ESG

The growth manager, which was founded by a group of banks, invests in British SMEs.

Kumpulan Wang Persaraan is a $37bn pension with big private markets ambitions. It is looking for partners with ESG and impact credentials, says CIO Hazman Hilmi Sallahuddin.

The female-founded VC firm has already made three investments from its second fund.

Nearly one-third are unlikely to allocate capital to a manager that does not have a net-zero commitment, according to research from Bfinance.

Thought-leading GPs and LPs will gather in February.

Peter Roberts has joined from H2 Green Steel, a developer of hydrogen-powered steel plants backed by Just Climate, GIC and Hy24.

Chandra Eastwell is now a director of sustainable investing at QIA, a sovereign wealth fund that has been making inroads into sustainability in recent years.

The city's chief climate officer is ‘serious’ about enforcing Local Law 97 to reduce carbon emissions of the city’s biggest assets by 2030.

... and tell senior editor for private debt Andy Thomson how they view the industry's progress on ESG.

Investors are showing increased interest for independent verification of ESG data, GRESB's Joss Blamire reports.