Only one of the 50 largest VCs in the world has 'human rights due diligence processes in place that potentially met the standards set forth by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,' says the charity.
The Asset Owner Diversity Working Group unveiled a new initiative seeking to standardise diversity metrics that pension funds collect from fund managers.
Limited partners – particularly in Europe – are asking for 'opt-out' options in side letters, finds placement agent Capstone in its survey of investors.
Nearly a third of LPs sent a formal ESG questionnaire in due diligence for GI Partners’ $3.9bn sixth private equity fund, David Smolen, MD and ESG chair at GI Partners, told New Private Markets.
The CIO of Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund explains what actions some LPs are expecting their managers to have taken after committing to diversity initiatives last year.
Are there important aspects of investing responsibly that we are just too afraid to discuss? The Predistribution Initiative wants us to discuss the elephant in the sustainable private markets room.