Ambienta IV

Ambienta is a European private equity manager focused on investing in sustainability-driven businesses. It believes that businesses whose products and services have a positive, sustainable impact enjoy a strong long-term competitive advantage and are more likely to deliver positive financial returns as well.

The manager was founded in 2007 and has offices in Milan, London, Paris and Munich. Pantheon has a long-standing relationship with Ambienta and holds three advisory board seats with the manager. PIN has previously co-invested alongside Ambienta in SF Filter, a distributor of mobile and industrial filters for after-market applications.

• In 2020, Ambienta obtained Carbon Neutral certification for its commitment to Net Zero.
• Ambienta IV is classified as Article 9 under SFDR1, meaning the fund has sustainable investment as its objective.
• The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment has awarded Ambienta their top rating every year since 2017.
• Ambienta is committed to diversity and inclusion with 52% of hires in 2021 being female.
• Ambienta’s “ESG in Action” programme monitors portfolio company progress against a range of ESG key performance indicators.
• The manager is an active member of Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, a global investor body which focuses on climate change.
• Ambienta is a member of the Invest Europe Responsible Investment Roundtable.

The manager typically looks for fast-growing businesses that lack the necessary capital, infrastructure or expertise, to sustain the next phase of growth. Ambienta aims to create value at the portfolio company level by focusing on:

• Strengthening the organisation through the implementation of stronger internal structures and processes;
• Identifying strategic and operational levers to enhance margins and long-term growth;
• Using buy & build strategies to consolidate a fragmented market;
• Growing the company’s geographical footprint; and
• Using ESG as a value creation tool.

The development of a dedicated Sustainability & Strategy function, whose role is to understand the ways in which resource efficiency and pollution control shape industries, enables the manager to screen and select the very best investment opportunities.

Ambienta’s unique approach to investing in businesses driven by sustainability has demonstrated that top decile financial returns can be combined with a measurable and favourable environmental impact.