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IMM will consider raising up to $600m for its debut Korea Battery & ESG Fund dependent on investor demand, PEI understands.
Good environmental, social and corporate governance is essential, but the operating models to support those practices still have room to mature.
A cross-portfolio approach to ESG and DE&I can empower companies to implement best practices and create products with positive impacts, says Vista Equity Partners’ David Breach
Private equity’s active ownership model means firms are uniquely positioned to help generate positive societal and environmental impacts, says Nordic Capital’s Elin Ljung
Fund managers that rise to the challenge of linking compensation to ESG performance now are likely to reap the rewards in the medium to long term, says Nicholas Sehmer, Sheffield Haworth's director, infrastructure, private equity and asset management.
A high-profile agreement on standardised metrics marks an important first step, but LPs will soon be wanting more.
The pandemic has served as a reminder that simple pleasures and rights should not be taken for granted, and that has fundamentally changed perceptions of ESG, says Jun Tsusaka at Japan’s NSSK.
As the industry’s focus on diversity deepens, ILPA’s Jennifer Choi says the association will continue to evaluate how it ‘sets the bar in defining what good looks like’.
New collaborations and burgeoning areas of interest will continue to make ESG a growing focus of the industry.
Investors seeking opportunities under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation regime should be wary of taking a fund’s classification as gospel, advisers say.