OGCI Climate Investments LLP
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Climate Change
- Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Portfolio companies delivered 38 MT CO2e of total realized impact in 2023 (39% year-on-year growth).
- Cumulative realized impact of 95 MT CO2e between 2019-2023.
- Methane abatement impact of 37.4 MT CO2e in 2023 (38% year-on-year growth).
Social Achievements
- Welcomed 16 new team members in 2023.
- Seven team members promoted in early 2024.
- Established a DEI Committee in early 2024.
- Firm's diversity significantly above the average of the Private Equity industry (50% women, 43% ethnic minority background).
Governance Achievements
- Implemented a comprehensive business risk assessment process.
- Collected ESG data from portfolio companies using EDCI guidelines.
- Formalized incorporation of ESG into investment processes with a Responsible Investment Policy.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Deliver 1 gigatonne (GT) CO2e per year of potential GHG impact by 2050.
Short-term Goals:
- Develop net zero strategy leveraging guidance from the Venture Climate Alliance.
Environmental Challenges
- Abatement of observed methane running at less than 10%.
- Uncertainty in portfolio impact results (estimated to be less than +/- 30% overall).
- Need to increase accuracy of methane mitigation estimations.
Mitigation Strategies
- Continuous improvement of impact methodologies and data sources.
- Collection of more details on mitigation actions.
- Alignment of leak duration assumptions for methane detection.
- Greater scrutiny of systemic impact from methane detection.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Updated procurement policy to address emissions relating to procurement spend.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: PRI, SFDR, GHG Protocol, Project Frame Impact Methodology, EDCI
Third-party Assurance: Ernst & Young LLP (Limited Assurance)