Key themes we are addressing—which offer significant profit potential whilst aligning with SDGs—include (i) bridging the “digital divide” by bringing critical communications infrastructure such as mobile towers and fibre to less-served areas; (ii) improving food security by providing much-needed medium-tenor capital to farming enterprises that practice sound agricultural and ecological management (including development of bioenergy) (iii) removing transportation bottlenecks that increase pollution and sap economic opportunities and (iv) encouraging the development of new, cleaner energy supply.
ESG risk management is integrated throughout the investment process and is viewed as an important risk mitigant. Critical considerations such as gender are factored into our Impact Measurement & Management system, which supports and aligns with our robust investment value-creation processes.