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Black and Brown Capital Group's ESG Committee, comprising senior leaders across the firm, sets the strategy that guides this work.  Black and Brown Capital Group is focused on reducing its offices' environmental footprint, ensuring its employees' well-being and safety, and pursuing a diverse workplace while maintaining the highest standards regarding corporate governance, legal, and compliance matters.  Black and Brown Capital Group partners with strong management teams who support and advise the firm on the particulars of the investment candidates.  Black and Brown Capital Group will invest in several companies that address key movements in ESG's Black and Hispanic-owned businesses based on their business niche and strategy.  The firm will engage with companies on a one-on-one basis through its portfolio-wide programs, such as the Green Council and Green IT, Green Innovation Technology, Green Real-Estate portfolio, Green Assets, and Green Developing Coding Practices.  Black and Brown Capital Group is encouraged by fortune 10 to fortune 500 companies to support their local communities quarterly and annually.  Black and Brown Capital Group Volunteer Monthly in advance.  Through our underwriting division, Black and Brown Capital Group will be funding on an ongoing basis with our team.  The firm supports a broad range of charitable activities and civic organizations contributing to its local communities' welfare by investing in Black and Hispanic private-owned businesses.  Thus, ensuring that BBCG serves as a responsible member of the communities where its operation is paramount to the mission of Black and Brown Capital Group.  Our funding ability and contribution to the Black and Hispanic-owned businesses gives business strength to overcome the failure that the Hispanic and Black companies have had in the past.  Due to the overwhelming pressure, it is now much easier to fund American minority-owned businesses, thus allowing the achievement of starting, managing, and maintaining a successful minority-owned business to occur more often.

BBCG is committed to partnering with its portfolio companies and entrepreneurs to build valuable, sustainable companies for the long term.  One of the ways that the firm remains a successful steward of its investors' capital is by honoring Black and Brown Capital Group's fundamental commitment to growth-oriented investing.  As the firm identifies these growth opportunities and the potential businesses to create lasting value, environmental, social, and governance.  (ESG) factors are at the forefront of the investment process and day-to-day operations.

Black and Brown Capital Group expands and develops its strategic approach to ESG-related matters internally and in partnership with its portfolio companies on an ongoing basis to adapt to the evolving scope of ESG issues and the investment landscape.  The firm adopts best practices in responsible investing. It abides by Black and Brown Capital Group's internal ESG Policy, the Guidelines for Responsible investment as developed by the American Investment Council, and the Principles for Responsible Investments.  Black and Brown consider these guidelines throughout the investment cycle, considering material ESG factors and the nuances of each region, sector, and investment opportunity – whether in the initial stage of reviewing investment opportunities, due diligence, or in monitoring existing investments when serving on the boards of portfolio companies.  Through this process, Black and Brown Capital Group and its future portfolio companies will see improvements in managing risk, achieving efficiencies and cost reductions, and identifying new market opportunities.  Thus, allowing the firm and its portfolio companies to build a more valuable, competitive, and sustainable entity while strengthening relationships with stakeholders.