Madeleine Farman

UBS will run a process to move The Norsk Gjenvinning Group into a continuation fund, as secondaries investors are beginning to take a closer look at impact funds.

Ara Partners’ industrial decarbonisation buyout fund could be one of the biggest impact funds in private equity if it hits its target – the firm has also launched a $300m-target infrastructure climate fund.

The consumer-focused private equity firm has previously made investments with a sustainability-slant, such as in alternative protein company Planted.

Claire Hedley most recently led GSAM’s ESG client strategy group in London and was responsible for the asset manager’s client facing and commercial ESG efforts across EMEA.