Responsible investing

At Abris, we have made our commitment to responsible investing visible and quantifiable, developing innovative tools and a proprietary methodology that further strengthen our ESG function. We can plan, monitor and measure the ESG impact on the businesses we invest in.

For us, there is no longer any distinction between “investing” and “responsible investing”. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are present throughout the full investment process.

Our impact

1.3BN

of committed capital

investment funds

Up to 1.9BN

of total portfolio sales

13500

employees in our portfolio companies

2350

new jobs created under our stewardship

400

headquarters, branches and offices of our portfolio companies strengthening employment and local communities in 2019

Responsible Investment Policy

We apply the same level of commitment to responsible investing as we do to all our business activities. The Abris Responsible Investment Policy defines our responsibilities, presents our investment process path, and defines the rules of transparency.

We continually strive to contribute towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through our own activities and those of our portfolio companies. Abris has an important part to play in achieving these goals for a more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable world.

ESG 2020 Universe – our ESG strategy

We affirm our belief that business must play a vital role in improving life for everyone on the planet through our ESG strategy – “Abris ESG 2020 Universe.”

Through this strategy, we develop a comprehensive plan to accomplish risk management and value creation by prioritizing ESG factors, while building our reputation.

The Abris ESG 2020 Universe consists of three pillars:

Abris as a model ESG organization
End-to-end ESG processes
Building a reputation of an ESG thought leader

Our ESG Process

We actively integrate ESG factors at each stage of the investment process, from the initial due diligence through monitoring and value creation to the exit.

To find out more about our ESG process, please download the latest copy of the ESG report here

Value Enhancement Team

Our Value Enhancement Team works to support Deal Teams in risk management and value creation. The primary areas supported by the Value Enhancement Team include ESG, portfolio risk management, technology, and IT security. The team’s main objectives are:

Supporting Deal Teams with specialized knowledge
Documenting of Abris investment and portfolio experience
Continuous professionalization of Abris organization

Meet our Value Enhancement Team:

Robert Sroka – ESG Director
Tomasz Maciejak – Technology Director
Szymon Olejarczyk – Finance and Controlling Manager
Oana Mihai – ESG Coordinator
Olga Jablonska – ESG Administrator

Abris ESG Scoring

We have developed the Abris ESG Scoring application, an innovative IT tool that supports investment decision making and ESG portfolio oversight. The key objectives are planning, monitoring, and measuring our ESG impact, allowing for practical execution of the Abris Responsible Investment Policy.

Please click on the graph below to learn more about Abris ESG scoring components.

500 ESG measures in Abris ESG Scoring are included in 10 ESG areas:

Environmental Issues
Human Resources
Human Rights
Health & Safety
Product/Services Safety
Corporate Governance
Anti-Bribery
Sanctions & Anti-Trust
Cybersecurity and GDPR
Marketing

ESG Education

Abris strives to develop the ESG knowledge and skills of our portfolio companies. The two most important activities in this area are the Abris ESG Awards and ESG Training Workshops.

Abris ESG Awards

The Abris ESG Awards competition recognizes innovation and progress among our portfolio companies. The awards celebrate the exceptional work of our companies’ ESG teams and the commitment of our Deal Teams to work with them on taking sustainable actions.

The competition consists of a Grand Prix category and three subcategories: Environment, Social and Corporate Governance. All winners are selected by a jury of in-house and independent experts.

The winners of Abris ESG Awards 2018:

Grand Prix: Patent. Co
Environment: Green Group
Social: Pehart
Corporate Governance: Velvet Care

The winners of Abris ESG Awards 2019:

Grand Prix: Velvet Care
Environment: WDX
Social: Graal
Corporate Governance: Cadm

Learn more about the Abris ESG Awards:

Abris ESG training for portfolio companies

The very first step to support our portfolio companies to realize the importance of all ESG matters is to build awareness, share expert knowledge and exchange good practices between the portfolio firms. Thus, each year we organize our ‘Annual ESG Training’ for the portfolio companies to address the essential ESG matters.

Previous training on ESG included the following topics:

whistleblowing and Anti-bribery issues
climate-related risk and opportunities
carbon footprint measuring
machinery safety issues

Climate change

Our management teams must be aware of the environmental impact of their operations; thus we take sound actions to manage it by:

ESG Scoring Tool helping to adapt business model to climate change
Creating a net-zero strategy in each portfolio company
Developing a carbon footprint measuring tool in scope 1 and 2 for the entire portfolio and setting high level of reduction ambition
Providing training to our portfolio companies in terms of climate-related risk and opportunities

ESG Reports

In line with our commitments to sustainability, ethical stewardship and ESG disclosure, corporate governance was our 2019 ESG priority.

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