measurement & reporting

Impact firm Developing World Markets has used GIIN’s financial inclusion benchmarks to measure the impact performance of its portfolio.

Investors of different stripes are signing up to services designed to structure and streamline the collection and management of ESG data. 

A dearth of emissions data is jeopardising UK pension funds’ TCFD compliance, so investment consultancy Hymans Robertson encourages clients to report on lack of data quality in TCFD reports.

This is part of a wider effort by the pension to quantify the impact of its 'targeted sustainability investments'.

Half of private managers ignored Hymans Robertson's requests for climate data availability, with private debt a particular dark spot.

In doing so, the firm joins a relatively small group of private equity firms.

With climate change policy weakened, revamping ESG to ward off the worst effects of global warming is now more critical than ever.

Goldman Sachs, Generation Investment Management and its offshoot Just Climate have all partnered with the Swedish pension fund.

More than 15,000 companies have signed up globally to the UN Global Compact, but it is relatively uncommon for private equity firms.

The CalPERS and Carlyle-initiated data harmonisation drive continues to gather sign-ups.