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ESG policy of Apax Partners

Apax Partners SAS and Apax Partners LLP signed the PRI (Principles of Responsible Investing) in 2011, committing themselves to integrate the responsability criteria into their management and investment policies (www.unpri.org).

The two companies have the dedicated means to deploy and manage their ESG action plans:

  • Apax Partners SAS has a partner responsible for defining the ESG policy and an ESG manager to implement it;
  • Apax Partners LLP has a ‘Sustainability Committee’ and the portfolio companies have installed data collection software.

Apax Partners SAS and Apax Partners LLP integrate ESG criteria at every stage of the investment cycle:

  • Before an acquisition, they conduct ESG due diligence to identify risks and opportunities to create value ;
  • Throughout the investment period, they create a road map and implement ESG reporting in order to measure the progress achieved throughout the term of the investment ;
  • Upon exit, they conduct due diligence so as to assign a value to the company’s ESG performance.

Since they are most often majority or lead shareholders accross the funds they manage, the two companies have the ability to influence companies’s strategies and can help them implement and deploy their ESG policies. In this way Apax Partners SAS influences about 20 companies with a total headcount of around 20,000 employees, and Apax Partners LLP about 30 companies, representing more than 100,000 employees.

For more information about Apax ESG policies, click on the link.