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Sphera, which was acquired by a Blackstone fund last year, will help the firm better assess Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its portfolio.

The review of the Walker Guidelines should be a reset moment for private equity and society in the UK, argues Anthony Silverman of advisory firm Apella Advisors.

Funds with over 50% women ownership or a woman founder will be eligible to receive 'preferential service terms'.

Even as impact investing becomes big business among asset managers, the data infrastructure on which it is built is still somewhat reliant on the vision and largesse of philanthropic groups.

Blackstone, KKR, CVC and Palatine have all made acquisitions to ride the wave of growth in ESG measurement, reporting and consulting services.

Bengt Hellström, former head of alternative investments at AP3 and partner at EQT, will be vetting sustainable funds at Worthwhile Capital.

Sustainability consultancy Anthesis has plans to 'scale its impact in the food sector' as investors put food sustainability under the spotlight.

The investor is 'also collaborating with Apex to develop a tailored impact data collection and reporting solution for use by Adams Street in monitoring future impact investments'.

Financial software provider LPA has struck a partnership with impact measurement tool Evercity.

Reporting 21 – which has clients including BlackRock, UBS, Ardian, Manulife, Amundi and Eurazeo – has tapped Mark Brockway as its North American head.