Impact Investing

We focus our investments where they will have the greatest positive impact – large-scale issues with significant funding gaps. Our investments have benefited 600+ companies and projects across 80+ countries in both developed and developing markets.

Our strategy is to deploy capital through alternative assets, including private equity, venture capital and private debt. We finance projects we believe offer the greatest chance of impact and reward for all stakeholders.

We’ve adopted the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an overarching guide to test the credibility, relevance, scale of impact and contributions of our investments. Our strategy currently supports 13 of the UN’s 17 SDGs.

We invest in solutions that aim to generate returns based on the sustainable management of an ecosystem. Our investments aim to conserve, protect and restore the natural capital necessary for conservation and biodiversity.

Our investments support and promote pioneering technologies and innovation. These range from clean energy generation and usage to reducing reliance on carbon-intensive sources of energy and promoting energy-efficient products and circular-economy solutions.

Climate change threatens vulnerable communities around the world. Impact Investment opportunities include the provision of climate insurance, drought-resistant crops and green technology. Our contributions to these solutions enable individuals, businesses and communities to adapt and to build resilience.

We are helping build a sustainable and inclusive financial system that gives access to unbanked individuals. This is through tools like payment and transfer services, credit, savings facilities and insurance products designed for low-income communities.

With our investments, we aim to increase the availability and affordability of healthcare products and services. We invest in hospitals and health centres, and in the development of drugs, vaccines and medical products for disadvantaged communities.

Many families across the developing world struggle to access education. We address this need through educational investments, particularly in primary learning, to help break the link between poverty and poor educational achievement.