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Private Equity & VC
Responsible Funds, March 16: €6bn UK local authority fund eyes food waste investment
RIs’ regular round-up of responsible funds news
Private equity firms expect ESG pressure from investors to grow – PWC survey
Survey of 17 private equity firms
UK county council pension fund awards €71.5m timberland mandate
Fund puts 2% of assets into timberland
Private equity giant Carlyle working with Dutch pension funds on ESG
Firm reveals “working partnerships” with funds
Environment, February 14: Pension–backed low carbon VC fund to liquidate portfolio
Key news in environmental investing
RI Briefing, November 23: Deutsche reviews asset management business
RI’s regular round-up of responsible investing news
Asset owners testing climate change theme through PE fund-of-funds route
First closes indicate growing appetite from investors.
What’s behind the private equity rush to ESG?
The PE sector has been quick to adopt the UNPRI and ESG.
The changes needed to ensure the sustainability of private equity and commitments by pension funds
A limited partner outlines where PE and investors need to work together to drive ESG forward.
KKR private equity titan Roberts says ESG is “good business and right thing to do”
Long-term value should outweigh short-term cost says KKR founder.
UK’s CDC to consider running third-party pension fund assets
ESG takes centre stage at development finance institution in government revamp
RI Interview: Gates Foundation’s latest social investments create odd bedfellows
Responsible Investor talks to the Gates Foundation about its program-related investments.
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IFC adds $50bn+ to UNPRI as it becomes first multilateral development bank to sign up
World Bank private finance arm sets out three priority commitments for PRI membership.
Co-operative Asset Management in ESG tie-up with KKR
Co-op hails “innovative partnership”
Private equity ‘barbarians at the gate’ of ESG: conference report
Industry seeks to move on from stereotype to ESG credentials.
European Commission to unveil governance Green Paper on June 2
Shareholder empowerment and pay key to new governance plan
$3 trillion P8 pensions group to kick start Asian renewable fund
Group formed by HRH Prince Charles to meet P80 Asian group to launch vehicle for meeting $10bn per annum Copenhagen targets.
Private equity firms ready to adopt ESG principles: Ethos survey
Report follows launch of SRI private equity fund-of-funds.
Shell UK pension fund among new UN PRI signatories
€12bn Shell scheme joins burgeoning UN PRI membership
Private equity push at SAM as Robeco PE chief takes executive position
Andrew Musters steps up to exec committee at Swiss sustainability house.
Hermes launches into RI private equity advisory space with PRI hire
Tom Rotherham joins as manager builds PE team.
ERAFP chief talks about the growth of France’s €6.5bn 100% SRI pension fund
Asset diversification and more corporate activism top the to-do list of ERAFP managing director, Philippe Desfossés
Governments want more activism while the public shareholder base crumbles
Changing financial markets for the better will require protecting the DB base of active investors.
Nest - Swiss RI pension performance in action
After 25 years of solid returns, fund plans to increase risk and looks to private equity and hedge funds.
Environment Agency plans sequel to £1.5bn SRI success
Fund investment committee to consider sweating the assets to take advantage of strong performance at lower risk.
Climate change: mother of invention and investment returns
Why the technological revolution will clean up the planet and drive profits.
USS shows enterprise in engagement
David Russell, co-head of Responsible Investment at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the £31bn (€46bn) second largest UK pension fund, explains how its SRI strategy is not just about risk but also reward.
Can ‘Made in China’ be responsible?
Theme of the month: Why investors must help clean up South East Asia’s companies.
Hermes fund chief Anson quits
Former CalPERS CIO returns to the US after 18 months at UK activist manager
PGGM comes clean on private equity
Fund will increase ‘renewables’ if €500m venture with ABP is successful.
Blood and Gore: talking ‘bout their Generation
Long-term investment performance is the firm’s mantra.
Generation targets private equity and small caps
After Live Earth, Al Gore’s fund management firm launches a hybrid climate change solutions fund.
The RI interview: Bob Monks
One of the world’s most prominent corporate governance activists since the 1970s, Bob Monks talks about engagement, hedge fund activists, private equity and why ‘discouraged’ is not part of his vocabulary.