Venture Capital as an engine of growth
CDP Venture Capital SGR sets great store by environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, integrating them into both investment decisions and day-to-day operations. Sustainability is considered a strategic element for generating economic and social value in the long run. This commitment drives conscious and responsible choices and helps attract talented people who share the vision of a more sustainable future.
Our model of
investment
CDP Venture Capital SGR integrates ESG criteria into its operations, making it possible to monitor the impact of its portfolio on environmental, social and governance aspects.
CDP Venture Capital SGR also integrates sustainability into its investment policies, with a focus on Impact Innovation and Energy and Digital Transition. It identified 9 priorites and 8 secondary SDGs to guide its activities. Alignment of the portfolio to the SDGs is monitored through a proprietary ESG screening and due diligence tool.
Pre–investment
During the pre-investment phase, an ESG Due Diligence is carried out using a proprietary tool based on SASB standards.
This allows the investment team to gather information on the ESG safeguards of the target company and draft an ESG disclosure to be included in the Investment Memorandum for the Board of Directors.
The analysis applies exclusion criteria to avoid investments in environmentally and socially critical sectors, identifies relevant ESG issues and assesses the SDGs on which the target has an impact.
Management portfolio
The proprietary tool used in the pre-investment phase is presented to investees on an annual basis to regularly monitor the portfolio's key ESG issues, to highlight any changes in ESG management and to identify potential areas for improvement, which the investment team will propose if deemed necessary.
