Foresight Group

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

The Real Assets division manages 5.0GW of green energy infrastructure — solar, wind, BESS, hydro, geothermal — across Europe and Australia, with FEIP II structured as an EU SFDR Article 9 fund targeting EU Taxonomy alignment; impact is real but Foresight is primarily a capital allocator, not a direct emitter reducer, and its private equity arm backs general SMEs with no guaranteed climate benefit.

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

Foresight references SBTi in its FY23 Sustainability Report and has published a Climate Disclosure and a double materiality assessment aligned with ISSB/ESRS standards, but no SBTi-validated near-term or net-zero targets appear on the public SBTi Target Dashboard as of mid-2025, leaving the firm without the gold-standard third-party target validation that institutional investors require.

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

Foresight holds a 5-star UN PRI rating (2024 assessment), has published a Group-wide Stewardship Report aligned with the UK Stewardship Code, conducted a double materiality assessment, established a human rights working group, and has partnered with The Eden Project on biodiversity; operational Scope 1/2 footprint as an asset manager is modest, but independent verification of portfolio-level ESG data is not fully confirmed in public disclosures.

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

Foresight publishes annual Sustainability Reports, a dedicated Climate Disclosure, SFDR pre-contractual disclosures, a Stewardship Report, and quantified metrics (emissions avoided vs. grid/coal, GW capacity figures, AUM data); the FY23 report references IPCC scenario analysis (RCP 2.6/4.5/6.0) and the FY24 report includes a double materiality analysis, but independent third-party assurance of sustainability data beyond financial audits is not prominently evidenced, capping the score.

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

No material controversies, pollution incidents, fossil fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement, or governance scandals were identified in public records; the company's LSE-listed status subjects it to UK regulatory oversight, and no FCA anti-greenwashing enforcement actions against Foresight were found, resulting in a high integrity score with only minor deduction for the gap between aspirational sustainability language and the absence of validated SBTi targets.