Responsible investment

Actis's belief in the positive power of capital is underpinned by our promotion of responsible investment. We do this by raising awareness of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in all our business activities and addressing them in all our investments.

 

Companies seeking to grow and perform at the highest level need to pay close attention to maintaining quality standards across their business, including being aware of their impact on the environment and the increasing relevance of climate change and energy efficiency. For each investment that Actis makes, we aim to ensure that best practices are implemented in all aspects of the business including those relating to its interactions with society.

 

Actis sees private equity as the route for creating world-class businesses in our markets and simultaneously for helping the private sector deliver on its responsibility to make a positive contribution to civic society. Actis therefore promotes world class standards in health and safety, social, environmental and climate change areas, as well as sound corporate governance and transparent accounting practices.

 

Actis expects its business partners to understand the importance we attach to helping them integrate the management of ESG issues fully into their business processes. This involves following the Actis approach to:

 

 

In addition, Actis also has some key behavioural principles underlying the Actis ESG approach to business. These are:

 

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