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BRISBANE, Australia, June 22, 2007 (Investor TV) Australia’s shift towards ethical investing is characterised by a growing number of companies supporting a range of ethical, social and environmental initiatives.
CVC Sustainable Investments is one Australia's newest ethical investment funds and its environmental focus means that all investments must produce positive environmental benefits.
“CVC Sustainable Investments is a private equity fund which is dedicated to environmental or what’s becoming known as clean technology investing,” CVCSI Portfolio Manager Christian Jensen said.
“We specialise in providing expansion capital to a mix of listed and unlisted companies that are developing products or infrastructure which reduce carbon emissions or pollution, manage resources in a more sustainable way or reduce the existing effects of environmental damage.”
As the need to adopt cleaner technologies gathers momentum, high-growth investment opportunities in the environmental sector are expanding.
“We look at things like their ability to reduce harmful emissions and pollution, for their ability to use resources more efficiently, to reduce harmful by-products, reduce wastage,” Mr Jensen said.
“If the company that we’re looking at can’t actually produce positive environmental benefits then it’s not suitable for the portfolio.”
One of the fund’s primary goals is to deliver environmental outcomes without compromising investor returns.
“I think the key issue in investing in environmentally sustainable companies in Australia is not that the investors are becoming more environmentally aware, but actually the consumers are becoming more environmentally aware.”
“What that does it is actually drives the demand for environmentally sustainable products and infrastructure, which improves the investment opportunities that we have available to us.”
CVC Sustainable Investments is currently generating returns in excess of 20 percent, but Mr Jensen warns investors should be prepared to make a long term commitment.
“What we’re doing is providing expansion capital to companies. So we provide companies who are growing with the money to launch new products, enter new markets or even make synergistic acquisitions within their industry.”
“What we find is that when you’re making expansion capital type investments, those investments take time to mature, the money that we put in today won’t actually deliver a return until say three or five years down the track.”
“So what we’re doing is very much patient investing and it’s really important that our investors understand that they’re investing for the long term,” he said.
The fund is part of the CVC Group, whose core investment team has a 20 year performance record of delivering strong returns across a range of investment sectors.
“We’re offering investors the ability to invest in assets that are not otherwise available to them. And we’re offering them the ability to do that with a manager who is recognised as a leader in the space.”
“We’ve proven our ability to generate returns by investing in this sector and we’ve now got a structure which enables us to invest in the best of breed companies that are in this space.”
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CVC Sustainable Investments is one Australia's newest ethical investment funds and its environmental focus means that all investments must produce positive environmental benefits.
“CVC Sustainable Investments is a private equity fund which is dedicated to environmental or what’s becoming known as clean technology investing,” CVCSI Portfolio Manager Christian Jensen said.
“We specialise in providing expansion capital to a mix of listed and unlisted companies that are developing products or infrastructure which reduce carbon emissions or pollution, manage resources in a more sustainable way or reduce the existing effects of environmental damage.”
As the need to adopt cleaner technologies gathers momentum, high-growth investment opportunities in the environmental sector are expanding.
“We look at things like their ability to reduce harmful emissions and pollution, for their ability to use resources more efficiently, to reduce harmful by-products, reduce wastage,” Mr Jensen said.
“If the company that we’re looking at can’t actually produce positive environmental benefits then it’s not suitable for the portfolio.”
One of the fund’s primary goals is to deliver environmental outcomes without compromising investor returns.
“I think the key issue in investing in environmentally sustainable companies in Australia is not that the investors are becoming more environmentally aware, but actually the consumers are becoming more environmentally aware.”
“What that does it is actually drives the demand for environmentally sustainable products and infrastructure, which improves the investment opportunities that we have available to us.”
CVC Sustainable Investments is currently generating returns in excess of 20 percent, but Mr Jensen warns investors should be prepared to make a long term commitment.
“What we’re doing is providing expansion capital to companies. So we provide companies who are growing with the money to launch new products, enter new markets or even make synergistic acquisitions within their industry.”
“What we find is that when you’re making expansion capital type investments, those investments take time to mature, the money that we put in today won’t actually deliver a return until say three or five years down the track.”
“So what we’re doing is very much patient investing and it’s really important that our investors understand that they’re investing for the long term,” he said.
The fund is part of the CVC Group, whose core investment team has a 20 year performance record of delivering strong returns across a range of investment sectors.
“We’re offering investors the ability to invest in assets that are not otherwise available to them. And we’re offering them the ability to do that with a manager who is recognised as a leader in the space.”
“We’ve proven our ability to generate returns by investing in this sector and we’ve now got a structure which enables us to invest in the best of breed companies that are in this space.”
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