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26 Jun 2025

Direct Lending - Sustainability Report 2024

This report showcases our Direct Lending team’s commitment to creating enduring worth through responsible investment practices.


Discover key insights into our achievements, including our partnership with Holtara, which enhances our data visibility and sustainability services, and the findings from our first portfolio survey.

 

We are also pleased to present our first Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures report for Investec Alternative Investment Management (IAIM).

We have seen a high prevalence of carbon reduction plans among our lower mid-market portfolio companies, which is highly supportive of Investec’s longer term financed emissions ambitions. We look forward to supporting our portfolio companies as they execute on these plans.

Discover how we’re making a difference in the lower mid-market and read about our selected 2024 investment case studies, including Centriforce, Sustainable Energy First, Medizintechnik Rostock GmbH, LED Group, dss+, Polaris and ZND.

Download the full report and explore how we're driving positive change in the lower mid-market.


 

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