Managers

With the SEC’s proposed rules requiring funds to back up their ESG claims, firms are turning to compliance and training to avoid enforcement crosshairs.

ESG minded investors now expect managers and their portfolio companies to conduct their tax affairs in a sustainable manner, writes Elena Rowlands of law firm Travers Smith.

EQT is seeking SBTi validation for portfolio companies’ net zero targets – one of the initiative's criteria for private equity firms’ own net zero targets.

Northern Gritstone, chaired by former Goldman Sachs AM chairman Jim O’Neill, aspires to create jobs and wealth in England’s underfunded North with SDG-aligned seed investments.

Vista was among the first North American private equity firms to join the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative in July last year.

LPs are being asked to 'let go of asset buckets' in a bid to make a meaningful impact on carbon emissions.

Matt Christensen, global head of sustainable and impact investing at Allianz Global Investing, is looking for a highly specialised GP.

Trill Impact uses the same company-specific KPIs for its impact-linked carry as banks use for their financing – ‘in that way we also have an external eye and verification on the plan’.

LGT offshoot Lightrock has closed a $300m impact fund focused on Latin America with investors from the region.

The group has appointed New York head Nadir Settles as global head of impact investing.