There is an increasing recognition that addressing GHG emissions in existing organizations must also be a focus of green investing
“Our investment conviction is that sustainability- and climate-integrated portfolios can provide better risk-adjusted returns to investors. And with the impact of sustainability on investment returns increasing, we believe that sustainable investing is the strongest foundation for client portfolios going forward.”
— Laurence Fink, CEO BlackRock
“Sustainability is not just about adopting the latest energy-efficient technologies or turning to renewable sources of power. Sustainability is the responsibility of every individual every day. It is about changing our behavior and mindset to reduce power and water consumption, thereby helping to control emissions and pollution levels.”
— Joe Kaeser, CEO of Siemens AG
“More and more businesses are seeing the potential of a more sustainable business model, driven both by the firm belief that business can be a force for good and by the realization that the cost of inaction often exceeds the cost of action – notably when it comes to the growing threat of climate change and water scarcity.”
— Paul Polman, Former CEO of Unilever
“A whole economy transition isn’t just about funding deep green activities or blacklisting brown ones, we need fifty shades of green.”
— Mark Carney, Governor Bank of England
We believe that there are significant, attractive investment opportunities that exist within industries that benefit from strong Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) profiles. While investing in ESG covers a broad range of themes, we are focused on evaluating suitable targets that have existing environmental sustainability practices or that may benefit, both operationally and economically, from our management team’s commitment and expertise in executing such practices.
We believe our management team’s experience allows us to evaluate targets in industries such as manufacturing (including auto, building materials), chemicals, services (including waste, environmental, construction), logistics (including transportation, distribution), technology (hardware, software, devices), agriculture(including biofuels) and energy (with focus on renewable generation, utility services, energy efficiency/management), among others. Furthermore, our target universe could include companies undergoing a transition to enhance their environmental sustainability profiles, reflecting an opportunity to bring environmentally sustainable practices to companies that may not have historically been focused on environmental sustainability. We believe there is a wide array of companies poised to undergo this “brown-to-green” transition in our target universe. Companies in our target universe tend to have stable growth rates and would greatly benefit from access to public market capital.
We believe in the ability of our management team to add significant value to a target company from a commercial, operating, strategic and sustainability perspective. In particular, we intend to identify and invest in a business that could benefit from the extensive operational experience and the public company expertise our management team possesses, or that relies on the target’s existing executive and operational expertise but presents potential for an attractive risk-adjusted return profile under our stewardship. Our team has significant hands-on experience working with private companies in preparing for and executing an initial public offering and serving as active owners and directors by working closely with these companies to continue their transformations and help create value in the public markets.
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By The Numbers
SOAC’s operating experience paired with Northern Pacific’s significant experience in
sustainable investing and shareholder value creation is a winning combination.
SOAC Management Team and Advisors
1,000+
Average number of participating employees
100
Years combined operational experience
$20+
Billion of value creation during senior leadership roles
30
Years of collective experience
8
Industries with 5+ years team experience
Northern Pacific Group Team
$20+
Billion of transaction value
40
Years of collective experience
100+
Platform & Add-on Acquisitions
20
Industries of Experience
$5
Billion of private equity capital raised
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