Our Solutions
Governance | Stewardship | Sustainability
Our Solutions
Governance | Stewardship | Sustainability
Our Solutions
Governance | Stewardship | Sustainability
The core of our services is operationalizing governance, stewardship and sustainability.
As an investor-focused firm, our team provides expertise in the design and execution of strategies for evaluating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors in investment decision-making, and supports engagement between investors and their portfolio companies.
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Institutional Investors
Asset Managers
- Stewardship diagnostics - benchmarking and evaluation
- ESG Integration – reinforcing strategy and decision-making, ESG KPIs, ESMS, tools and templates, implementation support
- Stewardship capacity-building
- Investment origination support – ESG data and analytics, prospect sustainability due diligence and investment decision-making support
- Portfolio engagement - ESG data and analytics, investee sustainability assessment, direct engagement with portfolio companies, including thematic, company-specific and cross-portfolio dialogue
- Stewardship reporting
Asset Owners
- Stewardship mandate formulation –
benchmarking and evaluation - Asset manager stewardship reporting analytics
- Stewardship and LPAC capacity-building
- Asset manager selection and due diligence – manager ESG mandate reviews
- Asset manager ESG integration assessment
- Thematic portfolio engagements
Impact Investors
- Impact strategy diagnostics – benchmarking and evaluation
- Impact strategy integration – reinforcing strategy and decision-making, ESG KPIs, ESMS, tools and templates, implementation support
- Capacity-building
- Investment origination support – ESG data and analytics, prospect sustainability due diligence and investment decision-making support
- Portfolio engagement - ESG data and analytics, impact evaluation, direct engagement with portfolio companies, including thematic, company-specific and cross-portfolio dialogue
- Stewardship/Impact Principles verification and reporting
Development Finance Institutions
- ESG integration tools and frameworks – designing and improving specialized corporate governance and E&S methodologies and toolkits tailored to particular regions, markets, industries, ownership patterns and size and stage of company development
- ESG capacity-building – for investment and ESG professionals, board nominees and LPAC appointees
- CG and E&S thematic research
- Investment origination support – ESG data and analytics, sustainability due diligence and investment decision support to direct and fund investments
- Portfolio engagement - ESG data and analytics, investee sustainability assessment, direct engagement with portfolio companies, including thematic, company-specific and cross-portfolio dialogue
- Fund manager stewardship due diligence and reporting
- ESG advisory services support – technical assistance program design, management and implementation on ESG, corporate climate governance, climate finance and related themes
Institutional Investors
Asset Managers
- Stewardship diagnostics - benchmarking and evaluation
- ESG Integration – reinforcing strategy and decision-making, ESG KPIs, ESMS, tools and templates, implementation support
- Stewardship capacity-building
- Investment origination support – ESG data and analytics, prospect sustainability due diligence and investment decision-making support
- Portfolio engagement - ESG data and analytics, investee sustainability assessment, direct engagement with portfolio companies, including thematic, company-specific and cross-portfolio dialogue
- Stewardship reporting
Asset Owners
- Stewardship mandate formulation –
benchmarking and evaluation - Asset manager stewardship reporting analytics
- Stewardship and LPAC capacity-building
- Asset manager selection and due diligence – manager ESG mandate reviews
- Asset manager ESG integration assessment
- Thematic portfolio engagements
Impact Investors
- Impact strategy diagnostics – benchmarking and evaluation
- Impact strategy integration – reinforcing strategy and decision-making, ESG KPIs, ESMS, tools and templates, implementation support
- Capacity-building
- Investment origination support – ESG data and analytics, prospect sustainability due diligence and investment decision-making support
- Portfolio engagement - ESG data and analytics, impact evaluation, direct engagement with portfolio companies, including thematic, company-specific and cross-portfolio dialogue
- Stewardship/Impact Principles verification and reporting
Development Finance Institutions
- ESG integration tools and frameworks – designing and improving specialized corporate governance and E&S methodologies and toolkits tailored to particular regions, markets, industries, ownership patterns and size and stage of company development
- ESG capacity-building – for investment and ESG professionals, board nominees and LPAC appointees
- CG and E&S thematic research
- Investment origination support – ESG data and analytics, sustainability due diligence and investment decision support to direct and fund investments
- Portfolio engagement - ESG data and analytics, investee sustainability assessment, direct engagement with portfolio companies, including thematic, company-specific and cross-portfolio dialogue
- Fund manager stewardship due diligence and reporting
- ESG advisory services support – technical assistance program design, management and implementation on ESG, corporate climate governance, climate finance and related themes
Solutions and Products for Institutional Investors
Lenders and Underwriters
- Sustainability diagnostics – benchmarking and evaluation
- Sustainability integration – reinforcing strategy and decision-making, ESG KPIs, ESMS, tools and templates, implementation support
- ESG for high-impact lending (clean energy, process efficiency, women-led businesses), analysis of sectoral exposure to key E&S risks (particularly climate change and water availability)
- Sustainability capacity-building
- Lending origination engagement – ESG data and analytics, prospect sustainability due diligence and investment decision-making support
- Portfolio borrower engagement - ESG data and analytics, borrower sustainability due diligence, direct engagement with portfolio companies, including thematic, company-specific and cross-portfolio dialogue
- Sustainability reporting, including TCFD compliance
Lenders and Underwriters
- Sustainability diagnostics – benchmarking and evaluation
- Sustainability integration – reinforcing strategy and decision-making, ESG KPIs, ESMS, tools and templates, implementation support
- ESG for high-impact lending (clean energy, process efficiency, women-led businesses), analysis of sectoral exposure to key E&S risks (particularly climate change and water availability)
- Sustainability capacity-building
- Lending origination engagement – ESG data and analytics, prospect sustainability due diligence and investment decision-making support
- Portfolio borrower engagement - ESG data and analytics, borrower sustainability due diligence, direct engagement with portfolio companies, including thematic, company-specific and cross-portfolio dialogue
- Sustainability reporting, including TCFD compliance
Policy Makers
- Policy support on governance, stewardship and sustainability from the practitioner’s perspective
- CG and ESG thematic research
- Support in the formulation of governance, stewardship and sustainability standards and codes
- CG/ESG/Stewardship rating frameworks
- Support in the development and implementation of Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) for infrastructure projects (PPP), aligned to international best standards
- Support in defining roles and responsibilities among stakeholders and guidance tools for implementation
Policy Makers
- Policy support on governance, stewardship and sustainability from the practitioner’s perspective
- CG and ESG thematic research
- Support in the formulation of governance, stewardship and sustainability standards and codes
- CG/ESG/Stewardship rating frameworks
- Support in the development and implementation of Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) for infrastructure projects (PPP), aligned to international best standards
- Support in defining roles and responsibilities among stakeholders and guidance tools for implementation
Investment Professionals
- Stewardship, CG, corporate climate governance and sustainability in-person and blended learning courses
Investment Professionals
- Stewardship, corporate governance, corporate climate governance and sustainability in-person and blended learning courses
Our Process
We follow a rigorous and iterative process to ensure our services are tailored to clients’ needs, strategy and perspectives, following an engagement cycle leading to the mountaintop
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Our Process
We follow rigorous and iterative process to ensure our services are tailored to clients’ needs, strategy and perspectives, following an engagement cycle leading to the mountaintop
![Image](/images/2021/11/17/bild1.png)