Oxford
Oxford has the real depth of knowledge and experience to make things happen.
The Oxford Sustainable Group is modern and tenacious in its approach while old fashioned in the sense that the principles of honesty, trust, transparency and doing what is right are central to our business practice.
During the last 5 years, the Oxford Sustainble Group has gained a strong reputation in asset development in three divisions: renewable energy, renewable agriculture and sustainable development, particularly during the planning phase of development.
The Group consists of our own in-house, hand picked project management teams, investment and technical experts. We are located largely on-the-ground in our investment locations. Our strength lies in a sustainable business approach which covers the full lifecycle of an investment from cash-in to cash-out. Specifically we combine own investment management skills, on-the-ground/local project management and development staff with excellent relationships, contacts and experience. We have seen continuous high performance irrespective of market trends and have built an enviable track record of generating outstanding returns throughout the project planning phase.
The Oxford Sustainable Group currently manages around 2.5bn Euro GDV (final project value) and is owned by its management team. The major shareholder and investor in the Oxford Sustainable Group (excluding the stock market funds) is Hadley Barrett (see team profiles). This independent structure reinforces our focus on strong investment performance as well as a low cost profile and aligns our success with investor success.
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Approach
We act according to an outstanding professional, corporate and ethical code. Our structured but creative and entrepreneurial environment draws the best from our staff, partners, suppliers and clients. We achieve leadership through four foundations of expertise:
Professionality | Corporate responsibility | Ethical awareness | Knowledge | |||
All our development managers are fully certified in the international PMP (Project Management Professional) qualification or are in the process of qualifying. We are leading all development and energy companies in CEE/North, dedicated to this level of commitment in professional project management. | We promote an open, honest and transparent approach to business. The group strategy is to add considerable value to land assets, to act with corporate responsibility and to work with all stakeholders in long term relationships so that the (local) government, residents, the region, investors and management all receive a benefit from the designs and projects completed. | We were the first CarbonNeutral development company in CEE/North, build SIA analysis into our designs and offer customers renewable/environmentally friendly techniques, materials and energy sources. 50% of the non-invested profit from our management company is dedicated to animal charities. | We are sustainable knowledge leaders in our markets and region through our creative, adaptive approach and the use of our Oxford 360 degree Sustainability Index. |
For more information, see our:
 | Corporate Social Responsibility/ Sustainability Mandate |
 | Standard and Code of Business Ethics |
Sustainability
We have developed a bespoke methodology for assessing, defining, managing and delivering projects in terms of sustainability. The Oxford 360 Sustainability Index was developed because there were and still are no suitable methodologies on the market which professionally capture the full range of stakeholders and sustainability requirements from cash-in to cash-out while at the same time applying the use of sustainability to (a) increase positive sustainable impact, (b) minimise negative sustainable impact and (c) enhance returns. A truely sustainable project should both increase returns and also generate a positive impact to the surroundings. In our working model, these aspects are not in conflict.
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| The Oxford 360 Sustainability Index | Some areas/stakeholders considered in the Oxford 360 Sustainability Index |
Due Diligence
Our own institutional due diligence process consists of 3 assessment stages. First, 20 selection criteria are applied to any potential projects based on a series of analysis documents by primarily independent experts in an advisory board, chosen according to the project in question. Second, an investment committee decides to accept or reject the project based on advisory board input. Third, an Oxford advisory team makes an assessment of both advisory board and investment committee input, including a further 17 acceptance requirements and decides to accept or reject the project. Finally, once the 3 assessment stages have been passed, an investment board (e.g. fund board) makes the final decision on the project based on previous input and investment criteria for the specific opportunity. |  |
| Oxford Sustainable Group due diligence process diagram |
Returns
Information on our public and private placements can be found on www.CISX.com and www.NasdaqOMX.com.
Our performance during the last 5 years has been ahead of our peers and analysed/confirmed by big 4 accountancy firms such as KPMG accountants.
By generating a high return we are able to prove that when correctly using a true ethical and sustainable approach, returns will exceed the market norm. Therefore more profit can be returned to investors and reinvested to generate local and global benefits and so on in a virtuous circle. The philosophy is simple. If we generate high returns, more investors will be attracted to our projects and therefore we can allocate more money to projects which have a positive benefit on society, a classic 'win-win' situation.
The Oxford effect
We have brought a considerable amount of knowledge, new practices, professional working methods and thought-leadership to the table during working relationships with our partners in the CEE/North region. This includes the correct use of professional project management, the latest sustainable thinking, a full stakeholder and political approach and advanced business practice. We have noticed that the combination of being chosen by us, their own skills and as a result of working with us, our key partners have, almost without exception, either increased their position in the market, developed a more professional and successful working approach, raised the amount of investments they manage, or become more successful, while their direct competitors have either stayed at the same level or decreased their position.
At the same time, it is an overwhelming trend that those politicians and political parties who have the vision to see the benefits of our projects and approve these and in turn are supported by Oxford are (re-)elected. This suggests both that working with Oxford presents a strong trend for success and those groups who do work with Oxford have the appropriate future vision and intelligence which is valued by customers, business and the majority of their electorate.