Charles Avery

The fintech-focused manager plans to collect data directly from the end users of its portfolio companies, according to its latest impact report.

Financial benchmarks are the 'primary way' LPs define success but they often fail to account for externalities, said ex-KIC CIO Scott Kalb.

Niamh Whooley joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and will prioritise developing ESG data disclosure at the 'origination and pre-investment' stages.

ISIF has committed to two funds managed by Energy Impact Partners, which will use the capital to develop Irish tech companies.

The rising costs of ESG reporting will inevitably be passed over to LPs, Golding Capital Partners' Andreas Nilsson said in a video interview at the Impact Investor Global Summit.

Julia Mattox, the firm's head of IR, says the impact community should not let 'perfect be the enemy of good' when it comes to the voluntary carbon market.

Investors will overlook underdeveloped assessment frameworks if managers show how they will create change, say panellists at Impact Investor Global Summit.

Recycling, buildings and natural capital were cited as key areas for investment by panellists at yesterday's Impact Investor Global Summit.

Panellists at the Impact Investor Global Summit were divided on the role for technology and innovation in delivering water-based impact.

There has been a 'complete failure' to convince the wider market of the financial returns of impact investment, says Trill Impact founder Jan Ståhlberg.