Sustainability is the foundation of Platcorp, our philosophy rests on building long-term value and driving positive change through transformational partnerships with our stakeholders.
Operating across the entire impact spectrum, we’ve set out an ambitious pathway to achieving our sustainability goals. This includes shifting our focus towards the Sustainable, Thematic, Impact First and Philanthropic Impact Investment categories across our portfolio.
ESG focuses on internal systems and processes, and best practices to improve ESG outcomes, in order to measure the sustainability and societal impact of an investment in a company. Platcorp’s ESG Improvement Cycle illustrates our framework for the iterative improvement of our ESG systems and processes.
CSR focuses on how we manage our processes to generate stakeholder value while maintaining our positive impact on the community and environment. Driven by Platcorp’s values in recognising the importance of corporate citizenship, our approach to CSR is based on a combination of Subsidiary-level activities and collective Group-level initiatives implemented through the Platcorp Foundation.
Platcorp supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is actively contributing towards achieving them by 2030.
Platcorp is committed to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) corporate responsibility initiative and its principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.
Platcorp is committed to set near- and long-term company-wide emission reductions in line with science-based net-zero with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) aligned with the Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign.
Platcorp is committed to the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEP) offering guidance to business on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community.
Platcorp is committed to market leading social performance management in line with the Client Protection Standards and Universal Standards for Social and Environmental Performance Management as guided by the Social Performance Task Force (SPTF).
Our Sustainability Committee is responsible for governing and providing oversight over all Platcorp Group’s Sustainability strategies and initiatives. The Committee’s responsibilities include:
Click below to download our most recent reports:
2021 Sustainability Report
2022 Sustainability Report
2023 Sustainability Report