Norvestor wins CFI sustainability award
Norvestor receives the award for “Best Sustainable Equity Investor Nordics 2022” by Capital Finance International, CFI.co, for the third consecutive year.
Capital Finance International, CFI.co, has acknowledged Norvestor and our family of portfolio companies for our impact and efforts in sustainability management with the award “Best Sustainable Equity Investor Nordics 2022”. This is the third consecutive year Norvestor receives this accolade. Sustainability is a cornerstone of our investment strategy, and we are convinced that businesses contributing positively to society and in combating climate change will build superior long-term value.
Our teams based in Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Luxembourg together with the family of Norvestor portfolio companies are committed to making positive and valuable contributions – to shareholders, clients, employees and the communities in which we operate. Reducing the carbon emissions of Norvestor’s portfolio is one of our main objectives. In 2021 alone, portfolio carbon emissions relative to business activity decreased by 20% (like-for-like), which is something to be proud of. Read more about Norvestor’s approach to sustainable development in our 2022 Sustainability Report .
We would like to thank the portfolio companies’ ESG teams, dedicated employees of portfolio companies and their business partners for the relentless efforts to make a difference and do good. Norvestor portfolio companies employ more than 17,000 employees. The companies have defined more than 100 action plans to improve their ESG practices.
We would also like to express our gratitude to the Capital Finance International judging panel for recognising our efforts and achievements. Read more at www.cfi.co
For further information:
Olav Osland Vik-Mo, COO and Partner, email: ovm@norvestor.com
Angelina Gaijac, ESG coordinator, email: angelina.gajic@norvestor.com
Norvestor is a leading private equity firm focusing on mid-market buyouts in the Nordic region with offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Luxembourg. The team has worked together since 1991 making it one of the most experienced private equity teams in the Nordics, having executed 82 investments with more than 350 follow-on M&A transactions, in addition to executing 58 exits including 16 IPOs. The Norvestor funds seek to invest in growth companies in the Nordic mid-market that have potential to achieve a leading Nordic or international position, typically through organic growth, acquisitions across fragmented industries and by geographic expansion. Read more at www.norvestor.com
CFI.co (Capital Finance International) is a print journal and online resource reporting on business, economics and finance, which recognises the traditional distinction between emerging and developed markets is now far less meaningful as world economies converge.