ESG
The average 2023 fiscal year return of colleges and universities’ endowments exceeded fiscal year 2022 returns as the smaller endowments’ public market exposures helped them outperform their larger peers.
The sustainable investment platform made a strategic minority investment in a minority and woman-owned middle market private equity firm and the investment will provide growth capital to enhance the firm’s infrastructure, capital base, human capital and overall resources.
The firm has appointed a managing director and head of sustainability to leads its sustainability and responsible investment strategies and focus on developing its in-house ESG investing framework.
The firm has hired a portfolio manager and analyst focused on sustainable investments to lead its global sustainable equity strategy.
The agency is looking for firms to help build and implement a bond and direct lending clean energy fund.
The plans added a sustainable equity manager to their lineup in October after initially receiving an ESG/socially responsible product analysis search book in April.
A new report finds finds that investors are actively seeking opportunities in areas like power generation and decarbonization, but few climate financing requirements have been met.
The university is still searching for sustainability-focused investments after reaching its initial socially responsible investment goal created five years ago.
The college agreed to prioritize selling all directly owned oil and natural gas wells and two legacy investment partnerships in fossil fuels.
The London-based investment firm focused on energy has acquired a U.S.-based private equity firm focused on sustainability investments.