Matt Farnsworth
Technical Director - Sustainable Business, ESG & Transaction Advisory
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Investors are integrating ESG into their investment process to help secure capital during fundraising, identify risks during due diligence, capitalize on opportunities post-acquisition, and facilitate information disclosure in exit.
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Secure Capital, Minimize Risk, Enhance Reputation.
We can help implement an ESG strategy that will bolster the investment process, create short- and long-term value across the portfolio, and strengthen the firm’s reputation.
We have the expertise and experience to assist clients integrate ESG in ways that make the most sense for the firm and its portfolio companies. We review risks and opportunities that could have direct financial, operational, and reputational impacts on active or prospective investments. We then help manage these risks and capitalize on opportunities by implementing initiatives and providing value-added services to firms and their portfolio companies.
From fundraising through exit, we can help your firm implement ESG throughout the investment cycle.
Our expertise
Firm-Level Strategy
We help define internal priorities and effectively incorporate ESG into the investment process by:
- Clarifying an internal ESG vision, mission statement, and priorities;
- Identifying investors’ motivations and expectations during fundraising;
- Creating an ESG policy and implementation framework;
- Constructing a customized ESG action plan to fit present and future goals;
- Defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the ESG performance across the portfolio;
- Developing industry trend reviews and risk assessments; and
- Providing tailored ESG training.
Investment Analysis
We help enhance the investment process by investigating a variety of ESG issues within active and prospective investments. We review the following areas, among others:
Environmental
- Biodiversity Impacts
- Emissions & Air Quality
- Energy Consumption
- Environmental Compliance
- Extreme Weather Events & Vulnerability Analysis
- Fuel Efficiency
- Waste Management
- Water Quality
- Water Rights & Availability
Social
- Community Engagement
- Conflict Minerals
- Employee Engagement & Retention
- Fair Disclosure & Marketing
- Health & Safety
- Human Rights
- Internal Labor Relations
- Product Stewardship
Governance
- Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption
- Anti-Sexual Harassment & Anti-Bullying
- Board Composition & Diversity
- Business Ethics & Transparency
- Business Interruption
- Consumer and Enterprise Customer Expectations
- Supply Chain
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ESG: Translating purpose into plans, actions and accountabilities
Read articleCEOs from the largest US corporations redefine sustainability purpose to benefit all Americans
But what does this mean for big, or small, business?
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Disrupting the blue ocean: impact investment and ESG
Read articleArticle originally published in Real Deals magazine May 2020.
Matt Farnsworth, Technical Director, talks ESG and impact investment and adding value through sustainable business innovation.
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Future Environmental, Social and Governance megatrends – worth the risk?
Read articleMatt Farnsworth, Associate Director for Transaction Advisory / Due Diligence Services, considers Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) trends and their potential future impacts; “As we examine recent corporate events and look ahead it’s clear that the breadth of issues facing modern business has proliferated. Aside from the geo-political and economic uncertainties, the outlook for environmental and social issues looks challenging”.
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Matt Farnsworth
Technical Director - Sustainable Business, ESG & Transaction Advisory +44 (0) 1454 853 000 EMAIL
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Gen Wingrave
Head of Risk & Environmental Management +44 (0) 20 7280 3300 EMAIL
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