Sustainability risk evaluation management essential throughout the investment.
Sustainability is a core element of our investment evaluation, execution, and management. La Mancha’s technical and in-the-field expertise uniquely positions it to support the Fund’s portfolio companies through its approach to sustainability issues and their management.
Due Diligence
- Identify, analyse and evaluate critical sustainability factors and identify critical risk mitigation requirements
- Ensure no fatal flaws that could cause reputational, stakeholder, or environmental damage
- Seek to align management with the Fund’s sustainability philosophy (including resource stewardship, diversity, community support)
- Define sustainability goals and targets to implement mine closure
- Ensure appropriate structures and systems are in palce to monitor progress
- Introduce baseline sustainability systems & structure to measure sustainability performance if investment is made
Fund Compliance and Reporting
- Compile qualitative and quantitative sustainability data across the portfolio
- Report on aggregated sustainability metrics and KPIs on yearly basis
- Enable sustainability committee to review performance and recommend timely actions where appropriate
- Comply with SFDR, PRI
- Promote industry best practice
- Align LMRC portfolio requirements and annual reporting with sustainability reporting standards
Ongoing Reporting Throughout Investment Tenure
- Sustainability improvement action plan in the year following the investment with appropriate KPI’s to articulate sustainability performance
- Software supported management operating system aligned with mining standards and permits
- Monitor sustainability with data driven and tech supported management systems to ensure conformity with industry standards and compliance requirements
- Provide input on relevant and meaningful sustainability targets at portfolio company boards level
- Mandatory incident and corrective action reporting