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Some managers – mostly in Europe – are starting to speak a common language on climate, but US managers are lagging, say panellists at PEI’s Responsible Investment Forum: Europe.
President Trump's Department of Labor has instituted new rules that many see as a blow to the growing environmental, social and governance investment models.
GPs should drive the creation of consistent and comparable data disclosures and common standards in ESG, executives from Carlyle Group and Macquarie say.
'Many millennia of bias' make it vital that PE firms actively promote candidates from underrepresented groups, said Nic Humphries.
The current environment may produce opportunities for ESG-oriented investors, says Ken Pontarelli, who leads a new sustainable investing group at the firm.
The social and economic vulnerabilities exposed by the coronavirus could propel the world of impact investment to new levels.
The sector must follow in responsible investment's footsteps, says Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, founder and managing partner at impact investing platform Bamboo Capital Partners.
Value for Women’s Rebecca Fries explains how investors can improve their opportunities to innovate and their impact, particularly in the wake of covid-19.
Vikram Gandhi, founder of India-focused Asha Impact, was clear at the outset that he wanted an investment rather than a philanthropy model.
Private equity heavyweights such as Bain, TPG and Partners Group are moving into impact, making it an established strategy.