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Community Involvement

We recognize the impact and importance of giving back to our community.

The partners of LGP were proud to be the first among PE firms to personally contribute to Employee Assistance Funds for portfolio company employees impacted by COVID-19 and other hardships
We partner with local organizations to help provide essential services to vulnerable populations

Environmental, Social & Governance

We have embraced the tenets of ESG for decades, seeking to be responsible owners of businesses and good corporate citizens with high ethical standards.

We lead ESG/Sustainability working groups and summits for portfolio companies to share best practices and foster collaboration
We conduct extensive ESG diligence on new investments as well as perform ongoing monitoring
Member of ESG Data Convergence Initiative
Carbon neutral at the management company level over the past five years

*LGP is carbon neutral across Scope 1, Scope 2, and business travel emissions

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We believe that diverse teams and experiences bring tremendous tangible and intangible value.

We continue to focus on recruitment, retention and advancement of diverse employees at LGP
We facilitate cross-portfolio collaboration and support via working groups and summits such as the LGP Women’s Executive Forum and Diversity in Leadership Forum
We are a proud signatory of ILPA’s Diversity in Action Initiative and partner with several organizations to promote diversity within the private equity industry

Job Creation & Stakeholder Model

Inherent in our philosophy of growing businesses is our commitment to accelerate job growth across our portfolio.

We believe in the stakeholder model whereby employees who contribute to a company’s performance share in the successes and the value they help create
We are a founding member of Ownership Works, a nonprofit organization with a mission to increase prosperity through broad-based employee ownership programs

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Portfolio as of YE 2022

~ 385,000

Employed Individuals

28%

Growth in Head Count

Portfolio Since GEI V (2007)

~181,000

Jobs Added

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