EuroFin Asia Group, the investment firm, has formally signed and adopted the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.

Becoming a signatory to the UN PRI signifies a commitment to maintaining and improving the environmental, social and corporate governance aspects of both EFA’s external financing and its internal operations, the firm said in a statement.

The UN PRI initiative is a network of international investors working together to put the six Principles for Responsible Investment into practice. These principles were devised by the investment community. They reflect the view that environmental, social and corporate governance issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios and therefore must be given appropriate consideration by investors.

“This commitment builds on EFA’s history of focusing on sustainable business practices and allows the group to leverage the strength of the PRI network to assess its investments, identify areas of improvement and report impact,” EFA said.

EuroFin Asia Group is a diversified investment management company with a core focus on merchant finance. Its specialist trade finance asset management business gives investors access to this absolute-return asset class. EuroFin Investments the 100 per cent owned investment management arm of EFA,  a CMS License holder regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. EFA manages approximately $200 million in trade finance assets and has a team of 22 people in Singapore.