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Responsibility

We endeavour to be a forward-looking and responsible investor and owner

Triton’s aim is to build better businesses. Our strategy is to invest in companies that we feel are fundamentally sound but face specific challenges that we can help to solve.

Better businesses will play a crucial role in a sustainable world, and ESG is a critical element of Triton’s toolkit for building them. That’s why we apply an ESG lens to every Triton investment, from sourcing to exit.

ESG issues such as climate change, resource scarcity, digitisation and supply chain sustainability present clear risks and opportunities for us and our portfolio companies. Deploying our expertise, we work in partnership with our portfolio companies to drive positive change by sharing knowledge and encouraging a free-flowing learning culture, gaining from each other’s expertise and experience.

Our ESG Policy
Our ESG Policy

At Triton, we always seek to grow and improve portfolio companies for long-term sustainability and for the benefit of multiple stakeholders. Our Responsible Investment policy sets out our public commitment to integrate ESG principles into everything we do.

Read our Responsible Investment Policy here.

 

Our ESG Policy

A responsible ownership approach of improving the way businesses do business

1997
Triton established
180
institutional investors*
A responsible ownership approach of improving the way businesses do business
80+
investments made since 1999
400+
add-on acquisitions supported

Our portfolio

49
companies in portfolio
€18.1bn
combined sales
106.000
employees
€15.6bn
8 sponsored funds total commitments
  • 49
    companies in portfolio
  • €18.1bn
    combined sales
  • 106.000
    employees
  • €15.6bn
    8 sponsored funds total commitments
ESG during the investment cycle
ESG during the investment cycle

Embedding ESG into the investment cycle

Triton’s ESG programme is based on our responsible investment policy and applies to all investment strategies.

In Private Equity, which accounts for around 90% of Triton’s funds under management, ESG risks and opportunities are identified and managed throughout the investment cycle – from initial research to our final exit from the company (as shown below),

 

ESG Governance Structure

Our ESG governance structure enables Triton’s PCs to mitigate risks and realise ESG opportunities aligned to their business activities, helping them create and protect value under our ownership and for the future.

Within Triton, overall responsibility for the ESG programme, along with all investment decisions, sits with the Fund Manager Board. The Board is advised by the Investment Advisory Committee (“IAC”) and receives regular reports from the ESG team.

Triton’s dedicated ESG team of five full-time professionals works closely with the deal teams and PC board representatives. It also provides ongoing support and expertise to ESG representatives within PCs.

In all cases, the PC board has ultimate responsibility for the ESG agenda. In practice, PC CEOs designate responsibility for delivery of the ESG plan to their management team.

Depending on the company, this might be the CFO, in-house counsel, HR, Communications Director, Quality Health Safety Environment Director, or a dedicated Sustainability role. These individuals are supported by the ESG team every step of the way.

ESG Forum
ESG Forum

ESG Forum

We work in close partnership with our portfolio companies and support them through an ESG platform and an annual forum.

This forum brings key functional leaders from our portfolio companies together to learn, share and find better solutions.

Learn more about some of the topics that we discussed during our ESG forums in the below films:

ESG FORUM 2019

ESG FORUM 2018

ESG FORUM 2017

ESG FORUM 2016

ESG Forum
Sustainability-Related Disclosure
Sustainability-Related Disclosure

SFDR disclosures

To request fund/product level disclosures, for example as part of the European Union Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), please contact Triton Investor Relations. Be sure to state the fund/product for which you are requesting the disclosure.

UN Sustainable Development Goals
UN Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out a blueprint for a prosperous and sustainable world.

Triton believes that businesses have an important role to play in delivering positive social and environmental change. The SDGs help us to identify and prioritise our ESG activities and demonstrate measurable impact against our goals.

We have aligned our material ESG topics with the SDGs to which Triton and its portfolio companies can make the biggest contribution. These, including relevant SDG targets, are set out below.

ESG Industry Initiatives
ESG Industry Initiatives

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Triton is a signatory to the United Nations-backed PRI since 2012. The PRI is a network of international investors working together to promote the integration of ESG considerations across investment and ownership processes.

As signatories, we report annually on how we incorporate ESG principles across the entire deal cycle, including investment analysis, decision-making processes, and ownership practices. Triton was awarded an A+ rating for “Strategy and Governance” and “Private Equity” module in its most recent assessment in 2020.

ESG Industry Initiatives

Responsible Investment timeline

 
 
2020
2020
2019
2019
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2012
2012
 
 
Responsible Investment report
1st
Published first public Responsible Investment report
Online webinars series
ESG Forum moved to an online series of webinars
Sixth ESG Forum
6th
ESG Forum focused on ‘Capturing Value Creation’ Launched portfolio company annual ESG Awards
Started ESG Awards
Started portfolio company annual ESG Awards
Reporting
Introduced online ESG reporting tool
ESG bi-annual review
Formalised portfolio company ESG bi-annual review process
Fifth ESG Forum
5th
ESG Forum focused on ‘Enhancing Culture’
Fourth ESG Forum
4th
ESG Forum focused on ‘From Reactive to Proactive’
Third ESG Forum
3rd
ESG Forum focused on ‘Value Protection to Value Creation’
Second ESG Forum
2nd
Second ESG Forum focused on ‘Risk Management’
ESG programme roll out
Rolled out ESG programme to portfolio companies
First ESG Forum
1st
First ESG Forum focused on ‘Policy Implementation’
ESG Team
Triton appointed ESG team
UN PRI
UN PRI
Triton signed UN PRI
Responsible Investment policy
Triton approved Responsible Investment policy