ESG

A growing number of firms are signing up to voluntary ESG frameworks, according to a report from Orbis Advisory.

The firm's B Corp score of 164.6 makes it the fourth-highest scoring financial services business worldwide, according to CEO Hugo Llewelyn.

The firm is among the eight largest independent European private equity firms to have signed up, according to a statement seen by New Private Markets.

Artificial intelligence could help turbocharge sustainability efforts in private markets by freeing up stretched ESG professionals to focus on strategic work.

Blackrock, TPG and EQT are among the firm's to win awards for their sustainability prowess across PEI Group publications.

Disclosure levels among PE firms have slightly improved since 2021, according to Orbis Advisory.

The firm raised $510m for its PE vehicle and $135m for its venture fund, founder Rob Appleby and ventures head Alastair Cooper tell New Private Markets.

Sustainability will no doubt be a recurring theme of NEXUS 2024, a private equity event attended by the biggest LPs and GPs in the ecosystem.

A Hymans Robertson survey finds that PE had the lowest disclosure rates among private markets asset classes.

The impact manager scored 94.4 in the B Labs assessment.