Industry Task Force
Private Equity Task Force
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About the Task Force
Private Equity
The Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Private Equity Task Force brings together leading private equity firms to identify ways that the industry can accelerate progress towards a more sustainable future. Focusing on climate change, nature and sustainability-related metrics for private markets, it leverages expertise within each member firm and works with the other Sustainable Markets Initiative's Task Forces.
The Private Equity Task Force was launched in 2021 and is the first-ever CEO-level private equity working group established to consider ways the industry can effect change.
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Task Force Objectives
Accelerating Progress
With its global presence and operational expertise, the private equity industry is uniquely positioned to advance the transition to a more sustainable future, while working to enhance value and mitigate risk.
The Task Force is currently working to identify approaches to:
Integrating climate change-related considerations into the investment process;
Identifying the value of and risks to biodiversity and natural ecosystems and approaches to protecting them;
Bring clarity on sustainability-related metrics for private markets.
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News
Private Markets Decarbonisation Roadmap
6 November 2023
In collaboration with the Initiative Climat International and Bain & Co., the Private Equity Task Force has launched the Private Markets Decarbonisation Roadmap (PMDR) as a tool that enables private equity firms to measure and disclose their assets' decarbonisation evolution. To learn more and access the PMDR, visit the Bain & Co. webpage.
To read the press statement on the launch of the Private Markets Decarbonisation Roadmap, please visit the PRI webpage.
Private Equity Task Force
Key Resources
Note: While the reports available here have been compiled by a number of Private Equity Task Force firms, membership of the Private Equity Task Force does not imply endorsement by all members of the contents of these reports.
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ESG Metrics Working Group Report 24 April 2023 ESG Metrics in Private Equity
This report is a private equity practitioner’s guide to selecting relevant and decision-useful ESG metrics. When combined with financial metrics, a targeted approach to ESG metrics helps to support investing and drives sustainable value.
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James Brocklebank, Managing Partner & Co-Chair of Advent International’s Global Executive Committee; Chair of the Sustainable Markets Initiative's Private Equity Task ForceThe private equity industry is increasingly integrating consideration of Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) factors into the investment process. The Task Force’s extraordinary collective reach, together with the operational influence across member firms’ portfolio companies, means private equity is uniquely positioned to help accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future.
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Task Force Members
With over $1.5 trillion of assets under management, Task Force members have a powerful platform to drive forward a greater focus on sustainability and ESG.
The Private Equity Task Force is made up of members from many of the world’s leading private equity firms including: