measurement & reporting

Apollo, New York State Common Retirement Fund and other LPs and GPs discuss what makes good ESG data and the direction of travel for reporting.

Neuberger Berman and Hamilton Lane explain their impact funds’ investment strategies.

The US pension’s lead PE director told conference delegates that unstandardised reporting holds back ESG as a tool for risk assessment.

The Responsible Investment Forum is underway in New York and panellists wrestle with new challenges alongside some familiar problems.

The private markets firm recently committed to the ESG Data Convergence Project which seeks to standardise sustainability reporting.

Element Markets, a portfolio company TPG acquired last year, has combined with Bluesource to offer voluntary and mandatory carbon offsets in North America.

The private debt manager will provide quarterly reporting to investors on the carbon footprints of the portfolio as a whole and on a name-by-name basis, it has said.

The factsheets contain sector-specific guidance for the most important areas of ESG disclosure for the autos, building materials and services sectors.

Sphera, which was acquired by a Blackstone fund last year, will help the firm better assess Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its portfolio.

The Copenhagen-headquartered manager has set sights on winning the race to net zero. CEO Claus Mathisen tells PERE why.