Stic Investments wins excellence award at KEMI ESG Awards 2026

Stic Investments, a private equity fund manager, announced Friday that it received an excellence award in the sustainability report category at the KEMI ESG Awards 2026 on Thursday.

The KEMI ESG Awards, organized by the Korea ESG Management Development Institute, annually recognizes outstanding companies and public institutions that actively practice environmental, social and governance management.

This year, the institute evaluated candidates across four criteria: ESG disclosure consistency, data quality, stakeholder communication, and report composition and completeness. Stic Investments scored particularly well in responsible investment reflecting its characteristics as an investment firm, climate change response, and ESG target management.

Since its founding, Stic Investments has pursued investment guided by the principles of contributing to the nation through investment and transparent management, fulfilling its responsibilities to customers and society. After formally establishing and announcing its ESG policy in 2021, the firm has operated a responsible investment framework that integrates ESG factors throughout the entire investment process. It has also joined global ESG initiatives, including signing the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and endorsing the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

The firm's commitment to disclosure and communication has also been notable. Stic Investments has published an annual sustainability report since 2023, making it publicly available on its website. Its most recently released 2025 report incorporates a materiality assessment reflecting global disclosure standards such as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board framework and TCFD, and includes detailed Korean- and English-language disclosures on Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions and climate scenario analysis. Last year the firm conducted its first human rights impact assessment with an external advisory firm, and this year it announced a corporate value enhancement plan.

"This award is the result of our consistent efforts to embed ESG values throughout our management and investment processes and to provide transparent disclosure," said Lee Jun-ho, head of Stic Investments' ESG division. "Going forward, we will continue to strengthen communication with stakeholders and work alongside our portfolio companies to raise ESG management standards, pursuing responsible investment that contributes to sustainable corporate value creation."

Despite a sluggish mergers and acquisitions market this year, Stic Investments has maintained solid investment performance through a multi-asset management framework spanning buyout, growth capital and credit strategies. Its growth capital division in particular is pursuing the formation of a new fund in the 1 trillion won ($748 million) range, building on its selection as a scale-up manager for the National Growth Fund. The credit division has also expanded its investment footprint, completing a convertible bond acquisition in LabGenomics and a block deal in Seojin System in quick succession.