Avantfaire Holding Limited

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Wan Chai, Hong Kong S.A.R.

Certified Since

February 2020

Industry

Equity investing - Developed Markets

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

Canada,

Hong Kong S.A.R.,

Singapore

AvantFaire Investment Management Limited is licensed in Hong Kong to provide advice and asset management services for professional investors. The company focuses on impact investment. It invests in both traditional and innovative businesses that deliver positive social impact as well as financial return by making direct private equity investments and managing funds of impact investment funds. Through deep collaboration with its renowned advisors and business partners, the company is dedicated to bringing impact investment products to professional investors in Hong Kong, and bridging them to investment allocations in ASEAN, Europe and North America. Impact investment is an emerging asset class in Asia. To close the gap between the availability of impact investment products and the increasing demand from professional investors, the company also proactively engages social enterprises and start-up communities in Hong Kong and overseas to nurture impact investment opportunities, while remains innovative in co-investment strategies with its investment partners.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Avantfaire Holding Limited earned an overall score of 86.3. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
86.3
86.3 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 12.4

Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement4.7
Ethics & Transparency5.1
+ Mission Locked2.5

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Workers 17.3

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security7.1
Health, Wellness, & Safety1.0
Career Development2.8
Engagement & Satisfaction2.0

Community 9.2

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion4.1
Economic Impact2.1
Civic Engagement & Giving1.5
Supply Chain Management0.0

Environment 6.5

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management3.5
Air & Climate0.9
Water0.3
Land & Life1.7

Customers 40.6

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship2.3
+ Mission Lock1.3
+ Past Performance3.9
+ Current Fund6
+ Positive Impact11.6
+ Portfolio Reporting4.1
+ Capacity Building5.2
+ Fund Governance4.5

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2020 Overall B Impact Score86.3

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