When we first certified as a B Corp in 2021, we were curious to see how the framework – including community, governance, and environment – would help us deepen our commitment as a family business to driving the impact agenda.
Three years on, we’ve just been recertified. Our score rose from 82 to 113, reflecting our team’s commitment to embedding positive change across the four themes of our company’s impact framework: Equality, Healthy Minds, Sustainable Environment, and Vibrant Culture.
Here are some of the key ways we’ve turned our commitments into action:
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Finalised a Sustainable Supply Chain Policy to ensure we work with partners whose values align with ours, including ethical operations, DEI commitments, and environmental sustainability.
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Used our voice to advocate on issues that matter to us, including presenting at multiple events such on the evolving roles of family offices and foundations at the Impact Investment Summit in March.
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Strengthened our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) through developing our soon-to-be published Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan and driving a gender lens across VC and investment management, including via the Equity Clear initiative.
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Supported several of our Impact Ventures portfolio companies to participate in the ESG_VC benchmark, measuring their commitments to environmental sustainability, DEI, and governance.
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Explored opportunities for impact through our investments, including a deep dive on DEI and carbon in The Tony Foundation’s Responsible Investment Framework, and trialling related questions in the due diligence profiles of our main investment portfolio.
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Hosted a series of team Learn Over Lunch sessions, highlighting aspects of our impact framework, including wellbeing, carbon, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ stories.
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Achieved Climate Active Carbon Neutral Certification, surpassing our target to reduce FY2023 baseline emissions by 42% by 2030.
While we’ve made meaningful progress, the new year reminds us there’s always more to do. Along the way, we’ve seen how small, consistent steps – taken together – can add up to real impact.
(Feature image: Alberts team members including group CEO David Albert (fourth from left), at the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific in Sydney in March 2025).
