Most of The World Is Good
Take it from us, most of the world is good and wants to do good.
I-OnAsia doesn’t make this statement lightly. After all, we have seen plenty of bad apples and are ranked by Chambers & Partners for Litigation Support in Asia for a reason. But, surveying the total universe of the ~18,000 due diligence assignments and white collar investigations subjects we have researched since 2001, we see that most of our due diligence subjects have been free of significant issues of concern.
I-OnAsia’s ESG Due Diligence is most certainly informed by our experience undertaking serious internal and external investigations into corruption, child labor, forced labor, human trafficking, natural resources smuggling, environmental crisis, and other sensitive issues. Our experience extends across the region: from Guam to Pakistan, from Bangladesh to Mongolia.
I-OnAsia digs deeply into the key sustainability dimensions: Environmental, Leadership & Governance, Business Model & Innovation, Social Capital, and Human Capital.
Today, I-OnAsia’s ESG Due Diligence product satisfies leadership approaches, policies, standards and metrics for investors that have implemented an ESG program.
For many of our customers in Asia, this means digging deeply into the Supply Chain. We have moved beyond “key man risk” to “key supplier risk”.
Investor capital is increasingly being awarded to companies with higher quality ESG performance, and poor ESG comes at a great cost. Use cases for ESG approaches are more widely understood and accepted.
Pre-Investment, I-OnAsia performs due diligence on target companies to identify ESG risks and opportunities. Our goal is to collect data from stakeholders that are often overlooked. For example: factory workers lower down in the supply chain, residents around waste outlets, regulators, ex-employees, and online social communities.
ESG risks in the supply chain that are examined by I-OnAsia include sourcing and materials, health and safety, labor conditions, environmental regulation compliance, organizational integrity, community relations, and other issues.