measurement & reporting

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

AXA IM’s Bertrand Loubières is hesitant to set up an Article 9 fund, describing a ‘conflict’ with equity sponsors to obtain emissions data.

GPIF, the world's largest pension fund, will report to GRESB on ESG-related data points in its infrastructure portfolio annually.

The initiative launched with a set of six metrics, spanning GHG emissions, renewable energy usage, board diversity, work-related injuries, net new hires and employee engagement.

Jeremy Coller ‘expects FAIRR’s members, representing $68trn AUM, will welcome the frameworks as a further tool in their investment process’.

iCI’s Asia-Pacific chapter will be chaired by Jie Gong, co-chair of Pantheon’s ESG committee.

Impact firm Developing World Markets has used GIIN’s financial inclusion benchmarks to measure the impact performance of its portfolio.

Investors of different stripes are signing up to services designed to structure and streamline the collection and management of ESG data. 

A dearth of emissions data is jeopardising UK pension funds’ TCFD compliance, so investment consultancy Hymans Robertson encourages clients to report on lack of data quality in TCFD reports.

This is part of a wider effort by the pension to quantify the impact of its 'targeted sustainability investments'.