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Blackstone, KKR, CVC and Palatine have all made acquisitions to ride the wave of growth in ESG measurement, reporting and consulting services.

Bengt Hellström, former head of alternative investments at AP3 and partner at EQT, will be vetting sustainable funds at Worthwhile Capital.

Sustainability consultancy Anthesis has plans to 'scale its impact in the food sector' as investors put food sustainability under the spotlight.

The investor is 'also collaborating with Apex to develop a tailored impact data collection and reporting solution for use by Adams Street in monitoring future impact investments'.

Financial software provider LPA has struck a partnership with impact measurement tool Evercity.

Reporting 21 – which has clients including BlackRock, UBS, Ardian, Manulife, Amundi and Eurazeo – has tapped Mark Brockway as its North American head.

The legal and fund services business joins competitors like Apex, IQ-EQ and SS&C with new ESG assessment tool.

The litigation finance specialist will link loans' margin ratchets to law firms taking pro bono work, working on ESG cases and excluding ESG-adverse cases.

The newly-formed alliance commits members to report at least annually on progress against targets.

Kirkland & Ellis has hired its fourth ESG specialist partner this year amid rising demand for ESG legal expertise from private markets clients.