Shareholder Value

We work to increase the value of the Ivy's assets whilst honouring our responsibilities to all stakeholders and the greater community good.

Integrity

Integrity is our overarching principle. We honour our commitments, act according to our stated values, and hold ourselves and our employees to the highest ethical practices.

Ownership

We recognize that Ivy owns operating businesses, not just share certificates. Our responsibility is to assist and encourage our companies in the entrepreneurial building of their businesses.

People

We strive to deepen our talent by attracting and promoting the very best men and women. We measure performance with honesty, provide coaching where needed and create opportunities for people to show their potential.

Commitment

Managers should be owners. Each of us has committed a significant portion of our personal net worth to the Company. The principals and employees have a meaningful personal financial interest in their company. In this way they can earn the rewards of entrepreneurship and share the risks of ownership.

Differentiation

Rewards should match performance, so individual performance in meeting objectives, creating value and strengthening the team is rewarded in direct proportion to achievements. We encourage and reward excellence.

The Long View

We base our operating decisions on the assumption that if a company is good enough to buy, it is good enough to be vigorously developed for the long term.

Efficiencies

We continually look for ways to reduce the time required to make and implement decisions. We improve the speed and effectiveness of our decisions by encouraging the free flow of information from all parts of the organization.

Leadership

Our subsidiaries are shaped in the image of the person at the top. Successful businesses are built by successful leaders. The most important decision we make for a subsidiary is the choice of its chief executive. We believe the effectiveness of a management team is often in inverse proportion to its size.

Ambitious Goals

We use best practices, industry benchmarking and aggressive budgeting as a base from which to challenge the highest targets for operating performance and value creation. Individuals are encouraged and indeed challenged, to raise their goals and will not be penalized for coming up short on ambitious targets.

Risk Management

As managers, it is our responsibility to identify and manage business risk. As shareholders, we require an appropriate return for the risk we accept. Diversification by industry, geography and asset type is a deliberate strategy at ivy, and one we believe will smooth the effect of business cycles over the long term.

Environment

We believe that renewable energy is the best hope to restore and protect our environment for future generations. We will continue to seek out new technologies in order to minimize our impact on the environment and to encourage others to become better stewards of our land.

Responsibility

Ivy and its subsidiaries recognize the need for responsible environmental management and a commitment to the communities in which we operate. It is our responsibility to provide timely and accurate reporting.