ESG

The growth and mid-market buyout arm of TPG has partnered with U2 singer Bono and 11 other investors to focus on seven sectors for impact investing for ‘The Rise Fund’.

Caterina Romanelli, responsible investment and ESG manager at PAI Partners, tells us what the firm learnt from its ‘PAI Carbon Project’.

More than 150 people gathered at the third annual event in London last month for lively discussions around realising growth through diversity.

The world's largest-ever gathering of impact investors opened with a call to arms.

The UK’s CDC has helped demonstrate the viability of impact investing: it should not be demonised.

The launch of the Due Diligence Questionnaire follows that of an equivalent LP-focused document published by the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment initiative in 2015.

Zoe Clements is joining the London office from Electra Partners.

Speaking at an emerging markets conference in London, Cherie Blair noted that investors are unlikely to be ‘whiter than white’, but can still make a genuine commitment to change.

At a forum in London, BT Pension Scheme trustee director Donald MacDonald said pension funds use fiduciary duty as an excuse not to engage with ESG issues.

The New York Times’ unflattering portrait of the industry is best ignored: but the industry’s image needs constant care and maintenance