


The New Private Markets’ database holds information on how the world’s private market investors and managers approach sustainability and impact investing.
The database lists private equity, private debt, infrastructure, agriculture and private real estate funds that pursue an impact investing strategy, as well as funds that classify themselves as either Article 8 or Article 9 under the European Union’s Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulations.
The database also profiles the general partners (GPs) that manage and limited partners (LPs) that commit capital to sustainable funds.
Article 8 is a product disclosure from the European Union Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulations (EU SFDR). An Article 8 fund is, by the EU SFDR definition, “a Fund which promotes, among other characteristics, environmental or social characteristics, or a combination of those characteristics, provided that the companies in which the investments are made follow good governance practices”.
Article 9 is a product disclosure from the European Union Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulations (EU SFDR). An Article 9 fund is, by the EU SFDR definition, “a fund that has sustainable investments as its objective or a reduction in carbon emissions as its objective”.
A fund will be considered an impact fund if marketed by the fund manager as such. Specifically, an impact fund aims to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return in private markets. Impact investments can be made in both emerging and developed markets and target a range of returns from below market to market rate.
A GP will be included in the database if it:
An LP will be included in the database if it:
A fund will be included in the “sustainable funds” section of the Funds Managed tab of a GP profile if it:
All other funds currently being raised or that have closed in the last 12 months will appear on the “All other funds” tab of a GP page.
Similarly, an LP’s commitment to a fund will appear on the “sustainable funds” section of the Fund Commitments section of an LP profile if the fund:
All commitments made in the last 12 months will appear on the “all other funds” section of the LP Commitments tab of an LP profile.
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