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Sustainability

Our ambition as a responsible investor is to support the companies in which we invest to be sustainable in a world where social, societal and environmental issues are growing in order to make CSR a strong strategic axis, a source of innovation, value creation and a factor of differentiation.

OUR STRATEGY

Our sustainability priorities

Driving and promoting responsible investment

Accelerating our action climate change and for the preservation of biodiversity

Contributing to an inclusive and shared economy

Annual CSR report

Andera Partners is pleased to communicate its CSR progress and challenges for the coming years in its 2nd CSR Report.

READ OUR 2021 REPORT

OUR ENGAGEMENTS

10 years of commitment

Initiatives & labels

Noëlla de Bermingham CSR Director

Chairman of the Sustainability Commission of France Invest (2019-2022)

Member of the Private Equity Advisory Committee of the UNPRI

Our governance

The governance of Andera Partners is collegial, composed of a Management Board (two members), Managing Partners 11 members representing Andera Partners’ main activities) and a Supervisory Board (three professionals with experience in the sector, as independent members) A CSR team, attached to the Management Board, is responsible for defining and deploying a CSR strategy for the management company and its portfolio companies

Our CSR approach

As an active investor with a 20-year track record of transforming the companies we invest in, Andera Partners must now be a major contributor to the challenges posed by climate change and the biodiversity crisis.

Our ambition for sustainable growth has been continuously strengthened over the past 10 years.

Each of the companies in our portfolio can, at its own level, contribute to providing sustainable solutions to preserve the ability of our societies to live on our planet.

We act on two main levers of contribution in our business:

Within all our funds, transforming the companies we support towards more sustainable model

Through thematic funds, financing the transition and the innovation in health to generate positive impact on society

For all queries regarding the projects supported by Andera Partners, please contact the following address : sustainability@anderapartners.com

CSR in our investment process

Exclusions

Application of sectoral and normative exclusions

Preliminary analysis of the opportunity

Materiality analysis of CSR issues and potential exposure to the Sustainable Development Goals
Study of eligibility for the European Taxonomy

Pre-acquisition due diligence

Internal or external analysis of sustainability risks and opportunities as well as key negative impacts
Integration of a summary of the analysis in the investment notes for discussion in the Investment Committee

Shareholder agreements

Integration of CSR clauses

Transmission

Provision of relevant CSR information at the time of divestment in order to value the efforts made during the holding period by the portfolio company.

Support with the implementation of a CSR approach

Personalised support for the implementation of CSR procedures
Carrying out a carbon footprint measurement within portfolio companies and drawing up an action plan to reduce it

Monitoring

Annual ESG reporting including the measurement of the principal adverse impacts of investments (SFDR ‘PAIs’ indicators)
Annual sustainability risk mapping
Production of annual reports including the consolidation of ESG data for each fund as well as a summary sheet for each company to identify areas for progress and improvement