Since our inception in 1999, Bencis has created a distinctive company culture around three key objectives: Inspiration, Improvement and Integrity. At Bencis, we find it important that we, and our portfolio companies, conduct business in a responsible, reliable and transparent way. What you see is what you get, and as we put it: we do what we say, and we say what we do. We have long relied on these objectives to govern our way of doing business in an informal way. For us, this company culture secures responsible investment effectively. Bencis is committed to have a maximum positive impact on all its portfolio companies in the realm of ESG and CSR. We have been consistently rated by our LPs and have been awarded scores of 4.8 / out of 5.0 and 1 / 4 to 1. We take ESG and CSR into consideration in all our investment decisions and act long-term and consciously. Vertaal naar het nederlands.
Impact & Sustainability
Our mission
A Better world, through better companies.
Empowering growth
Since our inception in 1999, Bencis has created a distinctive company culture around three key objectives: Inspiration, Improvement & Integrity.
INTEGRITY
We find it important that we, and our portfolio companies, conduct business in a responsible, reliable and transparent way. What you see is what you get.
INSPIRATION
We believe that long term success can only be created by passionate people operating as a team.
IMPROVEMENT
We continuously strive for, and focus on, better performance. Results and financial returns are a consequence of what we do, not an objective in itself. We believe that long term success follows hard work and incremental improvement.
TIMELINE
From 2015
and beyond
2015 AND BEFORE
Became signatory of the UN PRI1 and conducted first ESG review of the portfolio.
2016 – 2017
First company level ESG assessments were conducted and more focus placed on value creation opportunities; including a bestpractice sharing session.
2018 – 2019
General process and reporting improvements were made (e.g. reporting re-aligned with latest UN PRI standards). An ESG
survey as well as an internal review was held for the Bencis team.
2020 – 2021
The SGDs3 were integrated in ESG assessments and reporting. Portfolio-wide assessment of climate-related risks as defined by TCFD2 was conducted.
2022 – 2023
Conducted a portfolio wide estimation of companies’ Scope III
emissions. An ESG workshop was organised for the Bencis team. Conducted tailored deepdives to support portfolio companies in realising identified value creation opportunities.
2024 AND BEYOND
Prepared companies for CSRD4 disclosures. Drove emission
reduction target setting in line with SBTi5 requirements. Establish a new data-gathering approach that facilitates better quality, more detailed, and ongoing data collection.
Partnerships
RENSKE ABOUT COMMITMENT
“ Our commitment extends beyond financial returns – we empower our portfolio companies to drive sustainable change by making improvements day by day.”
FIRM LEVEL DISCLOSURE
Bencis’ commitments to ESG
Bencis invests in accordance with the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and factors in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) in all its investment decisions. Bencis has been a signatory to the UNPRI since 2014.
OUR PORTFOLIO
A better world,
through better
companies
ESG INTEGRATION
HÄRTHA GROUP and EnBW conclude long-term electricity supply agreement
Global market sustainability ratings
EcoVadis gold for CurTec
ESG STRATEGY
Hypersolid set out a comprehensive ESG programme in 2023
Employee engagement & well-being
VMN Media has implemented a continuous employee engagement tool
OUR PORTFOLIO
Acting today for a sustainable future
Creating value together
RENSKE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY
“ By encouraging, enabling, and inspiring our portfolio companies to advance sustainable performance, we transform responsible investing from a concept into meaningful, tangible impact.”
