Signing the Principles for Responsible Investment is 'a natural step for Verdane', a spokesperson for the firm tells NPM.
The manager has received a grant from the UK Space Agency to integrate data from satellites into its investment process.
Three recent cases against Australian institutional investors highlight greenwashing risks for private markets firms, writes Luke Barrett, a partner at law firm Gilbert + Tobin.
Less than 10 percent of US GPs are monitoring principal adverse impacts, data from LGT Capital Partners shows.
If a potential investee company is deemed to have a material biodiversity-related risk in its operations or supply chain, LGT is 'unlikely to proceed with the investment'.
European Central Bank references missing ESG data in the results of a probe into how commercial real estate is valued by lenders.
CEO Angus Whiteley says the firm is seeing fewer timberland deal opportunities in Europe due to limited scale and high prices propped up by subsidies.
The $11bn Californian pension plan has committed to Altor Climate Transition I.
Matt Kean has joined Wollemi Capital, having spent four years as minister for energy and environment in New South Wales.
The Nordic PE firm, which was among the first private markets managers to embrace ESG, has raised €588m to acquire two assets from its fifth flagship fund.