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What do LPs want to see from a GP offering an impact fund?

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A growing number of managers are looking to private debt in pursuit of positive impact.

The firm has found value in assets 'less obviously levered to the sustainability trend', according to co-head of impact Joanna Reiss.

The value of sustainable buildings should not be confused with the practice of sustainable investment in buildings, say GRESB’s Chris Pyke, chief innovation officer, and Parag Cameron-Rastogi, real asset analytics director.

The pension has reduced the size of its re-ups, and in some cases not re-upped at all, on the basis over concerns about portfolio company labour practices, said private equity investment director Anton Orlich.

With private equity impact funds launched by TPG, Bain Capital and KKR now maturing, a picture of generalist private equity impact returns is starting to emerge.

Like the wider private markets industry, the LP community looks white and male, according to a BVCA survey.

The pioneering impact investing firm has recruited a veteran investor from Just Climate to co-lead the strategy.

Apollo's Ooton sees LPs 'galvanise around' EDCI metrics, freeing up GP resources to focus on ESG improvements rather than questionnaires. And EDCI data shows early indications that PE-owned companies perform better on sustainability KPIs than public ones.