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On the podcast: The ABCs of ESG for PE Firms

March 8, 2022

Sustainalytics' Tom Eveson dives into how PE firms can support their portfolio companies in managing ESG risk, the nonobvious factors that contribute to assessing that risk, the capital pressures mainstreaming ESG and more.

Apollo's $100B sustainable investing platform looks beyond private equity

February 25, 2022

The firm will focus on a spectrum of strategies, including credit and real estate deals, to target energy transition and the decarbonization of industry by 2030.

TPG, Apollo make separate impact investing plays

February 23, 2022

TPG Rise has acquired a newly formed decarbonization company and Apollo Global Management is buying Tenneco, as PE firms expand their commitment to back businesses that help achieve their ESG goals.

Riverstone eyes early-stage investments with stake in Blackhorn

February 16, 2022

Riverstone Holdings is taking a stake in early-stage investor Blackhorn Ventures, a rare instance of a private equity firm buying into a venture capital firm.

Norwest raises biggest fund yet as industry mega-fund pool nears $100B

December 14, 2021

Norwest Venture Partners has raised a $3 billion vehicle, pushing capital raised in 2021 for global VC mega-funds to just shy of $100 billion.

COP26 and the climate finance bubble

October 30, 2021

Targeted private capital will play a critical role in ensuring nations meet the Paris Agreement’s emission reduction targets.

Views on sustainable investing: Exploring private market views on impact and ESG risk factors

October 13, 2021

Ongoing global challenges and consumer-led pushes for sustainability have prompted changes at all levels of business, from new practices at long-standing companies to startups built with ethical practices in mind.

Sustainable Investment Survey

September 17, 2021

This Sustainable Investment Survey report provides an illustrative view of our 2021 survey responses across the investment landscape, overarching impact and the incorporation of ESG risk factors.

'Earned wage' startups winning over VCs with an ESG agenda

September 6, 2021

Venture capitalists are on the hunt for ESG-focused companies, prompting a surge of investment into startups offering earned wage access products, an alternative to traditional payday lending.

Private equity touts its ESG cred but ups its bets on defense deals

August 22, 2021

Two recent deals indicate PE's growing appetite for aerospace and defense assets against an increasingly unstable geopolitical backdrop.

How emerging ESG standards put pressure on PE to adapt

July 5, 2021

Engaging in ethical and sustainable investing often means mixing with an alphabet soup of industry groups, as better-defined sustainability standards and measurements push firms to do better—and do good.

PitchBook Analyst Note: ESG and the Private Markets

April 28, 2021

PitchBook's latest analyst note explores how LPs are pushing the private markets toward the precipice of widespread ESG adoption.

Institutional demand buoys socially conscious SPACs

February 16, 2021

Some of the world’s largest asset managers have signaled an appetite to invest in socially responsible companies—and special-purpose acquisition companies are all too happy to serve them.

Sustainable investing in the context of COVID-19

October 21, 2020

As private market investors continue to commit more dollars and create additional products around sustainable investing, the field has continued to evolve.

Sustainable Investment Survey

October 5, 2020

This Sustainable Investment Survey report provides an illustrative view of our 2020 survey responses across the investment landscape.