Quadriga Capital
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:40,054 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:63%
Total Energy Consumption:246,623,581 kWh
ESG Focus Areas
- Human Well-Being & Personal Growth
- Preservation of our Environment
- Sustainable Transformations
Environmental Achievements
- Continued strengthening of the QC-Sustain approach
- Successful verification as a Signatory to the Impact Principles (July 2023)
- Improved QC-Sustain toolbox to include future EU CSRD requirements
- Implementation of third-party software Reporting21
- Joined ESMT Berlin’s Sustainable Business Roundtable (SBRT)
- Sector-specific sustainability workshop for healthcare portfolio companies (early summer 2023)
Social Achievements
- Strengthened the QC-Sustain team by appointing an ESG Coordinator
- ESG Best Practice Honours award by SWEN Capital Partners
- Selected as Real Deals Future 40 ESG Innovator
- LR Health & Beauty published a stand-alone Sustainability Report
Governance Achievements
- Revised QC-Sustain content, ESG and Impact target setting procedures
- Improved internal requirements and growing regulatory demands to include all upcoming regulatory requirements from the EU CSRD
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce GHG emissions across portfolio companies by 50% by 2030
Short-term Goals:
- Revise portfolio-wide targets
- Increase data quality and introduce GHG Scope 3 reporting
- Include diversity policy in the QC-Sustain toolbox
- Strengthen stewardship role
Environmental Challenges
- Incomplete and inaccurate sustainability data from portfolio companies in 2022
- Significant number of portfolio companies encountering similar sustainability challenges
- Need to empower sustainability within portfolio companies beyond executive training
Mitigation Strategies
- Consolidating knowledge within QC-Sustain Toolbox and providing support across the portfolio
- Training initiatives in 2022 and 2023
- Sector-specific sustainability workshops (e.g., healthcare)
- Collaboration with Reporting21 for data collection
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: Operating Principles for Impact Management, SFDR Art. 8+
Third-party Assurance: BlueMark
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 3
- SDG 6
- SDG 7
- SDG 8
- SDG 9
- SDG 12
- SDG 13
The report mentions alignment with several SDGs, but lacks specific details on how initiatives contribute to each goal.
Awards & Recognition
- SWEN Capital Partners ESG Best Practices Honours
- Real Deals Future 40 ESG Innovator