All Private equity articles – Page 4
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Case studyFin Capital: ESG incorporation in venture capital investment
Fin Capital on why ESG metrics are as important as financial measurements and how it works with companies to close any identified gaps.
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Case studyOpenspace Ventures: ESG value creation work at start-ups
Openspace Ventures on how it works with companies to create long-term value creation strategies that can scale sustainable businesses.
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Discussion paperClosing the funding gap: The case for ESG incorporation and sustainability outcomes in emerging markets
How investors can use responsible investment practices to manage risk and meet return objectives while working towards closing the emerging markets funding gap.
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News and pressCredit Trade Associations join forces with PRI on ESG Credit harmonization
The Alternative Credit Council (ACC), the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are joining forces to align lenders and private equity sponsors to support material and consistent ESG data disclosure within the credit markets.
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WebinarThe Investor Agenda: Private equity, Net-Zero target setting & climate action plans
This Investor Agenda webinar in partnership with Initiative Climat Internationale (ICi), will assess how asset owner capital allocated to private markets can align with Net-Zero goals.
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News and pressiCI launches North American chapter to drive private equity action on climate change
The Initiative Climate International (iCI) has today launched its North American chapter, joined by leading private equity investors across the region.
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WebinarManaging systemic issues through active ownership
All PRI signatories have a duty to be active owners, yet conceptions of and actual practice related to active ownership vary significantly, particularly in real assets, private equity and private debt.
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WebinarVenture Capital: how should ESG be adapted for the asset class
Following the publication of the PRI’s discussion paper on responsible investment in venture capital in January, this session will explore why ESG in the asset class needs to develop further and how it can be appropriately tailored to early-stage companies.
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Blog postThe mainstreaming of ESG in private equity
Using an ESG lens to identify risks and value creation opportunities is becoming more mainstream in private equity. The use of impact methodologies will also increase, answering stakeholders’ demands for evidence of the real-world impacts of ESG programmes.
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Discussion paperStarting up: Responsible investment in venture capital
Venture capital plays a critical first role in the investment chain.
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PRI Web PageNew members added to the Private Equity Advisory Committee
The PRI is delighted to announce the appointment of five new signatory representatives to the Private Equity Advisory Committee, and a new Chair.
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OtherPRI Private Markets Climate Series - Partners Group
In this video, Carmela Mondino outlines a TCFD-aligned climate change strategy, which Partners Group has developed to address climate change in their investment process.
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OtherClimate change initiatives for private markets investors
Various initiatives have formed to offer guidance and support for investor action towards positive climate change outcomes. This page highlights key initiatives and their resources. css Tab system
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Blog postEuropean private equity firms push ahead on ESG agenda
By Peter Dunbar, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices, PRI, Marie Luchet, Director of Continental Europe, PRI, Federica Rampinini, Relationship Manager Italy, Greece, Malta and Eline Sleurink, Head of UK and Ireland
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DDQResponsible investment DDQ for private equity limited partners
The Limited Partners’ (LP) Private Equity Responsible Investment Due Diligence Questionnaire (DDQ) has been developed to help investors understand and evaluate a general partner’s (GP) processes for incorporating material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities into their investment practices and to understand where responsibility for doing so lies.
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Case studyESG Integration, Investment-Led, Expert-Driven
Case study by J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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Blog postPrivate equity sponsors and lenders align to standardise ESG disclosure during due diligence
By Sanaz Raczynski, Head of ESG at Kohlberg & Company; Allison Spector, Head of ESG at One Rock Capital Partners and formerly at Churchill from Nuveen; Peter Dunbar, Senior Specialist and Carmen Nuzzo, Head of Fixed Income, Investment Practices, PRI
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OtherClimate change resources for private markets investors
Resources aimed at increasing investor education and awareness on climate change have proliferated as the topic has grown in importance in recent years. On this page, we highlight a range, by no means exhaustive, of key resources in this area, produced by both the PRI and external authors.
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Blog postPRI launches venture capital collaboration to strengthen ESG take-up
By Peter Dunbar, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices, PRI, Hannah Leach and Johannes Lenhard, VentureESG
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WebinarThe Risk and Return of Impact Investing Funds
The PRI Academic Network Week was hosted across five days between 13-17 September 2021
