Investor Presentaiton
Sustainability highlights
Operate responsibly, finance and invest for a sustainable future and maintain our competitive ESG position
Sustainability principles
1.
Creating long-term value
2
for all our stakeholders
Do no harm through ethical
conduct and ESG screening
3.
Committed to a clean carbon
transition
4.
Providing profitable,
impactful and sustainable
products and services
5.
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Strong governance
Implemented amore
holistic framework
linked to executive
remuneration.
Deepened our ESG
skills on the Group
Board with the addition
of two new non-
executive directors
Received a low-risk
rating from
Sustainalytics (16.6)
Supporting SDGs
Core SDGs
ENABLED THROUGH
Maximising impact
through a focus on the
SDGs
Climate
action
Reduced
inequalities
QUALITY
EDUCATION
CLEAN WATER
AND SANITATION
13 CLIMATE
ACTION
Innovative sustainable finance
Implemented a focused
project to understand
our Scope 3 financed
emissions and establish
a baseline strategy and
targets to reach net-zero
£7mn
Banking
exposure to
coal (March
21:£17mn)
43%
A proud participant of:
Climate
Action 100+
Global Investors Driving Business Transition
Investec Wealth
& Investment
10 INEQUALITIES
REDUCED
36%
women on the
board
board ethnic
diversity
Level 1
BBBEE rating
Some examples of how we supported the SDGs since April 2021
£35mn
Funding for development of
Tribe's first major purpose
student accommodation
scheme
£7.20mn
Financing for Seven Seas
Water Group for
wastewater treatment and
delivering 18 billion gallons
of pure water annually
AFFORDABLE AND
CLEAN ENERGY
DECENT WORK AND
ECONOMIC GROWTH
M
£175mn
Joint bookrunner on
Smart Metering
Systems' equity
fundraise
£1.2bn
Funding through the
Bank of England's
Term Funding Scheme
for SMEs
INDUSTRY. INNOVATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
11
AND COMMUNITIES
Net-Zero Banking Alliance
Industry-led UN comened
Committed to
NZBA
€600mn
Co-arranged finance for
Ghana railway on behalf
of Ghana's Ministry of
Finance
Approx. 11%
Equity stake in Osprey
Charging, one of UK's top
rapid vehicle charging
operators
Strong ESG ratings
Sustainability Yearbook
Member 2021
S&P Global
Top 15% in the global
diversified financial services
sector (inclusion since 2006)
SUSTAINALYTICS
Mamningate campany
RATED
Top 13% of globally assessed
companies in the Global
Sustainability Leaders Index
MSCI
ESG RATINGS
CCC BBB | BBB A
AAA
AA
AAA
Top 2% in the financial services
sector in the MSCI Global
Sustainability Index
CDP
DRIVING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES
Score B against an industry
average of B (formerly
Carbon Disclosure Project)
ISS ESG‣
Top 20% of the ISS ESG global
universe and
Top 14% of diversified financial
services
FTSE4Good
Included in the FTSE UK 100
ESG Select Index (out of 641)
Included in the FTSE4Good
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