Our Commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Standards
At Rethink Capital Partners, our dedication to ESG extends from within. We are committed to improving our sustainability practices by seeking to understand the impact of our business operations on the environment and developing offices, plans, and processes that minimize these impacts. We actively embrace a culture that is environmentally aware and encourage employees to take steps toward creating positive sustainability impacts in the office environment.
We see opportunities to meet our risk-return requirements while at the same time delivering a positive impact on the societies in which we operate. We have, and will increasingly, focus our impact investing efforts on issues that are meaningful to help improve society. Rethink Capital Partners oversees and facilitates the development of a suite of impact investment vehicles, which focus on financial and social returns, including gender equity, education, health, environmental sustainability, economic empowerment, and community development.
The Rethink management team is committed to sustainability, reducing our energy and water usage, waste production, and greenhouse gas emissions. Our managers, service providers, and employees strive to reduce the carbon footprint wherever possible by using energy-efficient methods and products.
In new construction projects, we seek to implement green building certification standards. By applying responsible resource reduction strategies, we strive to enhance both our environmental and investment performance. We take climate-related risks into consideration in our investment decisions, with property resiliency being top of mind.
We are continuously learning and evolving with the world, but hope that together, we can strive to create meaningful change.
ESG Priorities for Rethink Capital Partners
At Rethink Capital Partners, we prioritize each tenet of ESG:
Environment
- Internal sustainability practices, including minimizing travel
- Property-level sustainability practices, including monitoring energy, waste, and water consumption
- Developing best practices for construction projects
Social
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices
- Equitable Hiring Practices
- Employee engagement
- Tenant engagement and community impact frameworks
Governance
- Ethics codes with strict enforcement
- Corporate governance guidelines and regular monitoring
- Whistleblower policy
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Rethink Capital Partners uses the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to guide our impact frameworks. Across our strategies, Rethink Capital Partners considers ten out of seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. Each of our impact funds provides detailed reporting to LPs regarding impact goals and annual progress.
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Our Actions To Date
ESG Committee
We house an internal committee dedicated to upholding the standards of ESG and writing them into policy.
ESG Policy
We have a firmwide policy that addresses our actions, goals, and standards that all employees are required to read.
Sustainability & Impact Reporting
We produce annual impact and sustainability reports for each of our strategies to hold ourselves to the highest standards of transparency and accountability.
If you would like to learn more about our ESG efforts and practices, please connect with us using the contact form below.
Rethink Capital Partners (RCP) is dependent upon ESG information and data obtained through voluntary or third-party reporting that may be incomplete, inaccurate, or unavailable, which could cause RCP to incorrectly assess a potential investment’s ESG attributes and/or related risks and opportunities. While ESG is one of the many factors that the firm will consider in making an investment, there is no guarantee that RCP will successfully implement and make investments that create positive ESG impact, while enhancing value and achieving financial returns. ESG initiatives may not achieve the desired financial and social results, or the market or society may not view any such changes as desirable. Any successful engagement efforts on the part of RCP will depend, in part, on its skill in properly identifying and analyzing ESG data and factors, and the potential impact on value. There can be no assurance that any ESG techniques employed will be successful.