27/02/2025
At CapMan, good governance, business ethics, and integrity are central to everything we do. These values extend to our sustainability efforts as well. We have a sustainability governance structure with clear divisions of responsibility and internal controls, and we are aligning with global standards, regulations and voluntary frameworks.
This work is continuously evolving. To ensure that both the financial impact of sustainability risks on CapMan Group, and our broader environmental and social impacts are systematically assessed and addressed, we base our sustainability approach on double materiality. This holistic perspective makes our sustainability efforts more effective, relevant and credible, strengthening our resilience, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder trust. As active owners, we promote this approach throughout our investments.
We continue to develop our sustainability disclosures to enhance transparency and align with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements and best practices both within CapMan Group and across the portfolio companies that fall within the scope of CSRD. At CapMan we also aim to enhance transparency related to the sustainability actions and results of our funds, providing relevant disclosures in accordance with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the Taxonomy Regulation. Our reporting is already aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), we are aligning with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) S2 on Climate-related Disclosures and are preparing our reports in accordance with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). Finally, we report in line with the ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI), the United Global Compact Communication of Progress (CoP) and the Principles of Responsible Investments (PRI).
As competence drives accountability and transparency, it is in our interest to have highly skilled co-workers, portfolio companies and business partners in all sustainability matters. That is why we equip our employees and partners with the necessary tools and awareness to comply with sustainability standards, strengthen supply-chain management, and actively participate in our sustainability journey. We also engage with relevant stakeholders to ensure that we keep-up with the latest science and sustainability developments and further expand our internal capacities.
To promote accountability among decision-makers at CapMan and our portfolio companies, keeping it high on the agenda, we integrate sustainability factors into compensation. This approach aligns the decision-makers’ incentives with sustainability targets, ensuring that actions integrate sustainability matters into business decisions and drive the achievement of our broader sustainability goals.
“Transparency and accountability aren’t just buzzwords for us—they’re how we do business. We’re constantly evolving our sustainability approach to ensure real world change, stay ahead of regulations and meet stakeholder expectations. Double materiality drives everything we do, from aligning with global standards to linking sustainability to compensation. It’s about making sustainability a core part of business, not just a box to tick. ’’
–Anna Olsson,
Head of Sustainability at CapMan.
In the long-term, we are committed to:
- Continuously update our sustainability approach by transparently assessing and disclosing both the financial risks of sustainability factors and our broader environmental and social impacts through double materiality assessments
- Disclose our sustainability progress via relevant frameworks
- Verify data on material topics across CapMan and our portfolios
- Maintain and continuously develop sustainability competence across CapMan Group
- Systematically engage with relevant stakeholders to continue developing sustainability best practices in private markets
- Keep sustainability incentives integrated in the CapMan Group employee bonuses
To get there, on CapMan Group level, we:
- Regularly update our double materiality assessment
- Disclose beyond regulatory requirements in line with key sustainability initiatives when material to CapMan and continuously improve data quality
- Continue strengthening sustainability competence across the organization with CapMan Sustainability Academy sessions and systematic sustainability governance training for all employees
- Conduct engagement on sustainability topics with relevant stakeholders and report on progress.
- Annual bonuses as are based on financial results in addition to employees’ performance, where sustainability metrics are measured, e.g. ways of working that supports an inclusive work environment. For people managers, metrics such as eNPS, high leadership scores and diversity in hiring are evaluated.
On investment team and asset level, we:
- Promote and help our real assets and portfolio companies integrate double materiality in their sustainability approach
- Increase data quality throughout our portfolios and train asset managers and portfolio companies
- Increase the share of EU Taxonomy aligned properties and portfolio companies, where material
- Certify 75% of all real estate assets by square meter during the holding period by 2032 (e.g. BREEAM, LEED, DGNB)
- Increase GRESB scores for participating funds and assets, which includes our real estate and infrastructure portfolios
- Promote linking sustainability targets to executive remuneration in our portfolio companies
Read more about our latest achievements within sustainability and how we make things happen in our recent reports linked at the top of this page.
