Investing in companies capable of driving broad-based benefits

We analyse companies’ capacity to have a global impact as part of the ‘materiality’ and ‘additionality’ components of our five-pillar Impact Assessment Framework. 

• Materiality’ examines the severity of the issues addressed by the company and therefore how important it is to find solutions.
• ‘Additionality’ analyses a company’s commitment to offering products that are superior to existing options: more efficient, easier to scale, and more cost-effective.

We would argue that companies that are financially stable, well-managed, and strategically well positioned are best placed to make a long-term,…