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LDC hosts ESG Academy Development Day and welcomes second cohort
29 May 2025
LDC recently hosted its ESG Academy Development Day which was attended by representatives from across its portfolio, spanning the technology, industrials, consumer, healthcare and business services sectors. LDC launched the LDC ESG Academy in 2024, to support the management teams of its portfolio companies as they integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into their growth strategies.
The Development Day, organised in partnership with LDN Apprenticeships, was held at LDC’s Nottingham office. The focus was on helping management teams embed sustainability and resilience into their business models, with sessions on leading practice around reporting, building a business case for sustainable sourcing and demonstrating value via effective stakeholder communications.
Some of the key takeaways included the importance of communicating ESG performance with transparency and authenticity, elevating impact and reporting through storytelling, and understanding, mapping and managing a company’s ESG-related risks across the supply chain.
My productivity, confidence and performance has improved across a number of ESG projects in my company roadmap."
In a survey of the participants at the halfway point of the programme, all learners reported an increase in confidence to lead or support on ESG initiatives. Everyone also reported an increase in their ESG knowledge, with 78% of participants stating that the Academy has already equipped them with a strong understanding of ESG.
Alex Bexon, Director, ESG at LDC, commented: “At LDC, a key focus for us is supporting our management teams in ensuring their businesses are as resilient as possible, and helping them to develop the necessary skills to do this. Bringing them together to share learnings, experiences and best practice is hugely valuable and we are proud to be leading the industry in this field. We’re looking forward to continuing to broaden out the ESG Academy programme to include more of our portfolio companies in the months and years ahead.”
I am now more knowledgeable about a wide range of ESG-related subjects and am able to draw on this knowledge in order to provide guidance and advice on ESG-related topics.”
Due to the success of the LDC ESG Academy and increasing interest from our portfolio companies, we welcomed a second cohort in April 2025 and we look forward to a third cohort joining in early 2026. The programme aims to equip participants with the skills, knowledge and capabilities they need to manage ESG performance within their companies both now and into the future.