Valoris Stewardship Catalysts was founded in mid-2021 by leading investor-side practitioners in governance, stewardship and sustainability. Together, our founders have eight decades of on-the-ground experience working inside public- and private-sector financial institutions and with their clients and portfolio companies to operationalize stewardship, governance and sustainability. Our team provides expertise and support to institutional investors and financial institutions to design and execute strategies for evaluating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors in their decision-making and engage with clients and investee companies. Our first-hand knowledge of how financial institutions actually operate enables us to design and implement sustainability solutions that work because they are firmly embedded in the organization’s own governance, incentives and organizational structure. Our leadership and staff have unmatched global experience and know-how working with asset owners, fund managers, impact investors, financial institutions, development finance institutions, private equity investors and their portfolio companies to achieve their stewardship and ESG goals. Valoris directly engages with portfolio companies on behalf of our investor clients and works with them to respond to investor expectations and meet the challenges of effective corporate governance and long-term sustainability. Over the course of their careers, the Valoris team has evaluated the governance and sustainability of hundreds of companies, listed and private, large firms and SMEs, across both developed, emerging and frontier markets. Our work includes support of the network of worldwide international and national organizations that support better corporate governance, sustainable finance, and sustainable enterprises.