| Type | Independent, private, owner-managed partnership |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Number of locations | 3 (London, New York, Sydney) |
| Key people | Al Gore, Chairman David Blood, Managing Partner Mark Ferguson, Chief Investment Officer Peter Harris, Chief Operating Officer Peter S. Knight, President of Generation U.S. Colin le Duc, Head of Research |
| Website | www.generationim.com |
Generation Investment Management LLP (GIM) is a London-based investment management firm with an investment style that blends traditional equity research with a focus on sustainability factors, including social and environmental responsibility and corporate governance.
Generation Investment Management LLP is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the UK.
Generation has built a global research platform to integrate sustainability research into fundamental equity analysis. The firm focuses on the economic, environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities that can materially affect a company's ability to sustain profitability and deliver returns.The company has been criticized for alleged profiteering on public guilt over carbon emissions.[1]
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Generation was founded in 2004[2] and began investing client money in April 2005. With offices in London and New York,[2] the firm employs 38 people.[3] Generation's Advisory Board, convened by Gore, helps set Generation's long-term thematic research agenda into global sustainability and renewable energy issues. Past areas of focus have included climate change, poverty and development, ecosystem services and biodiversity, water scarcity, pandemics, demographics and migration, and urbanization.
In November 2007, Generation and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) announced a global collaboration to "find, fund and accelerate green business, technology and policy solutions with the greatest potential to help solve the current climate crisis."[4] As part of the collaboration, prominent KPCB Partner John Doerr joined Generation's Advisory Board.
Generation Investment Management suggest use the funding opportunities from: