Our Commitment to
Our Commitment
Responsible Investment
to Responsible Investment
Runnerstone is dedicated to responsible investment, integrating ESG considerations throughout our operations and ownership processes. We strive to deliver sustainable, positive impact for economies, society, and the environment, ensuring our investments support long-term growth and align with our fiduciary duty to achieve strong, risk-adjusted returns for our clients.
Runnerstone is dedicated to responsible investment, integrating ESG considerations throughout our operations and ownership processes. We strive to deliver sustainable, positive impact for economies, society, and the environment, ensuring our investments support long-term growth and align with our fiduciary duty to achieve strong, risk-adjusted returns for our clients.
Runnerstone is dedicated to responsible investment, integrating ESG considerations throughout our operations and ownership processes. We strive to deliver sustainable, positive impact for economies, society, and the environment, ensuring our investments support long-term growth and align with our fiduciary duty to achieve strong, risk-adjusted returns for our clients.
Our ESG &
Impact Strategy
Our approach is grounded in a deep understanding of Africa’s unique challenges and opportunities in sustainable infrastructure. Runnerstone invests in private infrastructure projects across the continent, offering solutions that drive responsible growth and leave a legacy of positive impact, while advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Our approach is grounded in a deep understanding of Africa’s unique challenges and opportunities in sustainable infrastructure. Runnerstone invests in private infrastructure projects across the continent, offering solutions that drive responsible growth and leave a legacy of positive impact, while advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Responsible
Investment
We believe responsible investment is about more than financial returns, it’s about managing ESG risks and impacts to “do no harm”. Through a comprehensive ESG materiality assessment, we identify and prioritize the most important ESG and impact topics for our business, funds, and stakeholders. These insights guide our strategy and resource allocation, ensuring robust risk management and the ability to seize new opportunities.
Runnerstone maintains an IFC Performance Standard aligned Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) and Business Integrity Management System (BIMS) that outline how we identify, manage, monitor, and report environmental, social, and business integrity risks and impacts. These systems are aligned with global standards and legal requirements, supporting responsible practices across our operations and portfolio.
We believe responsible investment is about more than financial returns, it’s about managing ESG risks and impacts to “do no harm”. Through a comprehensive ESG materiality assessment, we identify and prioritize the most important ESG and impact topics for our business, funds, and stakeholders. These insights guide our strategy and resource allocation, ensuring robust risk management and the ability to seize new opportunities.
Runnerstone maintains an IFC Performance Standard aligned Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) and Business Integrity Management System (BIMS) that outline how we identify, manage, monitor, and report environmental, social, and business integrity risks and impacts. These systems are aligned with global standards and legal requirements, supporting responsible practices across our operations and portfolio.
Investing
for Impact
Together with our investors, Runnerstone delivers investments that create real value and lasting positive environmental and socio-economic outcomes. Our “investing for impact” approach, or “doing good”, is backed by a Theory of Change that maps the path from our activities and inputs to the long-term impact we achieve, always in alignment with the SDGs.
We provide ongoing guidance and support to our portfolio companies, helping them unlock opportunities for impact and ensuring they effectively manage, monitor, measure, and report their initiatives.
Together with our investors, Runnerstone delivers investments that create real value and lasting positive environmental and socio-economic outcomes. Our “investing for impact” approach, or “doing good”, is backed by a Theory of Change that maps the path from our activities and inputs to the long-term impact we achieve, always in alignment with the SDGs.
We provide ongoing guidance and support to our portfolio companies, helping them unlock opportunities for impact and ensuring they effectively manage, monitor, measure, and report their initiatives.
ESG Impact
4.5M tCO2e
50%
41%
1,954
Strong corporate governance and business integrity are vital for success. Our BIMS framework covers risk management at both the fund and portfolio company level, focusing on key risk areas such as bribery, corruption, fraud, money laundering, sanctions breaches, tax evasion, criminal conduct, reputational risks, and cyber/data security. By building robust controls and governance systems, we ensure resilience and responsible operations.
Global ESG &
Impact Alignment
Runnerstone adopts globally recognized ESG and impact standards, guidelines, and principles, including:
