Associate or Executive, Esg - London, United Kingdom - CDC Group

CDC Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our mission and objectives

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. We invest with the aim of solving the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation.
We have 75 years of experience successfully supporting the sustainable, longterm growth of businesses in Africa and Asia, and have recently expanded to invest in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.
We invest to achieve impact and a financial return which is then reinvested for more impact. Over the past five years, we have committed £7 billion of new investments, with our net assets growing in value to approximately £8.1 billion. We are now invested in 1,400 businesses which directly employ over 950,000 workers and support many more. Over the next five years, we plan to grow further, and aim to commit around £9 billion of new investments over the period.
Our current fiveyear strategy responds to the opportunities and challenges facing developing and emerging economies. To ensure our capital is used in the best way possible to meet these opportunities and challenges, it sets out three clear strategic objectives to invest in productive, sustainable and inclusive development. These objectives mean an increased focus on climate finance, including investing in green infrastructure; on financing digital transformation; and on driving inclusive outcomes, including through gender and diversity finance.
We changed our name to British International Investment in 2022, to more accurately reflect our central role in the UK Government's international financing offer.
In the last few years, we have expanded our presence in Africa and Asia by opening new offices in Bangladesh, Egypt, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ghana and Singapore; with further expansion planned.
We take an entrepreneurial approach to investment. We think innovatively about ways to deploy our capital, attract, and mobilise other investors, and drive transformational impact.
Deliver impact. We are a team of over 600 and place immense value on diversity within our organisation.

Team and role overview

BII has a range of specialist staff within its Impact Group who support the design and delivery of its impact agenda. The Environmental and Social Governance
Impact team sits within the Impact Group.
Environment and Social Governance
Impact: A team of approximately 30 based in London, India, Nigeria and South Africa which is involved in all BII investments and provides assurance that BIIs Policy on Responsible Investing (PRI) is applied on all deals, and that BII is proactive in helping its borrowers, investee companies, banks and fund managers achieve larger and more positive E&S impacts (adding ESG value to BII transactions/portfolio companies/financial institutions).
The E&S team has three sector teams that support three operational investment teams (Financial Services, Infrastructure and Climate "I&C", and Industry, Telecoms and Services, "ITS") and an overarching E&S Risk and Policy team. All sector teams within E&S supports a wide range of transactions from the earliest stage of origination through pipeline development, due diligence, approval, and portfolio monitoring.
Our title structure is Graduate Analyst, Associate, Executive, Manager, Director and Managing Director. For this role we have the option to hire at Associate or Executive level. the level will be determined based on prior experience and competencies displayed in the interview process. The role is a 12 month Maternity cover.

Responsibilities

Work with the ESG-I team to support due diligence (DD) of transactions including, but not limited to, (i) commissioning and managing E&S DD processes, (ii) developing and negotiating E&S Action Plans with investees, (iii) inputting into investment committee papers and participating in Investment Committee meetings and quarterly portfolio meetings, (iv) agreeing E&S aspects of legal and investment agreements and (v) monitoring the E&S aspects of BII's portfolio companies.
Contribute to the evaluation of investment proposals, including preparation of Environmental and Social (E&S) inputs into Investment Committee papers.
Work with the ESG-I and Investment teams to implement BII's E&S policies in investee companies.
Work with BII's investment teams and E&S team colleagues to ensure that BII's E&S requirements and policies are consistently applied by all investees.
Work with investees to improve their E&S systems, policies and procedures, including the negotiation of action plans where necessary.
Monitor investee compliance with BII's Policy on Responsible Investing.
Contribute to the development and/or delivery of E&S training, both for BII's internal investment teams and for BII's investees.
Work on _ad hoc_ projects such as case studies and "lessons learnt" analysis, a