Invest Europe has launched its ESG reporting guidelines as the industry calls for more focus on data analysis and materiality.
PEI senior reporter Carmela Mendoza and senior editor Adam Le discuss how private equity firms sharing equity with an entire workforce can create upside and value for investors.
As managers shift to focus on near-term challenges, sustainability and social impact goals are at risk of being deprioritised.
A number of private markets firms have signed up to the principles-based initiative, including most recently Inflexion.
The US-based social impact fund said all its new portfolio companies were led by founders from underrepresented groups in its 2022 Impact Report.
A total of 28% of GPs have set board diversity targets for portfolio companies, ILPA reported in 2021.
Managing director and Asia chairman Xiang-Dong Yang said the firm is looking at climate-related investments in China and South Korea.
The UK and North America lag mainland Europe in divestment plans, fund services provider Auxadi’s survey of private equity managers shows.
Areas like steel, cement, agriculture and others are still being starved of the capital needed to decarbonise.
DC-based energy fund manager EIG has made 25% of its carried interest contingent on emissions reduction targets.