Sustainable Finance Consulting

The Sustainable Finance Consulting team, part of EthiFinance’s ESG Advisory and Solutions Business Unit, advises financial players on sustainable finance.

ESG expertise for financial players

We support asset managers, investors, banks and financial institutions in:
The definition and implementation of their ESG strategy
The integration of ESG criteria into their operational investment and risk management ESG processes
The provision of ESG experts

We offer to financial players an end-to-end support, from ESG strategy design to the operational deployment of solutions. 

Client benefits

Innovative ESG strategies and products definition

We support our customers in developing and enriching their ESG strategy. We help them define strategy, objectives and indicators.  

ESG regulatory compliance & voluntary commitments

We support our customers in complying with the regulatory framework for sustainable finance.

ESG training

We offer our customers a catalogue of training courses, tailored to the needs of their business and their degree of maturity 

ESG expert support

We offer our customers operational support by making expert resources available as part of their ESG team. 

Use Cases

Client

A multi-strategy alternative asset management firm active in Venture Capital, Private Equity, Private Credit, Real Estate, and Royalties. 

Context

The client’s Healthcare strategy invests in royalties and credit backed by approved and commercialized biopharmaceutical products, diagnostics and medical devices 

The client is considering launching a new fund, registered in Ireland and distributed to European professional investors and wishes this new fund to be classified under Article 9 SFDR. The fund will be marketed as an impact fund. 

Objective

The client wishes to structure its ESG approach at fund level, ensuring it complies with the requirements imposed by SFDR, and to take this opportunity to carry out a regulatory check at entity level. In addition to meeting SFDR regulatory requirements, the client wishes to formalize marketing material to distribute the fund as an impact fund. 

Approach

Build an approach at fund level that is consistent with the framework and objectives of the management team, the existing strategies of the fund and SFDR  

Build an ESG marketing approach at fund level that meets market expectations from European professional investors and is consistent with the ESG methodology of the fund 

Project Completion

Q1 2024 

Client
Founded in 1992, Groupe Crystal is one of France’s leading independent wealth managers. It generates sales of €100m. It operates in France (40 branches) and abroad (7 branches) and manages assets of €6.8 billion.
Context

Groupe Crystal has consolidated its historical activities under three brands dedicated to private clients, to investment professionals and institutional investors. 

The development of an ambitious ESG policy is one of the four pillars of Groupe Crystal’s corporate strategy to create value. 

Objective

Groupe Crystal wishes to define and implement a fund selection process based on an ESG analysis grid using quantitative indicators. 

Approach

Draft a charter for responsible selection, at entity level 

Define and implement the fund selection process: definition of the methodological approach (ESG indicator grid) and design and implementation of the fund selection process 

Project Completion

Q4 2023 / Q1 2024 

Client

Seroba Life Sciences (Seroba LS) is a European life sciences Venture Capital firm founded in 2002 and based in Dublin and Paris. Seroba LS focuses on investing in cutting-edge BioTech and MedTech.  

Context

Seroba LS has already three funds under management and has built a large portfolio of investee companies. Seroba LS is about to close its fourth fund, invested in a dozen of holdings (series A and B) located in a wide range of European countries as well as in the USA and targeting €120 M in Asset under Management (AuM) raised mainly from European institutional investors (such as Ireland Strategic Investment Fund), but also from corporates and HNWIs.  

Objective

Seroba LS wishes to structure its ESG approach both at entity and fund level, ensuring it complies with the requirements imposed by SFDR 

Approach

Formalization of the ESG approach at entity level (ESG Charter, ESG Risk Management Policy, Compensation Policy), ensure regulatory compliance at entity level and define strategy in term of voluntary commitments and participation in market initiatives 

Formalization of the ESG approach at fund level (ESG policy for the fund) and formalize the fund’s documentation: prospectus, precontractual documentation and preparation of reports, website 

Project Completion

Q1 2024  

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