measurement & reporting

ESG Outreach has collaborated with Apex Group to provide GPs with a combined ESG data collection and advisory service.

Some things are certain in this world; one is that the urgent need for standardised ESG data must be part of any serious conversation about sustainability in private markets.

In this five-minute film, we hear from CalPERS, AP4 and the European Investment Fund about the lack of standardised ESG data in private markets, how this has held sustainability efforts back and why the future is starting to look brighter. 

The scarcity of quality greenhouse gas emissions data means a lot of investors are 'flying blind', writes Rhyadd Keaney-Watkins, head of ESG for Arjun Infrastructure Partners. Change, however, is coming.

Amanda Kizer, a former director in Nuveen’s impact team, will lead ESG performance management and reporting for Bain Capital’s 'Double Impact' strategy.

Invest Europe has launched its ESG reporting guidelines as the industry calls for more focus on data analysis and materiality.

The Australian institutional investor made the 'difficult decision' to focus its resources on other climate-related initiatives.

A number of private markets firms have signed up to the principles-based initiative, including most recently Inflexion.

NZAOA will release a private equity net zero target setting protocol for LPs and provide guidance on pushing GPs to decarbonise, New Private Markets understands.

Impact performance benchmarks – like GIIN’s IRIS+ – are in their nascency, but there are those that believe they will enter the mainstream.