Investing and ESG
Integrating sustainability considerations into investment decision-making.
ESG is not an add-on. It is take-off.
We see ESG as the starting point for successful long-term investments. We expect investments that take ESG criteria into account to offer a number of benefits for our investors: The may contribute to improved risk management and may create opportunities for long-term value creation.
ESG enables our investors to invest in line with their entrepreneurial and personal values.
120+
fund managers surveyed
Methodical success: ESG analysis in five categories
Values · Organisation · Due Diligence · Ownership · Reporting
Benchmarking against ESG criteria and sustainability targets is methodically hardwired into our entire investment process, and environmental, social and governance considerations are systematically integrated into all decision-making processes for all asset classes. Long-term, responsible business dealings are part of how we see ourselves as entrepreneurs. We have defined our commitment to responsible investment in our group policy.
In addition to publicly available information and key ESG indicators, we have developed a detailed questionnaire that we use to analyse potential investments for their ESG values, how ESG is integrated into their organisation and due diligence process, their integration of ESG criteria during their ownership phase and in their reporting. Since introducing our ESG analysis we have assessed and rated over 120 portfolio fund managers.
Golding achieved the highest rating of five stars in the asset classes private equity, private credit and infrastructure, as well as in the categories ‘Policy, Governance & Strategy’ and ‘Confidence Building Measures’ in the UN PRI Assessment Report 2025. The PRI Assessment evaluates the design and integration of responsible investment processes, as well as the corresponding governance and management systems. It does not assess the sustainability performance of individual investments or portfolio companies.
Sustainability Related Disclosures
The ESG maturity and quality of an investment are important prerequisites. ESG value creation is our focus throughout the investment holding period.
Christian Schütz
Managing Director · Head of Sustainable Investing
Ongoing: Performance check for investments.
We see sustainable investing and ESG as a process and expect to see continuous progress from our partners. We repeat the ESG assessment of our current investments at regular intervals to find out how they are evolving. In 2022 we included the four pillars of the TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) in our ESG assessments. This enables us to assess how climate risks and opportunities are addressed at the company and investment level.
The better the information, the more precise the investment rating. We campaign for standards in ESG reporting. We are a member of the ESG Data Convergence Initiative, in which over 500 general and limited partners agree on ESG reporting standards for portfolio companies, and are active in the Invest Europe ESG Reporting Guidelines Working Group, which promotes the standardised reporting of key ESG indicators by investments.
ESG and sustainability disclosure.
References to ESG, sustainability and responsible investment on this page describe Golding's investment processes, methodologies and assessment frameworks. They do not imply that all investments generate positive environmental or social outcomes. Further information is available in the relevant SFDR disclosures, sustainability reports and fund documentation.
