ESG Leadership

DSC Meridian integrates material Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk factors throughout the investment process.

ESG Integration

ESG Integration

The ESG integration is proprietary, analyst led and we also engage with companies to shape positive outcomes where it’s potentially additive to investor value.

DSC Meridian is an active member within the ESG Ecosystem.

Memberships include: United Nations PRI, SASB Alliance, CERES, Council of Institutional Investors.

The ESG Opportunity

The ESG Opportunity

  • Asset managers have done little to promote ESG-related performance and sustainability with high yield issuers
  • As event-driven credit investors, DSC Meridian has unique access to the C-suite, most evident during bankruptcy or corporate restructuring
  • DSC Meridian frequently has an opportunity to engage and advance material ESG-related improvements with portfolio companies while potentially lowering their cost of capital
Corporate Engagement

Corporate Engagement

Corporate Engagement has two objectives and two benefits:

Shape sustainability outcomes

Societal benefit

Drive issuers to…

Identify material ESG issues and set performance targets

Assign accountability and responsibility

Track and disclose performance over time

Information asymmetries

Investor benefit

Creates deeper…

Relationships with the management team

Conviction in underwriting

Understanding of ESG themes, early identification of secular trends and disruptions, i.e. winners/losers from decarbonization

ESG Integration

ESG Integration

The ESG integration is proprietary, analyst led and we also engage with companies to shape positive outcomes where it’s potentially additive to investor value.

DSC Meridian is an active member within the ESG Ecosystem.

Memberships include: United Nations PRI, SASB Alliance, CERES, Council of Institutional Investors.

The ESG Opportunity

The ESG Opportunity

  • Asset managers have done little to promote ESG-related performance and sustainability with high yield issuers
  • As event-driven credit investors, DSC Meridian has unique access to the C-suite, most evident during bankruptcy or corporate restructuring
  • DSC Meridian frequently has an opportunity to engage and advance material ESG-related improvements with portfolio companies while potentially lowering their cost of capital

Corporate Engagement

Corporate Engagement

Corporate Engagement has two objectives and two benefits:

Shape sustainability outcomes

Societal benefit

Drive issuers to…

Identify material ESG issues and set performance targets

Assign accountability and responsibility

Track and disclose performance over time

Information asymmetries

Investor benefit

Creates deeper…

Relationships with the management team

Conviction in underwriting

Understanding of ESG themes, early identification of secular trends and disruptions, i.e. winners/losers from decarbonization

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