UK investment bank Peel Hunt and Digbee have entered into a collaborative agreement to offer ESG solutions to Peel Hunt’s mining sector clients.
This exciting collaboration provides Peel Hunt’s corporate clients with a solution to credibly disclose their ESG credentials to financial investors and other stakeholders.
The world’s energy transition requires the responsible sourcing of a significant and diverse array of minerals and metals. Digbee’s ESG disclosure platform encourages responsible extraction on a global scale by providing mining companies with a blueprint for their ESG strategy against which they are credibly and independently assessed.
Increased confidence in the mining sector by investors can be accomplished with access to better quality data and interpretation thereof. This, combined with independent and transparent assessments will increase the trust by investors and other stakeholders in the sector with regards to the true management of all potential ESG threats and opportunities.
Peel Hunt is a leading specialist in UK Investment Banking, ranked number one broker for UK mid and small-cap companies and number one for mining in Institutional Investor’s latest Europe Survey. Their purpose is to nurture and guide people through the evolution of business. They achieve this through a proven, joined-up approach that consistently delivers value to UK corporates, global institutions and trading counterparties alike.
Peel Hunt have 163 corporate clients (including 33 in the FTSE 250), with an average market capitalisation of approximately £700m including 15 mining companies. Their award-winning research is distributed to over 1,200 institutions across the UK, Europe and US. Their trading platform makes markets in over 10,000 instruments in 38 markets and is an increasingly important provider of trade execution services to the UK retail platforms and brokers.
Ross Allister, Director Corporate Finance, Peel Hunt Ltd commented:
“London listed mining companies have made great strides in the implementation of ESG initiatives as well as increasing ESG disclosures in recent years. Challenges remain in consistently disclosing key metrics to the market in a manner that enables investors to fully assess, compare and contrast across the sector. Digbee’s innovative platform addresses this requirement and we would encourage all listed companies and our institutional clients to consider adopting this unique tool.”
Jamie Strauss, Founder & CEO, Digbee Ltd said:
“The importance of mining in the energy transition cannot be overstated. We are delighted to have reached this agreement with Peel Hunt and recognise the shared goal of both parties to ensure the financing of future mining projects recognises the importance of sustainability and a credible means for investors to assess and track it.”
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