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ESG is the private equity industry’s next frontier

Corporate Knights

Research by BlackRock shows that PE outperformed the S&P 500 and MSCI World indexes by 2.8 While the PE industry has been slow to dive into ESG, there are signs that PE investment is starting to align with global ambitions for a sustainable economy. and 4 percentage points a year, respectively, between 2002 and 2020.

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Climate Emergency Risks Stranding Women

Chris Hall

360° gender impact While there is room for all climate-focused funds to incorporate a gender lens in their assessments of opportunities, private equity firms have a particular opportunity to drive positive on-the-ground impact at portfolio companies. in 2022 from 22.6%

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Advancing Your ESG Reporting Strategy

3BL Media

Use the lens of ESG raters and frameworks to identify, hone, and assess ESG issues and metrics. For example, you can set internal goals to achieve ESG outcomes or to gain leadership recognition through a prestigious index, rating, membership, or disclosure benchmark. Whether the rating organization manages an index.

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This Week’s Fund News: Man GLG Fund for Sustainable Water, Circular Economy

Chris Hall

It is available for investors in a UCITS structure and will be benchmarked against the MSCI World Index. UBS Asset Management and insurance firm Aon have co-developed the USB Global Equity Climate Transition fund.

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Is harmonization of reporting standards possible or even desirable?

GreenBiz

The users of the information: Every stakeholder uses a very different lens to make their decisions — from investors to managers to the community, employees, labor unions and governments. MSCI alone produces more than 1,500 equity and fixed income ESG indices. Which of these four attributes are reported through ESG indicators?

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: PwC Launches Interactive ESG Data Dashboard

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including PwC, MSCI, Fenergo, Sentifi, and CME Group. . CME Group , a global financial markets operator, has announced an expansion of its suite of voluntary carbon emissions with the addition of two new futures contracts. ” .

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The Case for Defence

Chris Hall

Index providers MSCI, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones Indices recently refuted claims that they had allowed ESG-labelled investments contributing to Myanmar’s military regime. billion) has been invested by 52 local government pension scheme funds in firms supplying weapons or systems to Israel.