China’s CIC, Japan’s GPIF and South Korea’s KIC and NPS are now rolling out ESG initiatives.
Revaia has closed its first fund at €250m: Europe’s largest female-founded VC fund, the firm says.
The vehicle marks a major expansion of Amundi’s impacting investing activity.
Blume Equity has invested in Elvie, a start-up that makes high-end, tech-enabled breast pumps.
Multi-family office Vedra Partners believes it can achieve 20% IRR with its £1bn-target climate fund as investors will benefit from the 'early stages of the cost reduction curve'.
Kirkland & Ellis has hired its fourth ESG specialist partner this year amid rising demand for ESG legal expertise from private markets clients.
Ashim Paun will help the European manager integrate sustainability throughout the firm as it deploys three investment vehicles.
The Carbon Disclosure Project’s new reporting initiative seeks to address the ‘blank space’ in private markets disclosure standards.
CIC has taken its first steps towards a formal ESG policy, while ADIA is putting greater consideration to climate risk in its investments, according to their respective annual reports.
French growth capital firm Jolt Capital has just closed Fund IV on €271m and – helped by its AI programme ‘Ninja’ – it is hunting for impactful growth companies.