Green Horizons

My guest on this latest episode of Green Horizons is Elin Ljung, Principal, Head of Communications & Sustainability, at Nordic CapitalIn my discussion with Elin we cover the four key areas of its institutional-quality ESG programme: Climate Change, Gender Diversity, Business Ethics & Compliance, and being a Gold Standard EmployerElin describes the next steps in Nordic Capital's ESG journey, and why ESG best practices can help generate quantifiable value creation, rather than be viewed merely as a way to mitigate risk in the portfolio.

In this latest edition of Green Horizons, Reynir Indahl, Managing Partner at Summa Equity explains how the firm developed its PE4.0 investment model, using alignment of SDGs to improve value with low risk. Summa Equity's philosophy is to use ESG drivers in a "value co-creation" plan to help each of its portfolio companies develop a competitive edge. And, crucially, put a $ value on the impact ESG is having on corporate balance sheets.

In this latest edition of Green Horizons, I discuss with AtomInvest Founder & CEO, Hemal Mehta, the importance of ESG reporting and why good quality reporting can help private fund managers develop and track ESG action plans with their portfolio companies. Key to this is having an effective technology solution in place.

In this latest episode, Cathay Capital's Matthieu van der Elst shares insights on 4 key action points each invested company is asked to take, as they embark on their ESG journey, and how Cathay brings a global best practice mindset to the local jurisdictions it invests in.

In this opening episode of Green Horizons, Reji Vettasseri, lead alternative portfolio manager, private markets funds and mandates at Decalia Asset Management discusses why private debt managers are well placed to effect positive change, and what aspects of ESG best practice are most important to the firm today.