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Our purpose: what drives us at Coface

WHY A NEW PURPOSE STATEMENT?

Xavier DURAND, Coface Chief Executive Officer, explains how our tagline, FOR TRADE, conveys Coface’s culture and purpose and our deep commitment to trade.
 
 
OUR BELIEF:
We believe in business as a force for good in the world.
 

WHO WE ARE

4,100

experts serving around 50,000 companies

A modern and agile company with the most finely meshed international network, Coface is a reference in credit insurance and risk management.

With over 70 years of experience as an industry leader and a team of 4,100 experts serving around 50,000 companies, Coface experts work to the beat of the global economy.

 

Our ambition is to become the most agile global trade credit insurance partner in the industry.

 

What we stand for

 
We support our clients everywhere they operate, protecting and helping them take the credit decisions necessary to strengthen their ability to sell on their domestic and export markets.
 
Sharing a passion for trade, we want to collaborate with our clients to build successful, growing, and more dynamic businesses. And by helping build stronger businesses, we contribute to the smooth running of the economy.
 
This is our purpose.

Our values

Client Focus

We are dedicated to our clients. Client Focus is a value shared by everyone who works in our organisation, whatever their role.

 

We monitor economic risk to help our clients understand potential risks and promising opportunities for their businesses.

 

We think of our clients as partners. Those of us who work in support functions have internal clients and share the same client-focused mindset.

Expertise

Our expertise defines and positions us as a world-class player.

 

Over 70 years of experience in credit insurance and risk management are the foundation of Coface’s expertise.

 

Expertise provided by an active community sharing a passion for trade: 4,100 experts serving 50,000 businesses.

Collaboration

Collaboration is at the heart of our organisation. Cooperating closely – collaborating – is a state of mind and a prerequisite for the success of our business.

 

At Coface, relational intelligence goes hand in hand with economic intelligence, which is how we envision the relationship we have with our clients, internal or external.

 

Relationships based on listening, sharing, and building trusting partnerships are what we value most.

Courage & accountability

Ours is a profession of conviction, calling on courage & accountability.

 

Every client's situation is different, and the future remains fundamentally uncertain.

 

In an economic world in constant flux, our experts represent a compass for our clients everywhere in the world.

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