The private asset manage began a firm-wide review last year to increase the firm’s integration of ESG.
The London-based firm has hired Caoimhe Bain from an investment adviser as private markets interest in ESG-linked credit soars.
Many leading PE firms are still investing in fossil fuels. If they want to be seen as leaders in the energy transition, they need to stop now or do a much better job of explaining their position.
In the latest update to its template due diligence questionnaire, ILPA has 'adopted in full' the PRI's approach.
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.
Regulatory changes in Europe are accelerating the shift towards sustainable finance in private markets, but may also be exacerbating 'greenwashing', argues Simon Witney, a senior consultant at law firm Travers Smith.
The LP’s head of board governance and sustainability discusses the ‘eureka moment’ CalPERS had in narrowing decarbonisation efforts on heavy emitters.
The US public pension's sustainability expert discusses how private markets investors are coalescing around net-zero goals.
The unitranche facility also requires the company to obtain an annual carbon emissions assessment with a third party expert.
The new vehicle, formed with Japanese manager Samurai Capital, will focus on real estate assets with a social impact without having a lower return target.