Affiliations
Vert is formally affiliated with the following organizations for the benefit of our clients, service and industry.
B Lab is the nonprofit governing body of the standards that distinguish the B Corp™ community as leaders and exists to serve, inspire, and empower a global movement of people using business as a force for good™. Businesses pay an annual membership fee to be a Certified B Corporation.
1% for the Planet inspires businesses and individuals to support environmental solutions through annual membership and everyday actions. Business members pledge 1% of annual revenue to the 1% for the Planet Foundation.
The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF) is a membership association that advances sustainable, responsible and impact investing (SRI) across all asset classes. Its mission is to shift investor practices toward sustainability, focusing on long term investment and the generation of positive social and environmental impacts. Investor members pay an annual fee.
UKSIF brings together the UK’s sustainable finance and investment community. The organization works with governments and regulators to build the sustainable investment sector. Investor members pay an annual fee.
The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Initiative is an international policy initiative working with participants in the financial service industry. Its members are required to integrate and report on six principles for responsible investment. Signatories pay an annual membership fee.
The CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) is a non-profit organization that works to raise corporate awareness on issues such as climate, water, and forestry. The CDP requests information on climate risks and low carbon opportunities from the world’s largest companies on behalf of over 525 institutional investor signatories. The organization believes that disclosure is essential to the effective management of carbon and climate change risk. Investor signatories pay an annual membership fee.
GRESB assesses the sustainability performance of real estate and infrastructure portfolios and assets worldwide. GRESB offers ESG data, Scorecards, Benchmark Reports and portfolio analysis tools. Investor members pay an annual membership fee.
The IIGCC (The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change) is a European membership body for investor collaboration on climate change. The organization’s mission is to support the investment community to commit to and make progress towards a net-zero future. We are a member of their property working group. Signatories pay an annual membership fee.
The organization advances the highest standards of corporate governance and investor stewardship worldwide in pursuit of long-term value creation, contributing to sustainable economies, societies, and the environment. Investor members pay an annual fee.
EU Finance@Biodiversity Community
F@B Community provides a forum of dialogue between financial institutions (FIs) to share experiences, raise awareness and promote best practices at EU level on how to integrate biodiversity and natural capital into mainstream financial activities and foster investments to reverse nature loss.
Dimensional Fund Advisors provides sub-advisory services for Vert Asset Management.
US Bancorp provides the master-series trust structure for Vert Asset Management in the US.
Ascender Fund Partners
Ascender Fund Partners (formerly GemCap) is an independent, dual-jurisdictional Super ManCo dedicated to helping asset managers navigate complexity and scale efficiently outside of the US.