Sustainability
Decades of operationalising sustainability, building resilience and securing our licence to operate. Sustainability is key to how we seek to mitigate risk, create value and future proof our assets – experience shows us that investing in the right way provides access to lower cost of capital, reduces risk and enhances value at exit.
We strive to build sustainable value creation into the core operation of the businesses in which we invest.
We view sustainability through the prism of value and our experience tells us that taking a rigorous approach to sustainability can help to mitigate risks, reduce costs and protect and enhance platform values for exit. Sustainability is fully integrated into every investment decision that we make. Our dual approach is to invest in sectors which deliver sustainability solutions; and to seek to drive value at asset level through active ownership. Our dedicated Sustainability team ensures our investments focus on protecting our downside, building resilience and that each initiative is value-additive.
Our frameworks, tools and technical guidance notes harness our institutional knowledge and expertise in an effort to create best practice. This supports our management teams in seeking to build resilient, future-proofed businesses, and to deliver long term sustainable value. We measure and monitor how we transform our portfolio companies and assets into sustainability leaders. We bring our companies together, as peers and practitioners, to accelerate knowledge exchange and share lessons learned. We are ambitious in our pursuit of sustainability leadership and we seek to apply high global standards in a local context. Throughout, we hold ourselves to our own high standards; we are accountable, collaborative, and transparent.
We believe that navigating climate change is the challenge of our lifetime. As investors in sustainable infrastructure, we see an attractive investment opportunity in addressing global sustainability goals. Our investment process ensures we consider the risk and opportunities arising out of the transition. We are focused on building resilient, future-proofed companies that deliver a transition which is equitable and inclusive.
Actis Local Investment, Global Impact
Actis partners with 50 climate leaders.
Impact Measurement Tool
Our proprietary impact measurement framework. The Actis Impact Score™ demonstrates how all of our investments are made with the intention to generate measurable positive environmental and social impact.
Read our Actis Impact Report
Transition Tool
Learn how our ‘Smart Olive’ terminology allows us to categorise assets which can be adapted to have a role in a decarbonised world. ‘Smart Olive’ assets are key to accelerate the Energy Transition.
Across all of our investment sectors, we are committed to promoting world-class standards in health and safety, environmental protection, social engagement and business integrity – as well as sound corporate governance and transparent accounting – right across our portfolio.
We believe this commitment manifests itself through:
- Our full-time, in-house team of sustainability professionals
- Our determination to improve sustainability outcomes for all our portfolio companies
- The integration of sustainability into all our investment decisions and at all stages of the investment cycle
- The application of our proprietary frameworks to better understand climate-related transition risk (Transition Tool) and positive impact (Actis Impact Score)
Our approach is underpinned by rigorous guidelines, codified in our Sustainability and Responsible Investment Policy. We expect our business partners to understand and share our commitment to integrating the management of sustainability practices fully into their business processes.
Actis has been a signatory to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2009, and has reported publicly to the PRI since 2010.
Our approach to sustainability and responsible investment
Sustainability Street View Editions
Awards
Actis in the Media
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Inclusion & Diversity
We believe that at Actis and for the businesses we invest in, a team with cognitive diversity and different life experiences operating in an inclusive culture quite simply makes better decisions.
Meet Our Team
Sustainability is at the heart of all we do. We have a dedicated sustainability team who work closely with our investment professionals and portfolio businesses to underpin value creation, deliver measurable impact and support the creation of sustainability leaders.