Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate change
• Social responsibility
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Planning to introduce a scheme to encourage employees to own EVs or PHEVs
• All employees diligently minimise waste and reduce/reuse and recycle material wherever possible
• Working proactively with investees to introduce targets to reduce their carbon & environmental impact

Social Achievements

• Committed to creating and ensuring a non-discriminatory and respectful working environment for staff
• Provide a range of benefits including profit share, share ownership, medical insurance, pension contributions, maternity and paternity leave, support for EVs and PHEVs
• Support professional skills development
• Investees are expected to be equal opportunities employers, committed to a non-discriminatory and respectful working environment for their staff
• Investees share profits fairly with all employees and shareholders
• Investees support their communities through charitable work, sponsorship, open days etc.

Governance Achievements

• Board applies high standard of corporate governance, as set out in the QCA code
• Investees are encouraged to have regular board meetings, minimum 20% employee share ownership, a Corporate Trustee in place to manage the EOT, and periodic meetings between the EOT & company board

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Rising costs, tight labour market and shortages of materials for investee companies
• Unsettled geopolitical background coupled with inflationary pressures and the likelihood of recession and low growth in the UK economy

Mitigation Strategies

• Patient capital and support to investee companies
• Cautious approach to investments
• Maintaining sufficient liquidity (£3.939m net liquidity)

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

• Shortlisted for ‘Aquis Company of the Year’ in both the 2022 Small Cap Awards and Shares Awards 2022