ESG

Sukhvir Basran has joined law firm King & Spalding and has experience in sustainable finance.

Signing the Principles for Responsible Investment is 'a natural step for Verdane', a spokesperson for the firm tells NPM.

It won't just be ESG pioneers and natural capital specialists integrating biodiversity into their investment processes.

Three recent cases against Australian institutional investors highlight greenwashing risks for private markets firms, writes Luke Barrett, a partner at law firm Gilbert + Tobin.

Less than 10 percent of US GPs are monitoring principal adverse impacts, data from LGT Capital Partners shows.

If a potential investee company is deemed to have a material biodiversity-related risk in its operations or supply chain, LGT is 'unlikely to proceed with the investment'.

The Nordic PE firm, which was among the first private markets managers to embrace ESG, has raised €588m to acquire two assets from its fifth flagship fund.

Head of sustainability Rachel Hurley says the addition of a formal Hunting Ground devoted to decarbonisation helps make investments in plastics reduction and water more likely.

Leahy will focus on creating value through sustainability projects within L Catterton's $35 billion portfolio.

The influential private markets investor views transition plans through four dimensions.