Sustainability
Internally, Legend Capital has brought ESG factors into sharp focus across the entire investment process. Externally, we also guide portfolio companies towards increased awareness of social responsibility and environmental sustainability by delivering proactive value-added services and making an impact on them.
In November 2019, Legend Capital signed the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), becoming the first batch of topnotch VC/PE institutions to join the initiative.
- The Core ESG Philosophy: Leadership Vision and Strategic Imperative
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Embracing the ESG Philosophy and Investment Practices
We adhere to the core values of "Create wealth with integrity", and our practicesand observations over the past 20 years have shown that investmentpractices that align well with the ESG principles are actually beneficial to usin terms of managing risks, maximizing returns, and fostering collaborationand mutual benefits among all parties along the investment chain.
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Systematic Industry Investment Methodology
Industry focus and systematic investment strategy are thefoundations of Legend Capital’s core competitiveness. We are focused oninvesting in companies that are developing solutions that address critical globalchallenges as identified by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Value-Added Strategy, Professionalization and Sustainability
We focused on supporting our portfolio companies’ efforts on managing their materialESG topics and engaging with companies on a diverse set of issues. Building on thisknowledge, and our professional insight in the industry ecosystem, we constantly providediverse opportunities and customized services across a wide variety of industries, andsectors, and create value for our portfolios.
- The Operational Blueprint: ESG Governance, Framework, and Process
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A ESG Strategy Framework Focuses on Five Key Elements
Establish a framework of Guideline, DUO-Management Organization, Forced by Integrated Process, Unify the Understanding of All Staff, and Stakeholder Engagement. Under the guideline and supported by other strategy components, Legend Capital ensures a comprehensive ESG implementation, improves assessments of risk and achieves more resilient business outcomes.
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ESG Management System
Considering the important role of different departments, we have designed our ESG Governance Structure with an ESG Committee as the highest decision-making body and an ESG work group as the specific executive body for implementing ESG issues.
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Employing the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Industry Standards to Identify Material ESG Factors
ESG factors are crucial for long-term value creation and risk management. We have developed a comprehensive approach to ESG integration. Integrating material ESGconsiderations into the investment process to ensure that ESG risks and opportunities are adequatelyidentified and managed, including ESG screening, ESG Due Diligence, Decision-Making, Engagement,and Exit as appropriate.
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A Six-Stage Investment Process with an Exclusion List to Ensure ESG Alignment
To actively integrate ESG into our long-term development strategy, our ESG work group maintains and updates an ESG Exclusion List. Our ESG Investment Process is structured across six distinct phases: ESG screening, ESG due diligence, decision-making, investment agreement and disbursement, engagement and exit.
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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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