CapMan Plc press release
21 May 2025 at 09:00 EEST
Making sustainability happen – CapMan’s Investments Sustainability Report for 2024 is published
CapMan has published its report detailing the sustainability development of its investments for 2024. The Investments Sustainability Report includes sustainability information by investment area and presents the progress towards CapMan’s sustainability targets.
CapMan’s vision is to become the most responsible Nordic private asset company, and we are actively shaping the society through the investments we make. As an active and significant owner, we are ideally positioned to drive change towards well governed, environmentally, and socially sustainable businesses and assets. Our impact comes through decisions, target-setting and finding opportunities to mitigate societal and environmental challenges.
Highlights from the report
Climate action based in science
- The Real Estate near-term GHG reduction targets for Residential investments, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) were reached in 2024, ahead of the 2032 target. Our investments in geothermal heating, transition to renewable energy and investments in energy efficiency measures helped us reduce the GHG intensity by 63% compared to 2021.
- Our Commercial Property investments are on track toward the near-term science-based targets, and are following a linear reduction, with the GHG intensity reduced by 37% compared to 2021.
- We have increased the share of EU Taxonomy aligned properties with climate change mitigation as the objective, in our portfolio to 36% in 2024, from 18% 2023 and the share of buildings with green building certification has increased to 68% in 2024, from 40% in 2023.
- We have aligned our first Infrastructure portfolio company to the EU Taxonomy, Skarta Energy.
- The total carbon sequestration of Natural Capital’s managed forests in 2024 amounted to 462 thousand tCO₂e. This is equivalent to compensating the carbon footprint of about 45,000 persons in Finland or 1.3 million average long-haul flights.
- Share of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and/or the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) certified forests by hectare in our Natural Capital funds are 97%.
- The recycling rate of our Real Estate portfolio increased to 49% in 2024, making progress towards our 60 % target in 2026.
- Share of women appointed by CapMan to boards and management (independent) in our Infrastructure and Private Equity portfolio companies during 2024 were 30%, in line with our target.
- 74% of our Infrastructure and Private Equity portfolio companies have implemented Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies.
- 74% of our Infrastructure and Private Equity portfolio companies have implemented Human Rights policies.
- During 2024 we increased the number of funds that have five stars in GRESB to three funds: CapMan Hotels II, CapMan Nordic Property Income and CapMan Infrastructure I. For CapMan Infrastructure II, we received five stars for development and three stars for operational. The remaining Real Estate funds have 4 stars.
- 37% of our Infrastructure and Private Equity portfolio companies have executive remuneration linked to sustainability.