QUANTUM'S ESG STRATEGY

摘要

Quantum Energy Partners has been a long-time advocate of environment, social and governance (ESG) principles, according to managing director, Sean O'Donnell. As a private-equity sponsor, he sees the firm having greater scope and flexibility for ESG to contribute to the "business case" of energy investing rather than a short-term "check the box" role played in some parts of the public sector. "There is a business case for ESG," affirmed O'Donnell. "Being private, you can be inwardly focused on developing your own business case with your key stakeholders, such as limited partners (LPs), management teams and lenders," he noted. "That's where private-equity sponsors have an advantage over our publicly traded peers." "The dialogue with our stakeholders around ESG has evolved to now include a consistent theme about value creation and retention around ESG," said O'Donnell. "Key issues are: What is the business case that we're developing around the ESG data? How is it going to make our assets better? And how is it going to make our investment more valuable?"