James Magor coverage in New Private Markets: Leading GPs draw clear link between ESG and the bottom line

Following Actis’ three award wins at the Infrastructure Investor and New Private Markets 2024 Awards respectively, James Magor, Director, Sustainability, spoke with Charles Avery of New Private Markets for an article about the link between sustainability and financial performance. Click here to read the full article and read on below for a snapshot of James’ commentary.

James Magor, Director, Sustainability at Actis, commented:

“The most interesting finding in terms of value uplift was that the investment banks were pretty consistent in their view that a business that can demonstrate to the market sustainability excellence, generates more interest in the exit process.

“We don’t argue about the ROI of a good CEO. We just accept that having a strong CEO is a good thing for a business. There are elements of sustainability that are similar, where we simply see evidence that it’s good business, but we can’t put a number on it.”

Disclaimer

Actis were presented with these awards at the Infrastructure Investor and New Private Markets on 4 March 2025. Actis did not provide any compensation to take part in such awards. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Nothing herein constitutes a guarantee, projection or prediction.