Snehal Shah

UPP's climate solutions investment target is proportionally large: the institution has C$11.7 billion in assets.

Industriens Pension’s head of real assets, Jan Østergaard, would like to see a contracts-for-difference model re-introduced by the EU to mitigate power price volatility risk.

The pension has reduced the size of its re-ups, and in some cases not re-upped at all, on the basis over concerns about portfolio company labour practices, said private equity investment director Anton Orlich.

Macro conditions, financial innovation and bountilful impact opportunity are changing investors' views of emerging markets.

We've been hearing about more interest in regenerative agriculture themes from asset owners and managers in recent months.

The $486bn pension fund has also been targeting diverse and emerging managers to improve returns, pension fund documents show.

'There’s just no way you can address the climate change issue if you ignore emerging markets,' says the International Finance Corporation's Anjali Varma.

Greg Shell, head of GSAM’s Horizon Inclusive Growth fund, sees a market ripe for both value growth and social impact in rural southern regions of the US.

The firm is linking 20% of its carried interest to impact KPIs; if these are not met, then unearned carry will be donated to a non-profit.

Apollo's Ooton sees LPs 'galvanise around' EDCI metrics, freeing up GP resources to focus on ESG improvements rather than questionnaires. And EDCI data shows early indications that PE-owned companies perform better on sustainability KPIs than public ones.