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POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED.

POLN.LSE | Fund management activities

Pollen Street Group Limited is a specialist alternative asset manager focused on investing in the financial and business services sectors. The company operates through various investment strategies, including private equity, credit, and real estate. It provides capital and expertise to businesses, a...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Not enough information to create an ethical profile.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect0
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business0
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities10
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech-10
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

0

Pollen Street Group Limited is an asset manager, and its core business activities (investment management) do not directly involve health-related products or services. For most KPIs, this results in a neutral or 'not applicable' score (0) as its operations do not directly promote or harm health outcomes, nor do its products carry health risks requiring disclosure, or involve health-specific R&D, education, or crisis response. The company reports 0% exposure to controversial weapons

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and has a policy to avoid investments with identified sustainability risks.
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Pollen Street maintains carbon neutral status
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, sources 100% renewable electricity for its London offices
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, and reduced its total measured emissions by 35% to 261.7 tCO2e in 2024.
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While portfolio companies and partnerships engage in activities that indirectly support health (e.g., Aryza identifying customers with mental health issues, Auditory Verbal UK supporting deaf children, Honeypot supporting young carers, and internal mental health support for employees), quantifiable data on population reach or program impact against the rubric's specific thresholds is not provided, leading to the omission of relevant KPIs.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

No specific, quantifiable evidence was found in the provided articles to assess Pollen Street Group Limited against the defined KPIs for Fair Money & Economic Opportunity. While the company is an asset manager investing in financial services

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and some portfolio companies serve segments like SMEs
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or promote financial inclusion,
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the articles do not provide concrete data points such as percentages of underserved clients, average APRs, revenue from high-cost products, share of loan books for inclusion initiatives, details on customer data portability, regulatory findings for fair lending, measurable wealth-building outcomes for customers, percentage of profits reinvested in community finance, reach or impact of financial literacy programs, average customer debt-to-income ratios, or specific coverage of banking deserts. Therefore, all KPIs are omitted due to a lack of direct, measurable evidence that maps to the rubric's quantitative thresholds.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

0

No evidence available to assess POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED on Fair Pay & Worker Respect.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No evidence available to assess POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.

Honest & Fair Business

0

No evidence available to assess POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED on Honest & Fair Business.

Kind to Animals

0

No evidence available to assess POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED on Kind to Animals.

No War, No Weapons

0

No evidence available to assess POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED on No War, No Weapons.

Planet-Friendly Business

0

No evidence available to assess POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED on Planet-Friendly Business.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

10

Pollen Street Group has 14 formal partnership agreements with various community and social groups, including Big Issue Invest, Blue Ventures, Future First, Business2Schools, Out Investors, Auditory Verbal UK, The Felix Project, EY’s Private Equity Smart Futures programme, “Invest in Women Hub”, 10,000 Interns Foundation, GAIN (Girls are Investors), Human Rights Watch, Honeypot Children’s Charity, and Level 20.

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FPIC processes are not applicable to the company's operations as a specialist alternative asset manager. Similarly, the concept of social license to operate is not applicable to Pollen Street Group's business model.

Safe & Smart Tech

-10

Pollen Street Group retains personal data for up to a maximum of 7 years after a business relationship has ended.

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The company is authorized and regulated by the FCA,
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states compliance with GDPR and CCPA,
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has delivered TCFD disclosures,
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and is committed to Article 8 SFDR requirements for current and future funds.
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Additionally, Pollen Street Group partners with and supports Human Rights Watch through digital campaigns,
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an organization that defends rights in 100 countries worldwide.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

No evidence available to assess POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED on Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.

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