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Major investor alliance working to clean up greenwash lurking in ESG

Corporate Knights

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. The value of global sustainable investment assets jumped from US$23 trillion in 2016 to US$35 trillion in 2020.

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List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Richard Matthews

This alphabetized list of PEs is composed of firms that focus on one or more of the following SDGs: Climate action, clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, quality education, innovation and infrastructure, life below water, and life on land. To illustrate, last year KKR ‘s Euro Global Social Impact Fund raised $1.3