Sam Birchall

'If they are not Article 9 then we would like to understand why,' said Vanessa Shia, head of private markets at London LGPS CIV, speaking at PEI Group’s Women in Private Markets Summit: London 2022.

A biodiversity net gain rule in the UK, which is expected to come into effect in late 2023, is “moving up investors’ agendas”, Aviva Investors, says.

Linking remuneration to decarbonation targets 'led us to winning' €120m mandate, says the Paris-based firm.

Private market asset managers are failing 'to keep pace with level of ambition' needed to reach 2050 net-zero ambitions', say members of the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance.

Ares Management Corporation's ESG head Adam Helzer on 'democratising' climate action within the firm, connecting the different asset classes, and how private markets firms should approach fossil fuel-related investments.

Without a specific private equity-focused template, firms have been largely 'feeling their own way,' when it comes to human rights due diligence.

Mount Street Group says the new tool can build data into clients’ whole loan books and provide forecasting measures to enhance risk analysis.

'Let's get the data out there', say attendees at PEI’s Responsible Investment Forum 2022, in response to growing LP demands around ESG data.

The fund is backed by mainly large utility, energy and industrial companies, including Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Williams Cos and Duke Energy

Nordic real estate investor NREP is starting to tax embodied and operational carbon and put the proceeds towards decarbonisation initiatives.