Managers of private debt funds are following the broadly syndicated market in their embrace of sustainability-linked loans. Credibility is on the line.
Some absentees from the ESG Data Convergence Project are struggling to get comfortable with how their portfolio company data will be used.
Justin Adams will engage ‘like-minded investors’ at the climate impact firm established by Al Gore and Generation IM.
The Tokyo-headquartered asset manager has launched its sixth Japan-focused renewables fund, targeting $103m.
VC firm has hired its first ESG and sustainability director, Soline Kauffmann-Tourkestansky, to support portfolio company founders to implement carbon footprinting and other ESG KPIs.
The management team at Netherlands-headquartered Enviolo has a direct economic incentive to hit ESG-related goals.
The industry still has a long way to go on decarbonisation, but the creation and adoption of private equity-specific science-based targets could really move the needle.
The climate-focused investment platform, which launched in September, named its chief impact officer last month.
Seoul-headquartered Envisioning Partners has raised $64m for its climate-focused venture capital fund, TechCrunch reports.
The review of the Walker Guidelines should be a reset moment for private equity and society in the UK, argues Anthony Silverman of advisory firm Apella Advisors.