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Helios Investment Partners Sustainability Actions

Impact and ESG integration

Impact and ESG are integral to what we do and who we are. From how we invest to how we operate as a firm, we aim to deliver growth with impact for investors, our portfolio companies, and Africa. Impact is not just a consideration; it’s a core principle that drives how we create value across all our strategies.

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Portfolio ESG value creation

From assessment to engagement and reporting, we ensure that every portfolio company contributes meaningfully to positive social, economic and environmental outcomes. Our approach to ESG goes beyond mitigating risks. We see ESG as a powerful catalyst for value creation, seamlessly integrating it into each portfolio company’s value creation plan to unlock sustainable growth and long-term success.

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Job creation across portfolio

For over two decades, Helios Investment Partners has built profitable, well-governed businesses across Africa, deploying over $3bn on the belief that growth drives impact, creating jobs, expanding access to essential goods and services, and supporting a more resilient, inclusive future for the continent.

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Four impact priorities

Our four impact priorities: Job Growth & Economic Contribution, Climate Action, Diversity & Inclusion, Financial & Digital Access. Creating value through meaningful action in four priority areas across our portfolio.

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Local jobs and sourcing

Our focus: Grow and scale businesses; Hire locally, especially in Senior Management roles; Source local products and services; Upskill and build capacity, creating highly skilled jobs. Through the delivery of our value creation plan at BIM we have so far to date: Opened 150+ stores, creating ~1,200+ direct job; ~800 women employed from low-income communities; ~85% of procurement sourced locally; ~99% local employees with ~83% youth employment.

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Capital mobilised for impact

Our impact in numbers: c.$9b capital mobilized to improve lives; 35+ companies across our portfolio; 30+ countries invested across Africa; c.4m+ direct and indirect jobs supported; c.1.7m female jobs supported; c.2.6m youth jobs supported; c.$1.25b direct and indirect wages supported; $350m loans to micro & SME businesses.

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CLEAR climate vehicle

InfraCo Africa and Helios are working together to establish a pan-African investment vehicle: Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR). CLEAR will fund climate-aligned infrastructure and growth businesses whilst also working towards achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It expects to ultimately raise more than US$350m for investment into sustainable infrastructure and businesses which will provide at least 100,000 new jobs, connect more than 1 million people to power for the first time and avoid 100m tonnes of carbon emissions.

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Partnership with Sojitz

On August 27, 2022, Sojitz Corporation and Helios Investment Partners LLP signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a wide range of projects across sectors in Africa. Through this memorandum, Sojitz and Helios aim to pursue synergies across energy, IT, healthcare, and social infrastructure, with the aim of contributing to sustainable development in the region.

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About Helios Investment Partners

  • Status
  • Unverified
  • Employees
  • 100 - 500
  • Country
  • United Kingdom