LB Equity has introduced two new programmes to continue incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives into the investment firm and across its portfolio companies.
The firm has consulted a number of international frameworks and standards to develop its own roadmap for integrating ESG principles into the investment firm and portfolio companies. They have adopted the UN’s Six Principles for Responsible Investment to guide decision making within the fund and among portfolio companies. To implement these principles in a meaningful way, LB Equity has developed a proprietary scorecard and questions incorporating tools such as the GIIN and SASB frameworks that can be used to quantitatively evaluate new investment opportunities.
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