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Of those included in PEI Media's Women of Influence in Private Funds, who is shaping the sustainability agenda?

With the acquisition of Australian battery energy storage developer Akaysha Energy, the firm intends to build out a 1GW portfolio of projects in the country’s National Electricity Market.

Debt fund manager North Wall is considering specialising in ESG litigation for its third legal assets fund after agreeing to lend £100m to law firm PGMBM from its second litigation fund.

LGT offshoot Lightrock – which raised $900m for its debut impact fund from LGT and its private banking clients – has secured €75m from Thailand’s Gulf Energy as it turns to external LPs for the fundraise.

'My company was going to be diverse and inclusive,' says the investment management company's African American founder and chief executive Tammy Jones.

Regulation, decarbonisation and data standardisation were among the themes from H1 2022.

Scott Farquhar, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest are investing directly in renewables, signalling a new approach among the wealthiest.

Under new leadership, Australian GPs and LPs are allocating more capital towards strategies and companies that could reduce the country’s carbon emissions.

ESG-linked subscription lines are becoming more common, with the market evolving quickly on both sides of the Atlantic.

ESG criteria are increasingly used to provide rate discounts, but some question the benefits of these facilities.