The bank’s asset management division committed $150m to anchor a new strategy targeting growth-stage climate companies.
Helios has secured Africa’s first ESG-linked capital call facility to finance Fund IV, which has a $1.4bn target.
Simpson’s hire comes as Franklin Templeton expands its private markets strategy after acquiring Lexington Partners last year.
The report found significant variation in key performance indicators and the ambition level of sustainability performance targets.
The firm will invest $100 billion in energy and climate change solutions over next the decade.
Not for the first time, half of the carried interest the SWEN team stands to earn is contingent on achieving targets relating to environmental and social factors.
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.
'The integration of ESG factors into leveraged finance investing is continuing at pace, evolving to be much closer to that of public equity markets,' said ELFA chief executive officer Sabrina Fox.
Large corporations are working with the firm to find promising climate tech solutions.