Responsibility
Our responsible investing philosophy is grounded in our founder’s vision for the firm: we want every person and every entity we touch better off through our interaction with them.
Our Focus
We invest in impactful companies
We have a well-respected ESG Program
We are environmentally conscious
We are committed to our people
We stand by our values
We Invest in Impactful Companies
At a uniquely challenging time, ESS expanded its services to reach more students across the country – having a meaningful impact in school districts and on the lives of students and their families/caregivers in the process. During the 2021-2022 school year, ESS served more than 3,100 students daily in 105 districts across 9 states.
Elevate Patient Financial Solutions advocates sit bedside with over 5 million hospital patients a year, using technology to identify sources of insurance coverage for which patients were previous unaware.
Caravel Autism Health provides treatment to 1,200 children across 51 centers in 7 states. Caravel estimates having treated over 5,000 children since its inception, providing significant impact on the communities we serve.
We Have a Well-Respected ESG Program
As signatories of UN PRI and the EDCI ESG Data Convergence Initiative, our ESG Program is consistently rated as industry-leading by our investors and independent third parties. We assess all companies against their relevant SASB dimensions, and promote ESG programs that drive and protect enterprise value.1,2
We are committed to driving and protecting value through ESG
Excellence
ESG program rating from UNPRI
ESG program rating from UNPRI
We are a performance-oriented fund that actively considers the impact of our portfolio companies on the environment and surrounding communities
We believe that investing responsibly includes creating healthy, sustainable workplaces across our portfolio. Every majority-owned company tracks workforce metrics such as employee engagement, turnover, compensation, and advancement. We are proud that our companies continue to invest in building strong teams through thoughtful hiring, development, and retention strategies.
We have six core values that drive how we operate as a firm
We choose the harder right over the easier wrong in serving the interests of patients, investors, portfolio companies, and other stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem.
We deliver results to our investors and improved outcomes for everyone served.
We advance patient care with determination and purpose to positively impact our community.
We promote constructively candid and respectful dialogue to get to the right answers.
We invest in each other (early, often, and thoughtfully) and take ownership in a collaborative, compassionate and respectful manner to achieve firm goals.
We affect meaningful impact through supporting strong workplace cultures, employee wellbeing, advancement opportunities, and environmental sustainability.
2 Adams Street partners with APEX, a third-party ESG advisory firm which has established an ESG Invest Check platform to benchmark ESG programs across private markets.
