Our promise for earth, community,
and stakeholders
Our promise
for earth, community,
and stakeholders
We value portfolio companies’ sustainability
We value portfolio companies’ sustainability
JKL Partners Inc.(“JKL Partners”) places an utmost priority in fulfilling its stewardship responsibility of maximizing the benefit of the limited partners(“Investors”) of the fund raised and managed by JKL Partners(“JKL Funds”). JKL Partners fulfills its stewardship responsibilities by ensuring the value creation and the sustainable growth of the companies in which JKL Funds invests(“Portfolio Companies"). JKL Partners confirms that consideration and improvement of ESG - Environmental Responsibility, Social Responsibility, Governance - is as equally important as financials. Therefore, JKL Partners hereby has established the ESG Principles for Responsible Investment(“Principles”) based on the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment(UN PRI) as follows, which shall be a basis for decision-making in all processes in connection with investment, management, and exit (collectively "Investment Process"). JKL Partners became a signatory of the UN PRI in March 2022.
JKL Partners incorporates ESG issues in the investment policy statements and decision-making in the Investment Process.
JKL Partners requests service providers such as advisory companies to integrate ESG factors into evolving research and analysis.
JKL Partners advocates ESG training for investment professionals.
JKL Partners discloses the principles of the voting and ownership policy with respect to ESG issues of the Portfolio Companies.
JKL Partners actively exercises voting rights or ownership power over ESG issues of the Portfolio Companies.
JKL Partners requires the Portfolio Companies to publish a sustainability report in the mid to long term.
JKL Partners requires ESG issues to be integrated into the annual report of the Portfolio Companies.
JKL Partners request information from the Portfolio Companies regarding the adoption of/adherence to relevant norms, standards, codes of conduct or international initiatives in connection with ESG values.
JKL Partners includes Principles-related requirements in the request for proposal(RFP), and clearly communicates ESG expectations to investment service providers, including advisors, in relation to their services.
JKL Partners establishes the company's investment mandates, monitoring procedures, performance indicators and incentive structures in consideration of ESG values.
JKL Partners incorporates the relevant domestic and foreign developments in ESG principles, guidelines and the market practices into the Principles in a timely manner.
JKL Partners publishes the Principles on its website.
In accordance with the Principle 2, JKL Partners discloses the voting and ownership activities to Investors through various channels such as annual and occasional reports.