Vision
To be the top performing, responsible African private equity investment company listed on the Stock Exchange in Mauritius, both in term of dividend growth and long term value creation for all our Stakeholders.
Our Approach
Our approach is to create and add value for all our Stakeholders, not only from a financial point of view, but also enforcing good governance, and integrating ethical and sustainability issues into all of our projects. We are a ‘for-profit’ organisation, but believe that the best business has to empower and uplift the people and communities related to our projects.
We believe in:
- Fighting Corruption and Racism,
- Empowerment of Women,
- Empowerment of Youth,
- Training and education,
- Celebrating our African uniqueness,
- Democracy and respect of human rights.
Dale Capital Group has an undisputed reputation for honesty and quality, and lives an operating philosophy based around responsible Environmental, Social and Governance (‘ESG’) investing as adapted to the African environment.
Environmental criteria look at a company’s energy use, waste, pollution, natural resource conservation and animal treatment. They also evaluate which environmental risks might affect a company’s income and how the company is managing those risks. For example, a company might face environmental risks related to its ownership of contaminated land, an oil spill it was responsible for, its disposal of hazardous waste, its management of toxic emissions or its compliance with the government’s environmental regulations.
Social criteria look at the company’s business relationships. Does it work with suppliers that hold the same values that the company itself claims to hold? Does the company donate a percentage of its profits to the community or perform volunteer work? Do the company’s working conditions show a high regard for its employees’ health and safety? Are stakeholders’ interests taken into consideration?
With regard to Governance, we want to know that a company uses accurate and transparent accounting methods across all subsidiaries, that board decisions are open and transparent, that independent Chairmen and board executives are regularly used to avoid conflicts of interest, and to avoid investments in companies that engage in illegal behaviour or use political contributions to obtain favourable treatment.
By investing in well-chosen projects in the fast growing African market, we want to help drive the emergence of Africa as a rising continent in the global environment.