13 Oct 2021
Sanlam Investments private equity arm angles investment process to ESG
By Staff Writer
A South African private equity firm is using environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as a critical deal filter, applying the ESG lens from the very start of the transaction through to ongoing management practices and eventual sale. In fact, Sanlam Investments says its private equity arm has angled its investment process so tightly towards ESG that it literally 'can't do a deal unless the company ticks all the ESG boxes'.