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There was a surprising amount of consensus, says Sean Collins, service manager (pensions) at Oxfordshire County Council.
Echoing the increasingly urgent public discussion around global warming and its impact, more investors are voicing their climate concerns, and goals, to their GPs.
Simon Witney, special counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton, says he doesn't see ESG and financial returns as a trade-off.
LP scrutiny of approaches to ESG is intensifying, with climate change a key concern. Here are seven takeaways from this year’s Responsible Investment report.
The move comes as a wave of activist pressure sweeps up against major LPs.
The lower risk of blended finance structures could appeal to private equity investors seeking both impact and returns.
David Russell, head of responsible investment at the UK's biggest private pension, discusses how the private equity industry is reacting to climate change.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec vice-president and chief stewardship investing officer Bertrand Millot discusses how the pension communicates its needs to external private equity managers.
A sustainable approach to investing goes hand-in-hand with higher returns, say CVC managing partner Jean-Rémy Roussel and ESG director Chloë Sanders.
Amy O’Brien, head of responsible investment at Nuveen, and Rekha Unnithan, co-head of impact investment at Nuveen, chart PE’s responsible investment journey.