With ESG performance being linked to the cost of debt, the attainment of carry and personal remuneration plans, how do you set robust KPIs and targets? George Weavil and Carys Clipper, lawyers from Travers Smith, give their opinion.
The sustainable infrastructure investor sees potential in the untapped market of floating solar panels on bodies of water.
The firm is working on two strategies – one for institutional investors that will target farmland and timberland assets, and one that will focus on corporates and their carbon offset needs.
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.
AllianzGI is rolling out an impact framework as it brings its private markets impact activity together into one dedicated unit.
The fund was unveiled last year by the private market affiliate of Xponance and Investcorp’s Strategic Capital Group to support diversity, equity and inclusion in the alternative asset industry.
To date the firm has backed companies in emerging and growth economies across Africa and Asia.
Aavishkaar, a Mumbai-headquartered impact firm, will make equity and debt investments to improve companies’ ESG standards.
The long-running European Data Cooperative will begin to gather ESG data on annual basis.
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.