Our philosophy
At TriLinc, we believe the alignment of meaningful financial return and positive social and economic impact mutually reinforces one another, and industry research has shown to support our position.
Studies, such as this, have found that many investment managers incorporate ESG factors as a way to enhance risk-adjusted returns and high ESG-rated companies exhibit market-based outperformance.
TriLinc employs a disciplined ESG screening process to assess a company's ESG policies and practices as a way to mitigate certain potential risks. TriLinc's impact tracking and reporting are designed to prove that capitalism can be used as a force for good.
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Impact Performance Goals
100%
of investments and/or investee companies compliance and alignment across key benchmarks
- Aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
- Conform to the IFC Exclusion List
- Meet local and international laws and respective practices
- In compliance with local environmental, labor, health, safety and business laws
- Represent in writing their company’s ongoing commitment to ESG practices
- Environmental practices such as: energy savings, waste reduction and water conservation
- Social policies for fair hiring, compensation, maternity leave, community service and corporate donations
- Identify and track the GIIN’s IRIS metrics
Global Impact
We believe that transparent tracking, analyzing and reporting on the impact of portfolio holdings is a fundamental component of impact investing.
Since 2013, we financed $867 million in term loans and trade finance transactions to enterprises in 31 developing economies that resulted in supporting over 33,103 permanent jobs.
Since 2013, we financed $867 million in term loans and trade finance transactions to enterprises in 31 developing economies that resulted in supporting over 33,103 permanent jobs.
Latin America
- $ 315.2 M in term loans and trade finance
- 22 enterprises
- 15,328 permanent jobs
- 9 developing economies
Sub-Saharan Africa
- $ 394.2 M in term loans and trade finance
- 43 enterprises
- 16,987 permanent jobs
- 16 developing economies
Southeast Asia
- $ 145.2 M in term loans and trade finance
- 10 enterprises
- 784 permanent jobs
- 5 developing economies
Emerging Europe
- $ 12.7 M in term loans
- 1 enterprise
- 4 permanent jobs
- 1 developing economy
Inception to 2/28/18
2017 Sustainability and Impact Report
Through June 2017, TriLinc has provided over $586 million in financing to 59 small and mid-sized businesses (SMEs) throughout 20 developing economics, supporting over 31,000 permanent jobs for the people who need it the most.
Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals
TriLinc’s mission is to demonstrate the role that the capital markets can play in helping solve some of the world’s pressing economic, social and environmental challenges – is philosophically aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”). TriLinc uses the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (“IRIS”) for its impact data collection, measurement, and reporting, collecting baseline data from borrower companies at the time of funding and requiring annual updates for as long as a borrower is in its portfolio. To assess its alignment with the SDGs, TriLinc roughly mapped select IRIS metrics, tracked at both the fund-level and borrower company-level, to specific underlying targets and indicators for 14 of the 17 SDG goals.
