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Panel: Assessing the sustainability of new investments and current portfolios
This panel will discuss how GPs and portfolio companies can assess and monitor their climate change exposure.
- Is the private equity sector catching up with the listed equity space in terms of the amount of ESG and other data being used when assessing potential investments?
- What tools are available to assess the climate impacts of an investment? How could this be improved in the private equity space?
- Carbon footprinting – to what extent is carbon auditing part of private equity due diligence?
- Moving beyond carbon footprinting, what other metrics and climate-related factors are being considered in due diligence?
- What can private equity firms do to address the potential need for climate adaptation and mitigation in their portfolio companies?
Speakers:
Beth Houghton, Partner,Palatine Private Equity
Stefano Bacci, Partner, Ambienta
Moderator:
John Davis, Director Financial Industry, South Pole Group