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LeapFrog Investments’ climate strategy, which launched last year with a target to invest $500m, addresses four main themes: built environment, energy, food and mobility, writes co-head of climate Nakul Zaveri.
As the gap between supply and demand for affordable housing widens, institutional investors see opportunities to invest to meet ESG goals and boost financial returns, writes Keith Button.
There are very real consequences to the attacks on ESG in the US; quietly sitting out the discussion is not an acceptable option, writes specialist communications consultant Dmitriy Ioselevich.
Holly Turner, climate specialist at Schroders Capital, responds to a New Private Markets' Friday Letter that called for a rethink of net-zero targets.
Rarely in the investment industry do the stars align behind a value creation concept that has clear economic, environmental and business security benefits, writes Triton Partners' Ashim Paun.
Investor capital can advance DE&I by targeting three stages of the investment value chain, writes Stephanie Kater, a partner at The Bridgespan Group.
Linking financial incentives to impact performance is increasingly seen as best practice in impact. Jack Isaacs and Ellen Maginnis from verification firm BlueMark, having assessed 84 investors' approaches, describe the various ways of doing it.
John Young, international counsel at law firm Debevoise, explores the challenges around defining impact investment in the context of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation.
The scale of the task means it is no surprise that investors are uncertain about meeting their targets, writes Aviva Investors' Ed Dixon. That shouldn't stop them taking immediate action.
Veteran impact investor Jim Roth identifies the three themes he believe will dominate the year ahead.