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ESG professionals have learned the hard way what works and what does not. Here they share the failures and the lessons.

Political potshots in the US are prompting investors to revisit the arguments for sustainability.

Large private markets firms Carlyle, KKR and Apollo are at pains to highlight the connection between ESG and financial performance in their annual sustainability reports.

The Dutch insurance company has no time for Article 9 funds that are not taxonomy aligned, according private markets head Marieke van Kamp

The Manchester-headquartered firm invested in the company in 2021 from both its impact and buyout funds.

This year's exclusive list of private markets' largest managers of impact capital has grown in line with an expanding universe and continued fundraising.

Most investors are looking for market-rate returns from their impact investments, according to data gathered by the Global Impact Investing Network.

Lenna Koszarny, founding partner of Horizon Capital, spoke to a PEI Group audience on Thursday. Horizon, the biggest private equity firm in Ukraine, has operated, and thrived, amid the war with Russia.

The wider private equity fundraising market, however, will remain challenging, according the firm's six-monthly LP survey.

A number of US investors have programmes aimed at backing underrepresented groups.