Responsible investment:creating value fromenvironmental, socialand governance issues
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Insight from our survey of the private equity industry March 2012
Glossary o abbreviations
ESG: Environmental, social and governanceGeneration Y: The group o people born in the 1980s and 1990sGP: General PartnerLP: Limited PartnerPE: Private EquityRI: Responsible InvestmentUN PRI: United Nations Principles or Responsible Investment
Contents
Section 1 – Executive Summary 2Section 2 – Findings 5
2.1 Drivers for responsible investment activities 52.2 Internal capacity 72.3 Policies and procedures 82.4 Measuring value 112.5 External reporting 132.6 Looking ahead 15
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Responsible investment: creating value rom environmental, social and governance issues
March 2012
¹ Based on Private Equity International’s 2011 ranking of the top 300 private equity rms by size, ranked on the amount of private equitydirect-investment capital each rm has raised over a ve-year period (www.peimedia.com/Pages.aspx?pageID=3155).
About the survey
Based on our experience of working with clients from the private equity (PE) industry, wehave seen a notable rise in attention to responsible investment (RI) and the managementof environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues over the last few years. We have alsoobserved what seems to be an emerging common challenge – to demonstrate the value of implementing a responsible investment strategy. Does managing ESG issues really help to create value? And if so, how?Our survey seeks to explore the PE industry’s response to this question. We also examine whatdrives PE houses to focus on responsible investment, and how they are tackling the challenge of valuing and measuring their efforts. And we look ahead, asking how the industry’s commitment
to addressing ESG risks and opportunities might evolve over the next ve years.
This report summarises the results of our survey and presents our view on the key issues arising.
What is responsible investment?
Responsible investment is an investment approach founded on the view that the effectivemanagement of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is not only the right thing todo, but is also fundamental to creating value. Responsible investors believe that companies whichare successful in avoiding ESG risks whilst capturing ESG opportunities will outperform over thelonger term.
Environmental issues:
encompass pollution and contamination of land, air and water; related
legal and regulatory compliance; eco-efciency (“doing more with less resources”); waste
management; natural resource scarcity; and climate change. Many environmental challenges alsopresent opportunities for value creation, for example, generation of incremental revenue fromnew technologies, products and markets such as ‘green’ / sustainable products and services.
Social issues:
encompass the treatment of employees; health and safety; labour conditions;human rights; supply chains; and treating customers and communities fairly.
Governance:
in a responsible investment sense, this term is generally held to encompass thegovernance of environmental and social issue management, plus the areas of anti bribery andcorruption, business ethics and transparency.
Our approach
We spoke to 17 private equity houses, including:
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six of the top ten largest globalPE houses¹
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11 of the top 50 largest globalPE houses¹
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six mid-tier houses
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ten with headquarters in Europe, and
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seven with headquarters in the US.Interviews were conducted withmembers of senior management– either with dedicated ESG orsustainability specialists/teams where these exist, or with individualsdrawn from other functions androles (e.g. Operations, Public Affairs,Communications, Investor Relationsor Legal Counsel) who have additionalresponsibility for the ESG agenda.Interviews were supplemented withdesk-based research on each PE house,including consideration of company websites and relevant reports (e.g.Citizenship/Corporate Responsibility reports). Interviews were undertakenduring the period from November 2011through to January 2012, and reliedupon a common set of questions beingposed to each participant.
Interviews, unless specically agreed
otherwise, were undertaken on a non-attributable basis.
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