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We Invest More than just Capital

Our Investment Approach
"Putting Capital to Work, Making Companies Stronger"
Our investments is focused in diversified sectors in established and growth-oriented businesses alike. Playing a vital role in helping companies realize their growth potential, we uncover value by identifying great companies and enhancing their performance by providing patient capital and operating support to strong management teams. Our approach helps our portfolio companies grow core businesses, launch new initiatives, make transformative acquisitions and upgrade technologies and systems to support their long-term strategy. We provide more than just capital. We seek to make the companies we invest in stronger through a bottoms-up strategy of transformation. Crucially, we bring the expertise of our Portfolio Operations Group to provide strategic guidance on a variety of operational improvements, including revenue growth, procurement, leadership development, lean process and IT optimization, energy sustainability, and employee’s growth.

Our Investment Guidelines

Our investment approach is based on a disciplined due diligence process that measures risk while identifying the catalysts for increased value. We purposefully engage only in friendly transactions and work with talented management teams to achieve transformative results. Our specialized Portfolio Operations Group helps to maximize value by improving processes across varied elements of a business’s operations.

  • Acquire Minority (up to 49%) Equity Interests
  • Partner with capable Executive Management Teams
  • Establish Structures that provides Significant Incentive for Management and Staffs.
  • Utilize Partners’ Collective Knowledge & Experience to Enhance Performance & Facilitate Strategic Growth
  • Acquire Businesses that support Potential Synergies
  • Allocate funds for Venture Capitals with the Potential for Cash Flow Expansion.

Nonetheless, we are willing to screen a broad range of investment opportunities, regardless of sector, industry, or geography. We are willing to consider co-investments and joint-venture structures, depending on the unique characteristics related to the particular transaction. A cornerstone of the GEF philosophy is the alignment of interests to achieve outstanding performance and results. Portfolio company executives participate in direct equity positions or equity-like incentives, and GEF promotes the benefit and incentive plans intended to create long-term security for all employees.

Responsible Investment at GEF

We build sustainable value creation into the core operations of the businesses in which we invest. Our responsible investment (RI) approach means that we actively seek opportunities to create long-term, sustainable value. We also apply international Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards to all of our investments, regardless of the local regulatory environment. We follow International Financial Corporation (IFC) guidelines on ESG standards. In addition we are signatory of the internationally-recognized United Nations backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).GEF’s investor base includes national and international institutional and high-net-worth investors. Among them are the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, development finance institutions and fund of funds managers with long-term investment goals..

Our Approach to Responsible Investment

Recognition of our responsibility to wider society has always been central to our business and is fully integrated into our investment processes, from origination to exit. We take both a ‘top down’ and ‘bottom up’ approach to assessing ESG risks and opportunities, which enable us to confidently determine the priorities for each investment. Regardless of sector, we are committed to promoting world-class standards in health and safety, environmental protection, social engagement and business integrity – as well as sound corporate governance and transparent accounting – right across our portfolio. This commitment manifests itself through:

  • Our in-house team of ESG expert professionals
  • Our determination to improve ESG at management level for all our portfolio companies
  • Adherence to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI)
  • The integration of ESG into all our investment decisions

Our Responsible Investment Principles

As institutional investors, we have a duty to act in the best long-term interests of our beneficiaries. In this fiduciary role, we believe that environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios. We also recognize that applying these Principles may better align investors with broader objectives of society. Therefore, where consistent with our fiduciary responsibilities, we commit to the following:

  • Principle 1: We will incorporate ESG issues into investment analysis and decision-making processes.
  • Principle 2: We will be active owners and incorporate ESG issues into our ownership policies and practices.
  • Principle 3: We will seek appropriate disclosure on ESG issues by the entities in which we invest.
  • Principle 4: We will promote acceptance and implementation of the Principles within the investment industry.
  • Principle 5: We will work together to enhance our effectiveness in implementing the Principles.
  • Principle 6: We will each report on our activities and progress towards implementing the Principles.

The Principles for Responsible Investment were developed by an international group of institutional investors reflecting the increasing relevance of environmental, social and corporate governance issues to investment practices. The process was convened by the United Nations Secretary-General.

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