Sustainability
We are committed to investing responsibly
Integration of sustainability considerations
Pantheon assesses sustainability-related risks and opportunities when screening and carrying out due diligence on potential investment opportunities and when monitoring and reporting on investments. An investment’s sustainability profile is one of a number of factors that Pantheon considers when evaluating private equity managers and investments for PIP’s portfolio.
Pantheon might decline to make an investment based on a sustainability risk due to the potential impact of the risk on financial value or because the company invests in sectors which Pantheon consider to have inherently higher reputational risk.
A sustainability assessment is integrated into all of PIP's investments
Pantheon Exclusions Policy – avoid investments in certain sectors
Pantheon conducts a comprehensive annual sustainability survey of the private equity managers in PIP's portfolio. Pantheon uses the survey responses to provide insight into the adoption of sustainability principles by the surveyed managers in PIP's portfolio.
Pantheon is committed to active engagement and provides managers with analysis and peer comparisons annually to encourage them to embed key sustainability factors in their investment decision-making as well as monitoring and engaging with their portfolio companies on sustainability-related matters. Pantheon believes that this approach supports its aim of identifying and navigating long-term material sustainability risks and supporting financial value creation over the long term.
Active engagement with managers on their investee companies
Transparent reporting and disclosure
Industry advocacy
Some of the questions we ask…
Do you have a current ESG or sustainability policy?
Do you have a formal approach to integrating sustainability factors within the investment process?
Is ESG responsibility assigned at partnership board or executive committee level?
Sustainability Case Studies
These case studies are illustrative in nature. There is no guarantee that PIP will make similar investments in the future.
Altor ACT I
Altor Equity Partners is a mid-market private equity firm based in Europe. Altor’s ACT I is focused on investment opportunities that have a specific green transition or industrial decarbonisation theme.
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Taking “Action” for sustainability
Action believes that sustainability should be accessible for all and the company has set itself ambitious and measurable targets.
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Ambienta IV
Ambienta is a European private equity manager focused on investing in sustainability-driven businesses.
Read moreSustainability in conversation
These case studies are illustrative in nature. There is no guarantee that PIP will make similar investments in the future.
Ambienta SGR
In this interview, we talk to Nino Tronchetti Provera, Founder and Managing Partner of Ambienta, one of the leading private equity managers exclusively investing in sustainability-driven businesses across Europe, about the impact sustainability is having on the global economy, Ambienta’s approach to ESG and the firm’s investment strategy.
Index Ventures
In this interview, we talk to Rini Banerjee from Index Ventures, one of our leading venture capital managers, about Index’s approach to ESG, how they have advanced their diversity and inclusion efforts in recent years and how all of this supports their investment thesis to “leave the world a better place.”
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Our corporate responsibiliy
Pantheon passionately believes that improving diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do, which is why we have set specific targets for furthering gender and racial diversity among employees. Furthermore, we are committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in the private equity industry and have initiatives working with non-profit organisations.
