Responsible Investing
We ensure that the investments we make today will have a positive effect on people and the planet in years to come.
Future First
Future First aims for every state school and college in the UK to be supported by a thriving and engaged alumni community.
Future First
Future First is a charity that aims for every state school and college in the UK to be supported by a thriving and engaged alumni community, which improves students’ motivation, confidence and life chances.
How we help: Pollen Street has undertaken a strategic review of the Future First operating model. This entailed developing a framework to explore and evaluate the future model options identified as part of brainstorming exercises. Pollen Street is now working with the charity to develop their technology roadmap and identify relevant digital solutions.
The Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs
CfIFE aims to support female entrepreneurs by tackling barriers to funding available and accessible by them.
The Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs
The Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs (CIFE) brings together leading investment firms and institutions to tackle barriers faced by female entrepreneurs. The Council is a community of firms and individuals who are passionate about achieving long-term behavioural changes to close the gender funding gap. This initiative was born as a result of the Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship.
How we help: Pollen Street is working with the council to promote greater transparency in UK funding allocation through a new Investing in Female Entrepreneurs Code, and also developing online resources to enable female entrepreneurs to access institutional and private investment
Auditory Verbal UK
Auditory Verbal UK's vision is that all deaf children have the opportunity to listen and speak as equals alongside their hearing peers.
Auditory Verbal UK
Auditory Verbal therapy is a parent coaching programme that equips parents with the skills to maximise their child’s spoken language development.
Advancing hearing technology, along with ever more inclusive candidacy criteria for implantable hearing technologies, has meant that Auditory Verbal UK has been able to deliver effective early intervention to over a thousand deaf babies and children from birth to school age.
Out Investors
Out Investors runs networking events, speaker series and mentorship programs with LGBT+ investment professionals.
Out Investors LGBT+ Network
Out Investors today is made up of over 50 partner investment organisations spanning private equity, hedge funds, venture capital and other asset managers. Out Investors runs networking events, speaker series and mentorship programs with LGBT+ investment professionals and investment adjacent roles such as portfolio value creation, fund management and investor relations.
The Felix Project
A London-based charity fighting hunger and food waste.
The Felix Project
The Felix Project collects fresh, nutritious food that cannot be sold. We deliver this surplus food to charities and schools so they can provide healthy meals and help the most vulnerable in our society.
How we help: Each week, Pollen Street volunteers complete green walking routes around central London to collect and then deliver surplus food to a homeless charity.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that focuses on human rights advocacy and research. Established in 1978, HRW's mission is to defend and protect human rights globally, investigating and exposing human rights abuses, promoting justice, and advocating for changes in policy and practice.
How we help: As part of the ongoing focus on supply chain sustainability and addressing Human Rights violations, Pollen Street volunteers are partnering with Human Rights Watch to support its work through raising awareness, increasing engagement on human rights issues, and empowering the next generation of human rights advocates to stand up for human rights through digital campaigns, in-person and virtual events, and targeted communications.
committed to responsible investing
We have a proud history of thinking, behaving and investing responsibly. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Policy explains how we do this. This includes how we can help drive impact in the counterparties we invest through and the companies we invest in. Our policy also explains how we consider the principal adverse impacts of investment decisions on sustainability factors, aligned to the SFDR.
We are signatories of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. We use the UN Sustainable Development Goals to ensure all investments meet minimum standards, while seeking to make the most significant impact for our investors.
