Generation Investment Management

Generation Investment Management LLP

Company type	Independent, private, owner-managed partnership
Industry	Financial services
Founded	April 2004;21 years ago (2004-04), London
Headquarters	London , United Kingdom
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Al Gore (chairman) David Blood (senior partner) Mark Ferguson (co-chief investment officer) Miguel Nogales (co-chief investment officer) Colin le Duc (founding partner)
Services	Investment management
Website	www.generationim.com

Generation Investment Management (Generation IM) is a sustainable investment management firm founded in 2004; its co-founders included former US Vice President Al Gore and former Goldman Sachs' Asset Management head David Blood, along with five other founders, ^[1] with a vision to see long-term sustainable investing become best practice and for sustainable capitalism to become the enduring economic model. ^[2]

Generation operates four strategies, investing both public and private equity: Global Equity, Asia Equity, Growth Equity and Private Equity; ^[3] alongside a climate-led investing business, Just Climate. ^[4]

Generation has offices in London and San Francisco, ^[5] and as of 2025 ^[update] , employed over 100 people. ^[6] Generation Investment Management LLP is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.

Generation has built a global research platform to integrate sustainability research into fundamental equity analysis. ^[7]

History

Generation was founded in April 2004 by a group of seven founding partners led by Al Gore and David Blood. ^[8] Its goal was integrating the disciplines of finance and sustainability.

In 2021 Generation launched Just Climate, a climate-led investment business aiming to address the net-zero challenge at scale. ^[9] It closed its inaugural Climate Assets Fund I in 2023, raising $1.5 billion. ^[10]

Partnerships

• Net Zero Asset Managers initiative ^[11]
• The Climate Pledge ^[12]
• Ceres ^[13]
• The Alliance for Climate Protection (Repower America)
• World Resources Institute
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• The Climate Project

Investments

Investments by Generation funds include:

• Octopus Energy ^[14]
• Proterra ^[15]

References

1. "The Business Care for Green Energy". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
2. "Generation Investment Management". theclimatepledge.com. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
3. "Our strategies". Generation Investment Management. Archived from the original on 31 January 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
4. "Our business". Just Climate. Archived from the original on 30 March 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
5. Levy, Rachael (23 October 2017). "$18 billion fund manager started by Al Gore and a Goldman Sachs exec sets sights on Silicon Valley". Business Insider. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
6. "Our leadership". Generation Investment Management. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
7. McGeveran, Elizabeth (16 October 2017). "Sustainability Focus, Extraordinary Performance". McKnight Foundation.
8. Gandhi, Vikram S.; Mehta, Sarah (May 2020). "Generation Investment Management - Case - Faculty & Research". Harvard Business School. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
9. "Al Gore launches climate change asset manager". ft.com. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
10. "Just Climate raises $1.5 billion with help from Microsoft fund". reuters.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
11. "Net Zero Asset Managers initiative publishes initial targets for 43 signatories as the number of asset managers committing to net zero grows to 273". netzeroassetmanagers.org. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
12. "Climate Pledge: 20 businesses including IBM and Iceland Foods join Amazon's net-zero commitment". edit.net. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
13. "Ceres Investor Network". ceres.org. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
14. "Al Gore's firm buys £483m stake in Octopus Energy Group". BBC News. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
15. Muoio, Danielle (13 June 2017). "The 'Tesla of buses' raises $55 million from Al Gore's investment arm as it eyes an IPO". Business Insider .

External links

• Generation Investment Management Profile from the Financial Times (requires log-in)
• For People and For Planet, a 3/28/06 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal by Al Gore and David Blood
• We Need Sustainable Capitalism, an 11/5/08 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal by Al Gore and David Blood
• When Principles Aid Performance, an article about the firm from the Financial Times, April 2007
• Generation Announces Plans For New Investment Management Firm, the November 2004 press release
• SEC Regulatory Information and Disclosed Holdings
• Al Gore and David Blood interviewed by WIRED, April 2018