measurement & reporting

Initiatives such as EDCI are prompting firms to measure board-level diversity – but mid-market companies' boards are too small for this data to be statistically significant, argues one firm's head of ESG.

The fund of funds manager is working with PwC to ensure its non-EU investments align with the greenest EU fund classification under SFDR.

Sometimes LPs don’t bother following up on their questionnaires, ‘which is great’, said one investor relations professional.

As LPs become increasingly demanding of GPs with respect to ESG data requests, the question of cost attribution is getting more acute.

Benchmark allows impact investors to ‘quickly identify what strong performance looks like and direct their capital towards more effective solutions’.

'It’s harder if you’re in a state where you’re not supposed to consider ESG risks,' expert says.

ICG, Hg and Eurazeo are the highest-scoring PE firms in an index formulated by Equality Group, a DE&I consultancy for private markets.

Focusing on a fund rather than the entire portfolio means engaging with companies from day one, so the GP can align with management teams from the beginning, says head of ESG Adinah Shackleton.

All portfolio companies will need to establish an ESG policy, an ESG committee and have a woman on the board during Permira’s ownership.

The ESG data tug-of-war between LPs and GPs is not yet resolved, despite the numerous frameworks and initiatives to standardise ESG data collection in private equity.