measurement & reporting

PERE Europe members highlighted vast differences in legislation and stakeholder expectations when investing on a global scale.

Linking impact or ESG to financial incentives was a big topic at the Impact Investor Global Summit; it is an 'imperative for the industry' that requires investors and managers to adopt an experimental mindset.

The rising costs of ESG reporting will inevitably be passed over to LPs, Golding Capital Partners' Andreas Nilsson said in a video interview at the Impact Investor Global Summit.

Dutch pension investor PGGM has one Article 9 fund in its private equity portfolio.

BlueMark, which assesses and verifies impact investing processes, has now named nine investors as 'top quartile' when it comes to aligning with the Operating Principles for Impact Management.

The group went 'back to the drawing board' after a public consultation revealed a 'mixed response' to the initial guidance, says senior investment specialist Misa Andriamihaja.

Linking financial incentives to impact performance is increasingly seen as best practice in impact. Jack Isaacs and Ellen Maginnis from verification firm BlueMark, having assessed 84 investors' approaches, describe the various ways of doing it.

The listed private markets firm will gather data on areas such as CO2 emissions, employee turnover and data maturity across its PE and infrastructure portfolios.

The Global Impact Investing Network’s agriculture performance benchmark could influence LPs’ thinking outside their narrow allocations to 'impact'.

Independent verification providers such as BlueMark 'are vital in assessing and assuring that investors are delivering on their impact claims and commitments', says Temasek Trust's Dawn Chan.