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SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS AUM $26B

SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS AUM

$26B

We have been implementing sustainable investment solutions for clients for over two decades. We were early adopters of integrating environmental, social, governance, and impact factors into our investment process based on unique client needs, and participating in the industry’s evolution. We have developed and implemented a business strategy that supports our clients’ needs while making a positive impact on the world. 

~$6B

Invested/committed in energy transition investments

We support sustainability through select environmentally-focused client solutions and our corporate actions, including regional partnerships, regional investments, and local actions.

~120

committed investments pursuing environmentally-focused strategies (renewables, energy transition, water)1

$2B

WORKFORCE STANDARDS /
LABOR IMPACT AUM

Our Infrastructure Advantage Strategy seeks to implement investments that have a significant effect on local labor forces and economies.

245+

Organizations received our financial
donations in 2023

Giving back to our communities is one of our core values. Whether through hands-on volunteering, providing financial support, or acting as board members or mentors, the goal is the same – to make a difference. 

$16B

DIVERSE MANAGER AUM

We are committed to funding and supporting diverse investment managers as part of our broad alternative investment activity. 

62%

of staff are women or ethnically diverse*

Inclusiveness is part of our ethos and is woven into our core activities. The diversity of our employees is a driving factor of success, and is critical to our ability to create and deliver value to our clients.

We hold ourselves to the highest standards of compliance and governance.

Our culture of compliance starts with the proper “tone at the top” and is designed to reasonably ensure that we comply with applicable U.S. and international regulations.

We have several guiding principles and policies that help govern how the firm operates and makes investment decisions. 

Driving Returns While
Making an Impact

GCM Grosvenor’s Jonathan Hirschtritt joined a  recent episode of the Better Money, Better World podcast for an engaging discussion on the evolution of institutional impact investing.

Driving Returns While Making an Impact

GCM Grosvenor’s Jonathan Hirschtritt joined a  recent episode of the Better Money, Better World podcast for an engaging discussion on the evolution of institutional impact investing.

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2023 Firm Impact Report

This report illustrates our commitment to being at the forefront of the industry’s evolution. We are dedicated to serving as an example of investing with client objectives front of mind while creating positive impact for all stakeholders.

2022 Labor and Economic Impact Report

This report highlights the positive effects that our Infrastructure Advantage Strategy’s investments have had on local workforces and economies,

2022 TCFD Report

Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations have informed the contents of this report, in which we outline our climate action strategy and report on our progress.

ESG and Impact Policy

The policy provides a framework for how we apply ESG and Impact considerations regarding our business, how we engage with our communities, and how we pursue, evaluate, and implement investments.  

ESG DATA CONVERGENCE INITIATIVE

As part of our ongoing commitment to embracing sustainability and impact considerations and standards,

we are proud to be participating in the ESG Data Convergence Initiative. This collaboration seeks to increase the quality, availability, and comparability of ESG data for private markets through the collection and aggregation of ESG data. 

Industry Partnerships

Progressing sustainable investing via active industry partnerships

PRI

Principles for Responsible Investment

As a PRI signatory2,  we incorporate sustainability factors into our investment decisions and influence others. We assist clients and peers seeking to become PRI signatories and provide firm-wide employee training. 

Institutional Limited Partners Association

Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

We are proud to be a Founding Signatory of the ILPA Diversity in Action initiative. We participate alongside other LPs and GPs to take steps to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the industry.

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

We are a supporter of TCFD’s efforts to develop consistent risk disclosures of environmental impact.

European Commission

Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

We manage multiple SFDR Article 8 compliant programs on behalf of our clients that promote environmental and/or social goals.

Sustainable development goals

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The UN Sustainable Development Goals guide how we view sustainability factors and help define our actions.

SASB

SASB / International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS)

We are a signatory to the IFRS Sustainability Alliance which allows us to access and leverage the SASB materiality mapping framework. 

GCM Grosvenor is a
certified CarbonNeutral® Company

To achieve the certification, we reduced and offset our scope 1, scope 2, and selected scope 3 emissions, including business travel and purchased goods and services.3

Raising the Profile of Small, Emerging, and Diverse Managers

In 2023, we hosted Consortium with the mission of promoting a more inclusive industry by raising the visibility of small, emerging, and diverse-led investment managers and in turn, increasing the flow of capital to these managers.

Sustainability committee

Our Sustainability Committee is responsible for developing and regularly reviewing our Firm’s Sustainable Investing and Impact Policy. The policy provides a framework for how we apply sustainability and impact considerations regarding our business, how we engage with our communities, and how we pursue, evaluate, and implement investments. It is our sustainability and impact roadmap. Employees are required to read the document and abide by its guidelines. 

Elizabeth Browne
Elizabeth Browne
Managing Director,
Sponsor Solutions Group
Lilly Farahnakian
Managing Director,
Chief Compliance Officer
Jonathan Hirschtritt
Jonathan Hirschtritt
Managing Director,
Sustainability
Jessica Holsey
Jessica Holsey
Managing Director,
Private Equity Investments
Sandra Hurse
Sandee Hurse
Managing Director,
Chief Human Resources Officer
Michael Kirchner
Michael Kirchner
Managing Director,
Strategic Investments Group
Scott Litman
Scott Litman
Managing Director,
Infrastructure Investments
Headshot of Burke Montgomery
Burke J. Montgomery
Managing Director,
General Counsel
Fred Pollock
Frederick Pollock
Managing Director,
Chief Investment Officer
Jorge Ramirez
Jorge Ramirez
Managing Director,
Labor and Government Strategies
David Richter
David Richter
Managing Director,
Absolute Return Strategies
Stacie Selinger
Stacie Selinger
Managing Director,
Head of Investor Relations
Bernard Yancovich
Bernard Yancovich
Managing Director,
Private Equity Investments
Elizabeth Browne
Elizabeth Browne
Managing Director,
Sponsor Solutions Group
Lilly Farahnakian
Managing Director,
Chief Compliance
Jonathan Hirschtritt
Jonathan Hirschtritt
Managing Director,
Sustainability
Jessica Holsey
Jessica Holsey
Managing Director,
Private Equity Investments
Sandra Hurse
Sandee Hurse
Managing Director,
Chief Human Resources Officer
Michael Kirchner
Michael Kirchner
Managing Director,
Strategic Investments Group
Scott Litman
Scott Litman
Managing Director,
Infrastructure Investments
Headshot of Burke Montgomery
Burke J. Montgomery
Managing Director,
General Counsel
Fred Pollock
Frederick Pollock
Managing Director,
Chief Investment Officer
Jorge Ramirez
Jorge Ramirez
Managing Director,
Labor and Government Strategies
David Richter
David Richter
Managing Director,
Absolute Return Strategies
Stacie Selinger
Stacie Selinger
Managing Director,
Head of Investor Relations
Bernard Yancovich
Bernard Yancovich
Managing Director,
Private Equity Investments

AUM as of December 31, 2023.

We define diverse managers as firms in which women or minority professionals account for at least 25% of firm economics.

 

Employee data as of January 1, 2024.

 

1 Data as of December 31, 2023.
2 GCM Grosvenor conducts its investment management business through its registered investment manager subsidiaries, Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. and GCM Customized Fund Investment Group, L.P. Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. became a signatory to the PRI in 2012 and GCM Customized Fund Investment Group, L.P. became a signatory in 2015. In March 2017, GCM Grosvenor became a signatory and replaced the status of the two registered investment manager subsidiaries as PRI signatories.

3 Scope 3 emissions excludes category 15 investment emissions

 

The data regarding sustainable and impact investments (and sub-strategies) presented above and otherwise contained herein, is based on the amount committed to and invested in investments by GCM Grosvenor-managed portfolios as of the dates above, based on the assessment of each such investment by GCM Grosvenor investment team members. The relevant investments are placed into categories that are generally consistent with the categories presented in the UN PRI Impact Investing Market Map. Primary fund assessments are based on whether a significant part of the expected strategy of the primary fund falls into a sustainable or impact category. Co-investment categorizations are based either on categories represented by the co-investment sponsor or the underlying portfolio company. Diverse Manager investments include investments managed by or sponsored by a diverse manager, based on GCM Grosvenor’s definition of a diverse manager, which is determined by thresholds of manager economic ownership by diverse parties (race, gender, sexual orientation, veterans, disabled persons). There is significant subjectivity in placing an investment in a particular category, and conventions and methodologies used by GCM Grosvenor in categorizing investments and calculating the data presented may differ from those used by other investment managers. Additional information regarding these conventions and methodologies is available upon request.

 

Absolute Return Strategies

We offer clients a broad range of tailored solutions across strategies, including multi-strategy, macro, relative value, long/short equity, quantitative strategies, and opportunistic credit. Levaraging our large scale and presence in the industry, we are able to offer clients preferntial exposure to hard-to-access managers and seek to obtain terms that can drive economic and structural advantages.