Regulatory compliance and disclosures for sustainable investment

Client: US-based private credit firm

Helped our client to align with EU SFDR Article 8 requirements, developed the fund's exclusion policy and conducted a health-check of pre-contractual ESG requirements.

Client: Venture capital firm investing in early-stage B2C and B2B companies

Provided expertise through provision of ESG policy development and conducted assessments of compliance against the MAS Environmental Risk Management Guidelines.

Client: Impact focused private equity management firm

Supported our client through provision of a gap analysis and a recommendations report to help enhance its impact measurement and management approach and conducted EU SFDR compliance assessments.

Client: China-focused private equity firm

Helped our client to enhance their ESG policy and internal ESG methodology, meeting Hong Kong SFC Fund Managers Code of Conduct (FMCC) climate-related requirements and Singapore MAS Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management. We developed an internal methodology to cover both listed and private equity and developed the ESG due diligence processes. We reviewed the most relevant ESG data providers.

Client: Rules-based stock index focused on renewable energy 

Provided expertise on EU SFDR methodology developments, conducting data coverage and quality reviews, provision of good governance assessments and recommendations reports on Article 8 and Article 9 roadmaps.

Client: Global asset manager offering sustainable investment solutions in public and private markets 

Supported with ESG policy enhancement, due diligence development, and investment management methodology reviews which resulted in a technical recommendations report for the client to enhance its overall approach to management of ESG risks. We conducted EU SFDR entity and fund-level health-checks and gap analyses against Article 8 requirements.

Client: Private equity and real estate investment firm 

Supported our client through reviews and implementation advice on its ESG and impact methodology across education, environmental products/services, healthcare, retail, consumer products, logistics, TMT, alternative energy, financial services, automotive, advanced manufacturing, and natural resources sectors. We conducted workshops to educate the firm regarding IFC performance standards as well as UN PRI and more.

Client: global asset manager running long/short equity, global macro, systematic investing and venture capital

Supported with implementation advice on the Singapore MAS Environmental Risk Management Guidelines and Hong Kong SFC Fund Managers Code of Conduct requirements on climate-related risks. Reviewed the client's investment and risk management approach of ESG factors and supported with enhancement of the firm's internal methodology.

Client: European private bank and wealth manager 

Provided expertise on the refinement of their ESG policy, advice regarding carbon offsetting mechanisms and verified carbon emission reduction (VERs) corresponding to credits generated and supported with reviews of the funds' pre-contractual disclosures.

Client: Venture capital firm investing into early-stage sustainability focused companies in Europe and Asia 

Conducted health-checks against EU SFDR Article 8 requirements, reviewing the firm's sustainability risk policy, remuneration policy and principal adverse impact statement at entity level. Provided a technical review of the fund's pre-contractual and website documentation against EU SFDR Article 9 requirements and a technical findings report.