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ESG minded investors now expect managers and their portfolio companies to conduct their tax affairs in a sustainable manner, writes Elena Rowlands of law firm Travers Smith.

'About six or seven leading LPs' have joined an effort to create an ESG due diligence questionnaire tailored to the venture capital industry.

All employees of German toymaker Schleich have been able to invest in the business, the firm wrote in its annual sustainability report.

As New Private Markets celebrates its first birthday, here’s what we have learned: that impactful investing is far from the preserve of impact managers.

KKR’s $19bn NA XIII, the largest fund in its history, is the first dedicated fund which will implement employee ownership across all majority-owned companies.

The New York-listed mega firm will implement its employee ownership programme at every company in which its $19bn North America PE fund takes a majority stake.

KKR has appointed Ford alum Pamela Alexander as head of corporate citizenship, replacing Ali Hartman, who became VC firm Tiger’s head of impact ventures last year.

Investor group ILPA will advise Ownership Works as it helps investors develop shared ownership structures at portfolio companies.

A new nonprofit organisation, Ownership Works, is backed by 60+ partners, including several global private equity firms and US pension funds.

The review of the Walker Guidelines should be a reset moment for private equity and society in the UK, argues Anthony Silverman of advisory firm Apella Advisors.