Our sustainability and people journey
Our focus on sustainability and people is longstanding at both a Group level and in our investment activities.
This timeline highlights developments supporting how we are:
We have made progress over time around all of our material issues.
2013
Investing sustainably
- Signatory to UN PRI
- Responsible Investing Policy established
Operating purposefully
- Partnership with ThinkForward
- Internship programme launched
2014
Investing sustainably
- Responsible Investing Committee formed
2015
Investing sustainably
- Inaugural ESG survey of portfolio companies
Operating purposefully
- First employee engagement survey
2018
Investing sustainably
- PRI Academy ESG training launched
Operating purposefully
- Women in Finance Charter
- D&I Steering Committee formed
2019
Investing sustainably
- ESG Integration: 100% of assets under management (AUM)
- First sustainably-themed product launched (Sale and Leaseback)
Operating purposefully
- CDP Leadership score: A-
- FTSE 4Good Index
- Employee Wellbeing Programme launched
- First BAME Board Director
2020
Investing sustainably
- iCI UK network founding signatory
- PRI score: A+, A+, A
- Second sustainably- themed product launched (Infrastructure Equity)
Operating purposefully
- D&I Hub formed
- Inaugural Graduate Programme
- First female Executive Director
2021
Investing sustainably
- Third sustainably-themed product launched (Real Estate Debt VI)
- 99% of capital raised since March ‘21 in EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Article 8 Funds
- Net zero commitment
- Validated and approved Science Based Target
Operating purposefully
- First interns via:
- Joined The Diversity Project
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