Better Health for All

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Ltd (HVPE) operates as an investment company and does not directly develop or distribute healthcare products or services. Consequently, its core business activities have no direct positive or negative health impact, and it does not offer health-related products requiring accessibility, safety, or transparency disclosures. The company also does not engage in health education, workforce support, or clinical trials. However, HVPE achieved CarbonNeutral status in July 2021 by offsetting its operational carbon emissions

and supported the New Bedford Landfill Methane Project, which produces 3.3 megawatt hours of clean electricity and reduces methane emissions, generating positive health externalities.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Ltd (HVPE) is a closed-end investment company that invests in private equity, rather than providing direct lending, deposit services, or other consumer financial products. Consequently, KPIs related to direct consumer financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes for consumers, debt burden ratio, and geographic inclusion for banking services, are not applicable to its operations, aligning with the rubric's 0-tier definitions for these KPIs. HVPE's financial literacy initiatives are for employees and investors, not for the general public or underserved communities, which also aligns with a 0-tier score. Profit reinvestment is directed towards its core investment activities or shareholders, not community finance, resulting in a 0-tier score. While HVPE offers a financial product (its shares) that is described as 'not simple and may be difficult to understand.'

, this qualitative evidence does not map to the quantitative readability thresholds required by the rubric for product simplicity, leading to its omission.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

HVPE.LSE is a closed-ended investment company.

The company does not have employees. The company receives services through outsourced providers. The Board of HVPE reviews the performance of its service providers. The Board includes questions regarding their policies to combat Modern Slavery as part of its regular oversight. HVPE expects its suppliers to maintain a nil tolerance approach to modern slavery and to have policies and procedures in place to minimise risk.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Ltd (HVPE) operates as an investment company, primarily managing private equity investments rather than directly procuring or trading physical commodities. Consequently, the company does not directly engage in procurement of materials, fair trade, or sourcing of at-risk inputs. This means KPIs related to fair-trade certification share, traceability coverage, materials risk index, and supplier diversity spend are not applicable to its core business model. While HVPE UK reviews its active suppliers and conducts due diligence for supply chain risk

, and the company utilizes RepRisk for due diligence on human rights, forced labor, and child labor in its investments , the provided articles do not contain specific quantitative data for the average months between on-site supplier audits, the number of substantiated forced or child labor incidents, the median days to close corrective action plans, or the percentage of supplier contracts with enforceable ethical-sourcing clauses. The Investment Manager has been a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment ("PRI") since 2013.

Kind to Animals

HVPE.LSE is an investment company whose core operations do not directly involve animal welfare practices such as animal testing, manufacturing products with animal-derived ingredients, or animal agriculture.

While the company is a lead investor in Western Veterinary Partners, which focuses on pet care, this does not provide specific, quantifiable data for HVPE's direct operations. The company monitors ESG factors and conducts preliminary analysis of natural capital impacts, but the provided articles lack concrete, measurable outcomes for any of the 'Kind to Animals' KPIs.

No War, No Weapons

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Ltd (HVPE) has no publicly available evidence indicating direct investments in defense or weapons manufacturing industries.

Consequently, there are no defense-related assets for the company to divest.

Planet-Friendly Business

HVPE has achieved CarbonNeutral® certification for its operational emissions, offsetting 100% through independently verified emission reduction projects, including the New Bedford Landfill Methane Project.

The company targets net-zero emissions in its investments by 2050, covering 100% of assets under management, with interim goals to reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2025 and 50% by 2030. HVPE aligns its climate strategy and ESG reporting with TCFD recommendations. It uses Aladdin climate data and IPCC scenarios to identify physical risk hotspots across its investment portfolios. Additionally, 127 hectares of its 16,511-hectare Tyee Forests holding are set aside to preserve nesting habitats for Marbled Murrelets.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

No cultural appropriation incidents or cultural incidents requiring a response have been reported for HVPE.LSE.

The company's operations, as an investment firm, do not directly impact cultural contexts or operate near cultural sites, making specific cultural impact assessment protocols, FPIC processes, and social license to operate not applicable to its direct business model. There is no evidence of community representation on HVPE.LSE's governance or advisory bodies.

Safe & Smart Tech

A class action lawsuit was filed in August 2025 against HarbourVest Partners, LLC, alleging illegal data collection through its website by secretly tracking and deanonymizing visitors via browser fingerprinting technology without consent and partnering with data brokers.

This suggests a repeated pattern of unauthorized data use, collection of substantial unnecessary data, and indicates a significant gap in regulatory compliance. The company's privacy policy also states it does not recognize or respond to automated browser signals regarding tracking mechanisms, including “do not track” instructions, limiting user control over personal data. On a positive note, HarbourVest Partners, the parent company, updated its ESG Policy to include a formalized commitment to uphold human rights through its internal business and investment activities, aligning with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The company's Audit and Risk Committee reviewed a Type II SOC I Report for October 2021 to September 2022, indicating a process for addressing identified weaknesses in internal control systems, including cybersecurity measures.