ESG
Ex-Goldman’s Kathy Matsui Starts ESG Venture Capital Fund
(Bloomberg) MPower Partners Fund will focus on investing in growth- to late-stage Japanese startups, with the rest going into earlier-stage firms overseas in areas like healthcare, fintech and sustainability.
Read MoreHow Investors Can Embrace the “S” in ESG
(RFK Human Rights) Data on companies’ social metrics may still be incomplete, but that shouldn’t prevent investors from screening businesses for labor and human rights violations. The key is to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Read MoreBarclay’s Derailed Prison Bond Deal Shows Growing Might of ESG
(Bloomberg) A small group of investors circulated a letter lambasting Barclays Plc for helping to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to build two privately owned prisons in Alabama — two years after the bank publicly vowed to cut financing ties with the for-profit industry.
Read MoreThe Ethics of VC
(Medium) Why ESG for VCs now? While nine months ago, many VC funds wouldn’t even have known what ESG might mean for them, there has been a wave of initiatives going through the industry recently.
Read MorePrivate Equity Makes ESG Promises. But Their Impact Is Often Superficial.
(Institutional Investor) Alongside Bono, Richard Branson, and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, private equity firm TPG launched the Rise Impact fund in 2016. The offering committed “to deliver positive and sustainable impact” while creating a “top-performing fund.”
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