Associations

General Engagement

We are active participants in:

• Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)

  Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) is a global partnership of financial institutions that work together to assess and disclose the greenhouse-gas emissions associated with their loans and investments. This partnership allows Capital Dynmics to provide our clients with full transaperency on emissions data and climate analytics.

• Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

  Capital Dynamics has been a signatory of the United Nations supported PRI since 2008, and has consistently been awarded the highest scores across its businesses.

• Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

  As a member of IIGCC, Capital Dynamics signed a letter calling upon the leaders of the European Union to include provisions related to a sustainable future, such as green technologies and clean energy, in stimulus packages helping European Union nation states in their recovery from the global pandemic.

  Capital Dynamics is also a co-chair of an IIGCC committee working on the creation of a framework for private equity firms to achieve net-zero emissions.

• Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

  Capital Dynamics is a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, an initiative created to develop a set of recommendations for consistent climate-related financial risk disclosures in mainstream filings.

• GRESB

  Capital Dynamics has consistently been recognized by GRESB, a leading environmental, social, and governance benchmark for real estate and infrastructure investments globally. 

• Pensions for Purpose

  Capital Dynamics is an Influencer for Pensions for Purpose, a leading collaborative initiative whose aim is to raise awareness of impact investment among the pensions' community.

• Initiative Climat International (iC International)

  Capital Dynamics is a member of iC International – France, a collective commitment to understand and reduce carbon emissions of private equity-backed companies and secure sustainable investment performance.

• Invest Europe

  Capital Dynamics is a member of Invest Europe, the world’s largest association of private capital providers, and are active in their Working Group on Accounting Standards, Valuation, and Reporting and the Responsible Investment Roundtable that represents Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure investment firms, as well as their investors, including some of Europe’s largest pension funds and insurers. 

Diversity & Inclusion

Capital Dynamics is dedicated to the continued improvement of our diverse, open, and inclusive culture. Our foremost priority is building deep and sustained partnerships with our employees, clients, and third parties to create and maintain a culture where all are given an equal opportunity. The initiatives we undertake, and the organizations we support, are part of an ongoing effort to make our offices a place where people can thrive and feel valued, regardless of race, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, disability, and all other dimensions of diversity. We are proud to have partnered with the organizations outlined below, and look forward to continuing to grow this list.

• Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

  ILPA is a trade association for institutional Limited Partners in the private assets industry. Capital Dynamics is proud to have joined more than 300 Diversity in Action signatories (as of April 2024). This initiative seeks to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the private assets industry.

  Limited Partners and General Partners who join the DIA initiative commit to specific actions that advance diversity, equity and inclusion, both within their organization and the industry broadly. They undertake actions set out in the Diversity in Action Framework, which are drawn from ILPA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Roadmap, a clearinghouse of best practices and resources for the implementation of DEI programs.

   

• Out Investors (OI)

  Capital Dynamics is a member firm of Out Investors, a global organization that was founded with the mission of making the direct investment industry more welcoming for LGBT+ individuals.