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Diversity, strong governance and no slides with 'SDG rainbows': what the £8.5bn Church of England endowment wants to see from prospective managers.

Impact can be quantified and linked to investors financial rewards, says Kirkland & Ellis lawyer Amala Ejikeme, but big questions remain about how it could be tied to carried interest.

Kate Bingham, managing partner at SV Health Managers and former chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, says teams from different backgrounds work better than those with the same cookie-cutter experiences.

Former Massachusetts governor and US presidential candidate Deval Patrick will contribute ‘strategic guidance’ to Bain Capital Double Impact.

We asked 10 private markets managers whether and how they are using various ESG reporting frameworks. The answers? It’s complicated.

Khalida Ali, director of diversity and inclusion at Vista Equity Partners, goes into detail on how the tech investor is trying to reinforce an inclusive and welcoming culture.

European fund manager Capza will link loan costs and its own carried interest to ESG KPIs for its sixth private debt fund, says managing director Laurent Benard.

The firm has added the facility, which has an interest margin linked to 'measurable performance indicators', to a $3.5bn co-investment fund.

The move by Alison Fenton-Willock underscores the competition that exists for private equity professionals with environmental, social and governance experience.

In trying to deliver investor certainty and climate relief with its Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, the EU has come up with a solution which may well do the opposite.