ESG

The leaders of some of the most prominent firms have spoken out about discrimination.

Lou Sciarretta talks with senior editor Toby Mitchenall about walking the ESG walk, the increasing need for liquidity, succession planning and more.

The Institutional Limited Partners Association’s private equity diversity and inclusion roadmap is an open-source and online resource for LPs, GPs and industry practitioners.

The move comes as a wave of activist pressure sweeps up against major LPs.

Even secondaries firms need to understand how their holdings might look in 10 years' time, said ESG & sustainability head Adam Black.

The firm's sustainable capital business makes primary, secondaries and co-investments in companies helping drive the transition to a greener economy.

The firm acquires limited partnership interests in impact and ESG funds, among other strategies.

Tycho Sneyers integrated responsible investment considerations into the Swiss firm's private equity programme and served as chairman of its ESG programme.

Environmental, social and governance issues increasingly prevent LPs from committing to a specific fund, but might they also cause an uptick in secondaries deal flow?