Sustainability panel

L - R: Beth Houghton, John Davis, Stefano Bacci

14.50

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