in 11 OIC countries across 5 years, launched in 2023.

GVI Hub FinTech Programs

Other

FinTech programmes through which the foundation has catalysed work since 2021.

Startups and SMEs training

Environment & Climate

Practical, action-focused training to help startups and SMEs understand and address the environmental and social effects of their companies.

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

AAOIFI, Global Digital Finance, Global Blockchain Business Council

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