John Young, international counsel at law firm Debevoise, explores the challenges around defining impact investment in the context of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation.
The scale of the task means it is no surprise that investors are uncertain about meeting their targets, writes Aviva Investors' Ed Dixon. That shouldn't stop them taking immediate action.
Private equity investors made progress on ESG data gathering and reporting in 2022. Regulation will be a significant talking point in 2023, says HarvourVests ESG leader Natasha Buckley.
Technology can give the private markets industry the leg up it needs to compete with listed equity markets in ESG data collection and accurate benchmarking, writes Hamilton Lane's Paul Yett.
Measures in the US to incentivise investment in the energy transition will benefit the clean tech industry, the US economy and the average American, writes Joe Blair of Bay Bridge Ventures.
The scarcity of quality greenhouse gas emissions data means a lot of investors are 'flying blind', writes Rhyadd Keaney-Watkins, head of ESG for Arjun Infrastructure Partners. Change, however, is coming.
Tough questions about ESG should be welcomed; the answers should be evident in the data, write Clare Murray of Blume Equity and ESG specialist Drake Hicks.