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For investors, co-living represents an opportunity to tackle two of the UK’s biggest challenges – the housing crisis and climate change – in a way that also delivers sustainable, long-term returns, writes Bridges Property Funds director Celia Harrison.

We have seen 'false dawns' for hydrogen before, but this time pragmatism and necessity are driving renewed optimism, writes Lewis McDonald of Hebert Smith Freehills.

The ESG Data Convergence Initiative has now gathered 62,000 data points in a standardised format. Vinay Shandal and Ben Morley, partners at Boston Consulting Group, describe three takeaways from their conversations with private equity GPs about the results.

Europe has the entrepreneurs and the private capital; now it needs more favourable public policy, writes Clare Murray of Blume Equity.

As operators of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets move to electric vehicles, where should private markets investors focus their attention? Meketa's Lisa Bacon identifies key areas of investment.

Better availability of information and mandatory due diligence requirements will focus minds on human rights and supply chain risk this year, says PAI Partners' Esohe Denise Odaro.

While Alcentra does not have the same rights as equity investors, the credit manager still finds ways to encourage portfolio companies to improve their ESG disclosures, according to head of ESG Vai Patel.

The firm worked with 49 portfolio companies on carbon reduction pathways in 2023, says ESG lead Bahare Haghshenas.

Schroders Capital, which runs strategies in multiple asset classes, developed its global norms framework in 2023 to identify companies with poor human rights records, says head of sustainability and impact Maria Teresa Zappia.

The real estate manager will this year work to 'more systematically assess risk and opportunities connected with nature', says Helen Gurfel, head of sustainability and innovation.