measurement & reporting

The ESG Data Convergence Initiative has now gathered 62,000 data points in a standardised format. Vinay Shandal and Ben Morley, partners at Boston Consulting Group, describe three takeaways from their conversations with private equity GPs about the results.

Permira is the latest GP to have its targets validated, as other firms work to integrate the initiative into their ESG strategies.

Allocating human resources to impact reporting could be a distraction for younger businesses, Tao Zhang, founder of cross-border venture consortium Dao Ventures, tells the Asian Financial Forum.

Just Capital and TISFD are among the organisations to receive funding from The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing.

The real estate lender has followed its backer TowerBrook Capital Partners in achieving the certification.

The industry body has urged the European Commission to consider a new labelling system akin to what the UK FCA is proposing for the SDR.

Managers face a difficult task in managing impacts beyond their direct operations.

Achieving standardisation in data remains the holy grail for infrastructure.

In 2023, the private equity and private credit industries took significant steps towards a standardised approach to ESG data gathering and reporting.

The growth manager, which was founded by a group of banks, invests in British SMEs.