SFDR Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) indicators - FY23
Avikro has reported on the Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) indicators to help investors with their reporting for the
EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
The Manager and the Sub-Investment Manager will take into account the principal adverse impacts indicators
outlined in the below table (the “PAIs”) when determining whether the sustainable investments that the Portfolio
intends to make, do not cause significant harm to any environmental or social sustainable investment objective:
Unless otherwise noted, the data in this table reflects performance for the period of 1 April 2021 to 31 March
2023, which is referred to as 'FY23’ in the table below.
Adverse sustainability indicator
Metric
Avikro response
Climate and other Environment-Related indicators
Greenhouse
gas
emissions
1
GHG emissions
Scope 1 GHG emissions
Avikro's Scope 1 GHG emissions were
2.8 thousand tonnes CO2e in FY23.
See page 12 of FY23 ESG
Scope 2 GHG emissions
Avikro's Scope 2 (market-based) GHG
emissions were 7.3 thousand tonnes
CO2e in FY23.
See page 12 of FY23 ESG
Scope 3 GHG emissions
Avikro's Scope 3 GHG emissions were
178.1 thousand tonnes CO2e in FY23.
See page 12 of FY23 ESG
Total GHG emissions
Avikro's Total GHG emissions for
Scope 1, 2 (market-based) and 3 were
188.2 thousand tonnes CO2e in FY23.
See page 12 of FY23 ESG
2
TEST UPDATE
Carbon footprint
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3
GHG intensity of
investee companies
GHG intensity of investee companies
Avikro's GHG emissions intensity for
scope 1, 2 and 3 is 1.5 tonnes CO2e
per $1m revenue for FY23.
See page 12 of FY23 ESG
4
Exposure to
companies active in
the fossil fuel sector
Share of investments in companies
active in the fossil fuel sector
Avikro does not operate in the fossil
fuel sector
5
Share of non
renewable energy
consumption and
production
Share of non-renewable energy
consumption and non-renewable
energy production of investee
companies from non-renewable
energy sources compared to
renewable energy sources,
expressed as a percentage
62% of Avikro's electricity consumed
in FY23 was renewable, 38% was
not renewable.
Electricity was 92% of FY23 total
energy consumption.
See page 14 of FY23 ESG
6
Energy
consumption
intensity per high
impact climate
sector
Energy consumption in GWh per
million EUR of revenue of investee
companies, per high impact climate
sector
Avikro's energy intensity was 10.5
tonnes MWh per $1m revenue in FY23
See page 14 of FY23 ESG
Biodiversity
7
Activities negatively
affecting
biodiversitysensitive
areas
Share of investments in investee
companies with sites/operations
located in or near to
biodiversitysensitive areas where
activities of those investee companies
negatively affect those areas
Avikro is looking into the LEAP Nature
Risk Assessment Approach and how it
can be applied to our business in
order to determine whether we have
any sites/operations located in or near
to biodiversity sensitive areas.
Water
8
Emissions to water
Tonnes of emissions to water
generated by investee companies per
million EUR invested, expressed as a
weighted average
Avikro does not discharge solid, liquid
or gaseous pollutants or contaminants
into a body of water.
Waste
9
Hazardous waste
ratio
Tonnes of hazardous waste generated
by investee companies per million
EUR invested, expressed as a
weighted average
Avikro does not publish data on
hazardous waste as it is not material
to our business.
Social and Employee, Respect for Human Rights, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery
matters
10
Violations of UN
Global Compact
principles and
Organisation for
Economic
Cooperation and
Development (OECD)
Guidelines for
Multinational
Enterprises
Share of investments in investee
companies that have been involved in
violations of the UNGC principles or
OECD Guidelines for Multinational
Enterprises
Avikro has not violated the UNGC
principles or OECD Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises.
Social
and
employe
e matters
11
Lack of processes
and compliance
mechanisms to
monitor compliance
with UN Global
Compact principles
and OECD
Guidelines for
Multinational
Enterprises
Share of investments in investee
companies without policies to monitor
compliance with the UNGC principles
or OECD Guidelines for Multinational
Enterprises or grievance /complaints
handling mechanisms to address
violations of the UNGC principles or
OECD Guidelines for Multinational
Enterprises
We have policies in place that align
with the principles of both the
UNGC and OECD Guidelines,
except where they conflict with local
legal requirements or rights.
12
Unadjusted gender
pay gap
Average unadjusted gender pay gap of
investee companies
Avikro publishes gender pay gap data
for the UK only.
Report for FY22 data.
13
Board gender diversity
Average ratio of female to male board
members in investee companies
At 31 March 2023, 45% of the Avikro
Board was female.
See page 5 of FY23 ESG
14
Exposure to
controversial
weapons
(antipersonnel mines,
cluster munitions,
chemical weapons
and biological
weapons)
Share of investments in investee
companies involved in the
manufacture or selling of
controversial weapons
Avikro is not involved in the
manufacture or selling of controversial
weapons, and also as a matter of
policy does not provide services to
these companies.