Munich \u2014 The River\u00adside Company, a global private equity firm that invests in small and medium-sized compa\u00adnies, has appoin\u00adted D\u00f6rte H\u00f6pp\u00adner (photo) to the newly crea\u00adted posi\u00adtion of Chief Sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity Offi\u00adcer. She will lead and drive ESG initia\u00adti\u00adves at River\u00adside globally. D\u00f6rte H\u00f6pp\u00adner, who joined River\u00adside in 2017, will conti\u00adnue to be based in Europe and report directly to River\u00adsi\u00adde\u2019s co-CEOs, Stewart Kohl and B\u00e9la Szigethy.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrea\u00adting this posi\u00adtion is the next logi\u00adcal step for us, and D\u00f6rte is the perfect person for the job,\u201d said River\u00adside Co-CEO B\u00e9la Szige\u00adthy. \u201cShe has been at the fore\u00adfront of our firm\u2019s ESG initia\u00adti\u00adves for some time and is reco\u00adgni\u00adzed in the private equity commu\u00adnity for her deep under\u00adstan\u00adding and commit\u00adment to ESG and all its dimen\u00adsi\u00adons. This appoint\u00adment reflects the great work she has done on ESG in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
In her new role, D\u00f6rte will iden\u00adtify and drive ESG initia\u00adti\u00adves and inte\u00adgrate them into River\u00adsi\u00adde\u2019s various fund areas. In doing so, it will work closely with the mana\u00adging part\u00adners of the indi\u00advi\u00addual funds.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiver\u00adsity and inclu\u00adsion, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adlity and high stan\u00addards of corpo\u00adrate gover\u00adnance have rightly become core busi\u00adness issues in recent years,\u201d says River\u00adside co-CEO Stewart Kohl. \u201cProfes\u00adsio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors expect private equity firms to have good ESG prac\u00adti\u00adces, and we in turn expect this from our port\u00adfo\u00adlio companies.\u201d<\/p>\n
D\u00f6rte will retain her leader\u00adship role in fund\u00adrai\u00adsing and inves\u00adtor rela\u00adti\u00adons for River\u00adside in Europe, in addi\u00adtion to her expan\u00added ESG respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, and will conti\u00adnue to serve as the primary Euro\u00adpean inves\u00adtor cont\u00adact for the global River\u00adside company. She has been promo\u00adted to Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor, Fund\u00adrai\u00adsing & IR.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have great respect for these tasks, but at the same time I am highly moti\u00adva\u00adted,\u201d H\u00f6pp\u00adner said. \u201cAs a company, we want to be a beacon for respon\u00adsi\u00adble ESG prac\u00adtice, and I look forward to working with my extre\u00admely know\u00adled\u00adgeable colle\u00adagues, who are all passio\u00adnate about ESG as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The River\u00adside Company is a signa\u00adtory to the Prin\u00adci\u00adples for Respon\u00adsi\u00adble Invest\u00adment (UN PRI) and supports the ESG Data Conver\u00adgence Project, which was laun\u00adched last year by leading private equity firms and their inves\u00adtors to agree on an indus\u00adtry stan\u00addard of ESG metrics that would allow compa\u00adra\u00adtive reporting.<\/p>\n
The River\u00adside Company<\/strong><\/p>\n River\u00adside Company is a global private equity firm focu\u00adsed on inves\u00adt\u00ading in growing compa\u00adnies valued up to $400 million. Since its foun\u00adding in 1988, River\u00adside has made more than 870 invest\u00adments. The company\u2019s inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal private equity and struc\u00adtu\u00adred capi\u00adtal port\u00adfo\u00adlios include more than 130 compa\u00adnies. River\u00adside Europe is an inte\u00adgral part of the company\u2019s broad global network and has been inves\u00adt\u00ading in Europe since 1989. River\u00adside belie\u00adves that having a global presence provi\u00addes special insight and access into each local context, culture and busi\u00adness prac\u00adti\u00adces, making River\u00adside employees better inves\u00adtors and busi\u00adness partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \u2014 The River\u00adside Company, a global private equity firm that invests in small and medium-sized compa\u00adnies, has appoin\u00adted D\u00f6rte H\u00f6pp\u00adner (photo) to the newly crea\u00adted posi\u00adtion of Chief Sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity Offi\u00adcer. She will lead and drive ESG initia\u00adti\u00adves at River\u00adside globally. D\u00f6rte H\u00f6pp\u00adner, who joined River\u00adside in 2017, will conti\u00adnue to be based in Europe [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors"],"yoast_head":"\n