Snehal Shah
High-profile investing and environment figures have input in investments and ‘give the fund a lot of credibility’, Paul Polman, co-chair of the mission board and former Unilever chief, tells New Private Markets.
Aavishkaar, a Mumbai-headquartered impact firm, will make equity and debt investments to improve companies’ ESG standards.
Some top-performing VC firms show 'very little acceptance' of ESG, and LPs must understand the unique VC model to engage them, says UN PRI’s Peter Dunbar.
Helios has secured Africa’s first ESG-linked capital call facility to finance Fund IV, which has a $1.4bn target.
Blackstone, KKR, CVC and Palatine have all made acquisitions to ride the wave of growth in ESG measurement, reporting and consulting services.
Today the Nordic sustainability-focused PE firm announced a €2.3bn fund close and an expansion of its investment remit.
Bengt Hellström, former head of alternative investments at AP3 and partner at EQT, will be vetting sustainable funds at Worthwhile Capital.
The private equity association was in talks to cooperate with the Data Convergence Project led by CalPERS and Carlyle, but is now developing its own framework.
EverSource – a joint venture between BP subsidiary Lightsource BP and India’s Everstone Group – closes its Green Growth Equity Fund at $741m.
Sustainability consultancy Anthesis has plans to 'scale its impact in the food sector' as investors put food sustainability under the spotlight.