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Some themes – like the rise of impact credit and the pulling power of sustainability-themed strategies – dominated the agenda in 2024.

What are the words or phrases that will have LPs rolling their eyes or regulators asking questions?

The troubles experienced by Europe's best-funded start-up show that investing in the energy transition is not as easy as it looks.

It is clear that responsible investors want to back homegrown clean tech and solutions that contribute to real-world emissions reductions.

Depending on which allocator you speak to, private credit presents either a promising way to invest with impact, or sustainability's 'humungous gap'.

ESG teams are increasingly able to demonstrate how their efforts drive growth in portfolio companies. It is a welcome development.

Proponents of sustainable investing in private markets are on high alert after the emphatic re-election of Donald Trump, but they will not succumb to pessimism.

Fundraising by private debt firms for impact strategies appears to be picking up, even as ESG integration into mainstream strategies may be declining.

The use of catalytic capital to mobilise private sector investment has 'hardly met expectations'; that may be about to change.

This year's GIIN Impact Forum took a different tone to usual, reflecting how far the industry has come.