Learn how responsAbility combines

Impact & ESG

What is Impact Investing?

Impact investing is investing with the expectation to receive attractive financial returns plus measurable impact returns, meaning targeted positive social and/or environmental outcomes. This type of investing accounts for 100% of responsAbility's activities.

What is ESG Risk Analysis?

ESG Risk Analysis involves evaluating how environmental, social, and governance factors might impact the risk and return profile of an investment. This process includes assessing potential risks, such as poor labor conditions or threats to local biodiversity, to ensure that these factors are appropriately managed and mitigated.

responsAbility's approach: how ESG & Impact work together

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ESG

This assessment process measures a portfolio company’s Environmental, Social and Governance risks. responsAbility then uses the ESG Engagement approach to manage and mitigate portfolio companies’ ESG risks. This ensures that all our investments have only positive impact.

Impact

We actively target positive impact that is linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To quantify this impact, we use a framework that is similar to the IFC Impact Principle’s 5 dimensions and metrics that utilize industry definitions (IRIS+, GOGLA, 2X).

Meet our Impact & ESG Leadership

Paul Hailey

Head of Impact & ESG

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Mahendra Gunasekera

Head of ESG Analysis

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Technical Assistance and Impact

Our Technical Assistance Team are capacity builders. They engage with our portfolio companies and do everything from trainings on how to become a "green" bank, to driving awareness of environmental and social risks when building solar power plants, to ensuring that portfolio companies have access to local consultants who can support them in their sustainability goals.

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