Impact Investing

Ferd Impact Investing invests in early-phase companies with the potential to have a positive impact on the climate and environment and to generate a robust risk-adjusted financial return. We use our impact lenses through the whole investment cycle.

Read our impact-report here.

Our three focus areas

Energy Transition

The global energy sector must transition from fossil-based to zero-carbon by the second half of this century. We invest in new technologies and business models to achieve this target.

Sustainable cities

A sustainable city is engineered to improve its environmental impact. We invest in sectors that require systemic changes if we are to make our cities greener, such as construction and real estate, mobility, waste management and our food systems.

Ocean and Aquaculture

The ocean is the heart and lungs of our planet. In addition, seafood is recognised as the most environmentally friendly source of animal proteins. Yet, the ocean faces existential threats through overfishing, pollution and climate change. We invest in solutions to save our oceans and secure more sustainable aquaculture solutions.

The global energy sector must transition from fossil-based to zero-carbon by the second half of this century. We invest in new technologies and business models to achieve this target.

A sustainable city is engineered to improve its environmental impact. We invest in sectors that require systemic changes if we are to make our cities greener, such as construction and real estate, mobility, waste management and our food systems.

The ocean is the heart and lungs of our planet. In addition, seafood is recognised as the most environmentally friendly source of animal proteins. Yet, the ocean faces existential threats through overfishing, pollution and climate change. We invest in solutions to save our oceans and secure more sustainable aquaculture solutions.

Investment strategy

Impact is guiding our deal sourcing and where we look for deals. We identify funds and companies within our three core areas with a significant environmental or climate impact potential.

Screening & due diligence

For funds and companies, respectively, we have developed impact scorecards, inspired by approaches used by other renowned impact investors and internationally recognised frameworks. We evaluate whether there is a match between the investment opportunities and our investment strategy and whether there is enough impact potential for us to invest.

Active ownership / reporting

We require all our funds and companies to report on impact. The reporting varies from a detailed ESG and impact report using renowned frameworks to a minimum reporting on SDG targets and impact KPIs. We do not require our investments to be SFDR Article 9 compliant, but we see an increasing focus in the ecosystem. We use our impact scorecards to track the progress of our direct investments as well as the portfolio of our fund investments.

Impact Report 2022