Impact Strategy
Impact drives value creation across our entire investment process.
Our strategy offers a unified approach to driving positive, long-term impact on important systemic issues.
At S2G, we believe that solving endemic problems across complex markets like agriculture, oceans and energy requires moving away from siloed approaches toward a model that considers the interconnected, global nature of these systems.
By embedding impact considerations throughout our investment process, we identify opportunities to add value and avoid or mitigate risk to our companies’ impact and financial performance.
For example, our approach may include the following processes and practices.
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Screen for alignment to S2G’s impact framework
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Analyze the potential company’s impact profile and articulate the company’s impact goals
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Collect and analyze impact data to inform actionable strategies that enhance the company’s impact goals
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Position company for continued impact in alignment with industry standards
We orient our practices with industry standards and frameworks.
In alignment with industry standards, we collect, synthesize, and interpret impact data from our portfolio annually to assess contributions toward near-term outcome indicators in each focus area. This involves working with a third-party partner to validate our near-term outcome indicators and verify the indicator data that we report.
We engage in industry-leading membership groups to stay at the forefront of emerging practices, learn from peers, exchange insights, and contribute to the advancement of the impact investing ecosystem at large.
Standard Integration
NOTE: S2G is not formally a signatory to these standards.
Indicator Alignment
Engage in learning and field building through membership in industry-leading associations
Alignment with industry best practices
Practice verification: S2G engaged BlueMark to independently verify the alignment of S2G’s impact management system with industry best practices. BlueMark’s assessment findings cover both areas of strength and areas for improvement, as reflected in the Verifier Statement.
Reporting verification: S2G engaged BlueMark to independently assess the completeness and reliability of its external impact reporting based on industry best practices, rooted in market standards and BlueMark’s “Raising the Bar” research initiative. BlueMark’s assessment findings cover both areas of strength and areas for improvement for the annual reporting period, up to February 2024.
BlueMark is the leading provider of independent impact verification and intelligence for the impact and sustainable investing market.
We partner with our portfolio to unlock value through strengthened impact approaches.
We aim to help companies set the foundations of a sound impact approach by creating tools and resources that are adaptable to each company’s strategy. Our frameworks help articulate the impact of a company’s product or service, set indicators for measuring progress, and identify methods and sources for data collection.
Organic farm transitions
Clear Frontier is building long-term partnerships that allow farmers to transition to organic farming and scale profitably.
Green hydrogen electrolyzers
Electric Hydrogen is developing low-cost green hydrogen systems to decarbonize hard-to-electro-industrial sections like steel.
Sustainable nanobubble systems
Moleaer’s nanobubble generators have benefitted various industries like agriculture and water treatment with oxygenated water
A resource for measuring and managing the impact of your company from seed to growth.
