Responsible Investment
Building differentiated businesses
We believe that investing responsibly means building and positioning companies for success. We aim to help our portfolio companies innovate and grow in the pursuit of realizing their full potential.
Supporting long-term ambition
Our belief that sustainability is a component of value creation forms a key part of Advent’s resource-intensive approach to supporting businesses. We prioritize lasting partnerships with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders.
Business through a wider lens
We’ve always been focused on evaluating business performance through a wider lens. We carefully select our portfolio companies and are intentional in our work together. Our aim is to build stronger, more valuable companies that continue to operate sustainably long after we’ve exited.
A bespoke approach
Every portfolio company is at a different stage of maturity in its sustainability journey, requiring a tailored approach. We leverage our sector, region, and sustainability expertise to capitalize upon each business’s unique drivers, goals, and vision.
Sustainability and value creation
We partner with our portfolio companies to develop strategic sustainability programs that align with their goals. Our focus is on developing and enhancing sustainability initiatives and working together to uncover opportunities to create lasting value.
The tools for execution
We provide access to essential resources to support sustainability programs. From assessment tools and external specialist advisors to insights and knowledge-sharing events, we collaborate with our management teams to help unlock growth.
Engaging industry peers
Engaging industry peers
Through Advent’s chairmanship of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Private Equity Task Force (PESMIT), we are taking an active approach around the role of the private equity industry in securing a more sustainable future.
Enabling employee ownership opportunities
In 2023, Advent joined Ownership Works, a nonprofit focused on implementing broad-based employee ownership in portfolio companies. In collaboration with our management teams, we are piloting this program with select portfolio companies, providing more employees with the opportunity to build wealth at work.
Supporting responsible investing
Advent is a longstanding member of multiple industry bodies supporting responsible investing, including Principles for Responsible Investment, Initiative Climat International, the American Investment Council, Invest Europe, the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, and the Latin American Venture Capital Association, among others.
What people are saying
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“Making contributions to industrial growth, employment, and society is what will distinguish an industry and sustain it over a long period of time.”
Peter Brooke
Founder, Advent -
“Working with Advent enabled us to create a sustainability strategy and operational excellence across the entire company. Since they’ve been on board, we’ve made impressive progress against our sustainability goals and ambitions.”
Marcin Kawa
Vice President, Group Sustainability, INNIO -
“We are confident that our approach to sustainability will help us to unlock opportunities and build stronger, more resilient businesses.”
James Brocklebank
Managing Partner, Advent -
“We understand that each company is at a different point in their journey and support them with tailored tools and resources to develop bespoke sustainability programs that align with their corporate strategy and value creation plans.”
Jarlyth Gibson
Global Head of Sustainability, Advent
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