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Responsible investment is naturally aligned to private equity through its long-term investment horizon and stewardship-based style.

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Learning from the experts: Introductory climate session for private equity GPs
2023-03-29T15:49:00+01:00
This article summarises key points from a workshop held in 2022 for private equity general partners (GPs) that are at an early stage in developing their climate-related investment practices.
Human rights in private markets: tracking and communicating performance
2023-01-06T12:22:00+00:00
This article summarises the key points from a workshop on 15 November 2022 where private markets industry participants discussed how to track and communicate their investees’ as well as their own performance in relation to human rights
A Case for Net Zero in Private Equity
2022-11-16T08:00:00+00:00
Intended for private equity CEOs and managing partners, this paper explains the private equity industry’s opportunity for making an impact, why acting is important and is a business imperative, and then provides a roadmap for iCI members on how to get started.
Human rights in private markets: preventing and mitigating negative outcomes
2022-11-04T11:22:00+00:00
This article summarises the key points from a workshop on 15 September 2022 where private markets industry participants discussed how to prevent and mitigate negative human rights outcomes associated with their business operations and investment activities.

Venture capital

Starting up: Responsible investment in venture capital

Venture capital plays a critical first role in the investment chain.

Case studies: Responsible investment in venture capital

This series of case studies on responsible investment in venture capital addresses themes ranging from climate change to DEI.

Introductory guide

An introduction to responsible investment: private equity

Due Diligence Questionnaires

Responsible investment DDQ for venture capital limited partners

2022-11-15T08:00:00+00:00

This due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) has been developed to help investors understand and evaluate a general partner’s (GP) responsible investment practices and the material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities their investments may be exposed to.

Responsible investment DDQ for private equity limited partners

2021-11-09T06:00:00+00:00

The Limited Partners’ (LP) Private Equity Responsible Investment Due Diligence Questionnaire (DDQ) has been developed to help investors understand and evaluate a general partner’s (GP) processes for incorporating material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities into their investment practices and to understand where responsibility for doing so lies.

Technical Guides

Guide for limited partners: responsible investment in private equity

The appetite for ESG integration in private equity has grown strongly since the 2nd edition of this guide in 2011.

TCFD for private equity general partners

This guide sets out the actions that private equity general partners (GPs) can take to address the four-pillar framework of the recommendations proposed by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Practical guides and tools

Incorporating climate change in private markets: An investor resource guide
A guide on the publicly available resources and initiatives available for direct and indirect private equity and real assets equity investors to help them incorporate climate change considerations in their investment process.
The PC-PE ESG Factor Map
The PRI has worked with signatories on a new private credit (PC)-private equity (PE) ESG Factor Map. The Map aims to streamline the environmental, social and governance (ESG) information shared during the investment process. It is designed to facilitate collaboration between sponsors, co-investors and lenders and integrates existing ESG standards ...
Guidance for private equity signatories: US directors’ duties and ESG
The legal duties imposed on directors of US companies incorporated in Delaware require them to take into account material ESG factors and permit them to take other ESG factors into account when rationally related to stockholder interests when discharging their duties.