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Professors Jessica Jeffers and Anne Tucker found no evidence of ‘widespread greenwashing’ when they studied 207 contracts struck by impact investors; here’s how impact was written into the deals.

Lessons from the impact investing world – including how to foster impact at exit – can help translate good intentions to positive outcomes, writes Cecilia Chao, Managing Director of Bain Capital Double Impact.

By monitoring and reporting impact in a consistent and transparent manner, managers can help channel capital to the most impactful investments, writes Connor Teskey, managing partner and head of Brookfield’s renewable power group.

Current climate-related investment strategies have a narrow focus; this needs to change, writes Mike Stone, CIO of TPG’s Rise Fund.

To keep up with demand, investors need to broaden the impact investment pipeline to include mature businesses, writes Apollo's impact chair Lisa Hall.

The £57bn pension has an ambitious target to reach net zero by 2035. CEO Morten Nilsson urges investors in private markets to help by gathering more extensive carbon data.

A $5bn investment into a Montreal rail system epitomises ‘constructive’ capital, writes Marc-André Blanchard, executive vice-president and head of CDPQ Global.

The UN's Sustainable Development Goals will help investors 'build resiliency back into the fabric of society', write Robert Antablin and Ken Mehlman, co-heads of KKR Global Impact.

Private markets investors need to strive for ‘consistent and thorough private market data’, writes Teresa O’Flynn, global head of sustainable investing at BlackRock Alternative Investors.

Building back better requires more than just capital; it requires social change and good governance, write Joe Baratta, global head of private equity, and Kathleen McCarthy, global co-head of real estate, at Blackstone.