Snehal Shah
Microsoft, FirstEnergy and ESF Group are investors in Energy Impact Partners’ second fund.
Software investment giant Vista says it finds portfolio company engagement on climate issues can be a challenge.
Many investors opt to exclude and divest from high-emitting assets – but the Church of England prefers to invest and engage.
Private equity criteria from the Science Based Targets initiative is ‘setting the standard’ for PE firms as COP26 prompts sharper scrutiny over net-zero targets.
Greater scrutiny emerges of asset managers' net-zero commitments as the conference agenda moves to finance.
The British DFI typically invests around £1.3 billion in total per year.
Dominica Adam will focus on sustainability initiatives in the firm’s €4.6bn European portfolio.
The mandate for Deborah Orida, CPP’s global head of real assets, also sees pension investor’s sustainable investing group become part of her department.
Just Climate plans to raise ‘flexible and long dated capital’ for several sector-focused funds.
Michael Kashani's hire is the latest in a raft of sustainability efforts by Apollo this year – including raising an impact fund and hiring a chief sustainability officer.