Building the New,
Sustainably
Since Sustainability is so central to our Mission, we always wanted to avoid it becoming a “silo” in our organization, and we have worked hard to deeply integrate our Sustainability approach and goals in all the key parts of the business. Asper’s Sustainability Committee is in charge of delivering our goals; it reports directly to the Board and includes members from our investment team, portfolio management, legal & compliance and investor relations.
Asper strives to integrate sustainability and ESG management practices into day-to-day operations within our firm and our platforms, while engaging with industry stakeholders to promote adoption of sustainability-driven best practices. We have implemented robust ESG governance processes that Asper employs prior to investment and throughout the life of the investment.
All Asper funds designated as SFDR Article 9 products
In 2021, the EU introduced the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which aims to increase transparency on sustainability risks and impacts by ensuring that fund managers consider and disclose sustainability risks in their investment processes. It forms part of the EU’s Green Deal, aiming to channel investment towards sustainable activities and assist member states in reaching climate objectives. Under the SFDR, funds are categorised based on their contribution to these sustainable activities. SFDR requires financial market participants to classify their investment funds as Article 6, 8 or 9. The most sustainable category is an Article 9, a so-called Dark Green fund.
All Asper funds are classified as Article 9 under the SFDR. Asper’s mission to ‘Building the New’ by establishing and growing large-scale sustainable platforms with a meaningful, positive impact on the environment and its communities, strategically aligns with the SFDR.
External Recognition
Key portfolio Sustainability KPIs for 2023
100%
Invested in sustainable real assets, contributing to a low carbon economy
€2,0 billion
Total investments in “Build the New”
23,400 ktonnes
CO2 emissions avoided by our assets in their lifetime
1,345 MW
Sustainable energy assets newly built across Europe
142 MW
Sustainable energy assets under construction
11,242 jobs
Created high quality jobs since inception
Meet the Sustainability Committee
Jiska Klein
Head of Sustainability
Emma Tinker
Chief Investment Officer
Luis Quiroga
Head of Investor Relations
Humphrey Edginton
Head of Legal & Compliance
Allister Sykes
Director
Luigi Pettinicchio
Chief Executive OfficerIndustry Engagement
Asper has embedded the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact into strategies and operations, and committed to respecting human and labour rights, safeguarding the environment, and working against corruption in all its forms.
In 2022, Asper joined the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTI), which mobilizes the private sector to take urgent climate action in line with the latest scientific insights. As part of Asper’s mission, we are committed to reach Net-Zero by 2040 or sooner, and look for areas of further reduce on carbon emissions in our own operations and at investment level.
Asper is partner of GAIN (Girls Are Investors), which is a charity set up by investment professionals to improve gender diversity in asset management by building a talent pipeline of entry-level female candidates. We introduced an internship program together with GAIN, dedicated to female students to promote gender diversity in our industry.
As one of the first investment management firms, Asper joins the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (‘PCAF’). PCAF is a collaboration between financial institutions worldwide to enable harmonized assessments and disclosures of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions financed by loans and investments.
Asper has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. By joining the initiative, Asper has committed to aligning it’s strategy and operations with the UN Global Compact’s Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to taking strategic action to advance broader societal goals.
Asper is a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which aims to guide companies in incorporating the considerations of the effects of climate change into business and financial decisions to help facilitate the transition to a more sustainable, lower carbon economy.
Asper is a member of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). IIGCC is a network of more than 170 pension funds, asset managers and other companies, representing over €23 trillion in assets and seeking to take a proactive approach to managing risks and opportunities related to climate change.
Asper has been a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2018. The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment and works to incorporate ESG factors into their signatories’ investment and ownership decisions in order to enhance returns and better manage risks. read more
Asper has been a member of GRESB and a participant in GRESB Infrastructure Assessments since 2016. GRESB is a reporting framework widely recognised as the global leader for ESG assessment and benchmarking of real asset portfolios.[Read More]
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Asper is supportive of all 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). In support of our mission in ‘Building the New’, and our investment focus, we specifically focus our efforts on Affordable and clean energy, Industry, innovation and infrastructure and Sustainable cities and communities. At the same time, we work towards achieving the broader set of UN SDGs through our business activities and operations, such as implementing best practice health & safety standards and promoting inclusiveness and diversity. We map our impact against those UN SDGs as part of our regular sustainability reporting.
Sustainability-related Disclosures
Asper has embedded the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact into strategies and operations, and committed to respecting human and labour rights, safeguarding the environment, and working against corruption in all its forms.
In 2022, Asper joined the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTI), which mobilizes the private sector to take urgent climate action in line with the latest scientific insights. As part of Asper’s mission, we are committed to reach Net-Zero by 2040 or sooner, and look for areas of further reduce on carbon emissions in our own operations and at investment level.
Asper is partner of GAIN (Girls Are Investors), which is a charity set up by investment professionals to improve gender diversity in asset management by building a talent pipeline of entry-level female candidates. We introduced an internship program together with GAIN, dedicated to female students to promote gender diversity in our industry.
As one of the first investment management firms, Asper joins the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (‘PCAF’). PCAF is a collaboration between financial institutions worldwide to enable harmonized assessments and disclosures of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions financed by loans and investments.
Asper has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. By joining the initiative, Asper has committed to aligning it’s strategy and operations with the UN Global Compact’s Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to taking strategic action to advance broader societal goals.
Asper is a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which aims to guide companies in incorporating the considerations of the effects of climate change into business and financial decisions to help facilitate the transition to a more sustainable, lower carbon economy.
Asper has been a member of GRESB and a participant in GRESB Infrastructure Assessments since 2016. GRESB is a reporting framework widely recognised as the global leader for ESG assessment and benchmarking of real asset portfolios.[Read More]
Asper has been a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2018. The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment and works to incorporate ESG factors into their signatories’ investment and ownership decisions in order to enhance returns and better manage risks.[Read More]
Asper is a member of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). IIGCC is a network of more than 170 pension funds, asset managers and other companies, representing over €23 trillion in assets and seeking to take a proactive approach to managing risks and opportunities related to climate change.
Asper is supporter of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which aims to guide companies in incorporating the considerations of the effects of climate change into business and financial decisions to help facilitate the transition to a more sustainable, lower carbon economy.
