Gustavo Bernal Torres
Private Equity's 'Dirty Energy' Bets Persist Despite ESG Promises
Some of the largest private equity firms are exposing investors to significant climate risks through fossil-fuel heavy portfolios that go...
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Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 6, 2022
- 1 min
Consultant Working Group Supports Private ESG Reporting Project
The project was adopted last year by major private equity firms and investors. The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group,...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
Blackstone's 2021 ESG Update: An Integrated Approach to ESG
This update will detail some of the important advancements we’ve made in scaling our ESG program and outline other efforts where we have...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
PRI Case Studies: Human Rights and Private Markets
PRI has published a number of case studies examining how leading private equity firms address human rights risks throughout the...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Aug 19, 2021
- 1 min
Rethinking Climate Change
From RethinkX- Three disruptions alone driven by just eight technologies can directly eliminate over 90% of net greenhouse gas emissions...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Private Sector Starts To Invest In Climate Adaptation
Overlooked no more- Companies and investors hope to avert losses to climate catastrophes There is reason to think that investing in...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
ILPA ESG Assessment Framework
From Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), a resource for limited partners looking to build a tool to evaluate and...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jul 23, 2021
- 1 min
How Private Equity Learned To Stop Worrying And Love ESG
From ImpactAlpha- To know what big private equity funds are up to, look – and listen – to what they tell their largest clients. Lately,...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
The Changing Climate for Private Equity
By Ceres and the SustainAbility Institute by ERM, a report aiming to accelerate action on the climate crisis by unlocking the potential...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
The Expanding Case for ESG in Private Equity
From Bain's 2021 Global Private Equity Report: Customers, employees and limited partners are demanding more sustainable, socially...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
TCFD for Private Equity General Partners: New Technical Guide
Private equity GPs need a robust framework to assess climate-related risk and to help guide them through the transition. This guide sets...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
PE Firms Unite to Fight Climate Change
Five global private equity firms have come together to launch the One Planet Private Equity Funds (OPPEF) initiative- The formal...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Nov 18, 2020
- 1 min
Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to Gender-smart Investing
A new guide from the International Finance Corp. (IFC) and U.K. development finance institution CDC Group- The guide provides fund...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 17, 2020
- 1 min
Integrating ESG Holistically In Private Equity: A Strategic Approach
SASB's (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) latest publication focuses on PE from a GP perspective- The paper demonstrates how...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 8, 2020
- 1 min
Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) are becoming increasingly popular to fund sustainable enterprises- McKinsey analyzed the...
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