CORDET
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:152,759.2 tCO2e/year (2022)
Scope 1 Emissions:2,204.0 tCO2e/year (2022)
Scope 2 Emissions:10,882.3 tCO2e/year (2022)
Scope 3 Emissions:139,672.8 tCO2e/year (2022)
Renewable Energy Share:46.4% (2022)
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:217.4 tCO2e/EUR 1m (Scope 3, 2022)
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- FLABEG transitioned to renewable energy sources, deducting c. 2800 tCO2.
- Instabox reduced emissions by approximately 10% in a pilot project with Google.
- Instabox transitioned 30% of its home delivery vehicles in Sweden to electric in March 2023.
Social Achievements
- Increased female staff representation from 17% to 33.3% (36% as of Feb-23).
- Trust Payments' Kickstart program successfully transitioned 85% of participants to full-time employment.
- Flabeg engaged in targeted recruitment campaigns to improve diversity and inclusion.
Governance Achievements
- Implementation of ESG margin ratchets in new transactions.
- Expanded ESG working group with regular meetings.
- Professionalisation of annual ESG questionnaire for portfolio companies.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
- Explore the possibility of becoming a public TNFD supporter.
- Explore further opportunities to improve and expand sustainability strategy and reporting.
Short-term Goals:
- Implement carbon offsetting strategy.
- Further develop ESG reporting process and improve portfolio company engagement.
Environmental Challenges
- Significant disruption due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Significant reduction in deal volume in 2022.
- Limited respondent rate for Scope 3 emissions data (c. 44% in 2022).
Mitigation Strategies
- Kept close contact with management teams in portfolio companies to understand potential impacts.
- Diligent commitment to strategy resulted in less new transactions.
- Partnered with Reporting21 to improve data collection and ESG performance.
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Responsible Procurement
- ESG due diligence reports from third-party consultants for sponsor-backed transactions.
- Guidance on good business conduct, including anti-corruption and sustainability policies (Instabox).
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Not disclosed
Transition Risks
- Not disclosed
Opportunities
- Not disclosed
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: UN PRI, UN SDGs, TCFD
Certifications: Null
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Not disclosed
Strong alignment with UN SDGs across its portfolio, though not a direct impact strategy.
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Not disclosed
Awards & Recognition
- Best Overall Fundraising: Debt (Private Equity Wire)
- Third-place ranking in European Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Year Award (Private Debt Investor)
- CFI award for Best Alternative Credit Investor (United Kingdom) (two years in a row)
- Trust Payments awarded Best ESG Initiative at Pay 365 awards
- Stockholm office awarded Most Sustainable Workplace 2022