Industry Task Force

Private Equity Task Force

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.

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.

News

Private Markets Decarbonisation Roadmap 2.0

20 November 2024

In collaboration with the Initiative Climat International and Bain & Co., the Private Equity Task Force first launched the Private Markets Decarbonisation Roadmap (PMDR) in November 2023 as a tool that enables private equity firms to measure and disclose their assets' decarbonisation evolution. Since its initial launch, the roadmap has experienced extensive adoption and broad engagement across private markets, with numerous industry leaders applying the PMDR to engage with internal and external stakeholders. 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 2.0, please visit the PRI webpage

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.

Climate Working Group Report 30 September 2024

Valuing Carbon Pre-Investment

This report builds on the Taskforce’s ‘Valuing Carbon in Private Markets’ publication in 2023. It provides voluntary best practices guidance for private equity firms as they consider the concepts during the pre-investment stage.
Climate Working Group Report 24 April 2023

Valuing Carbon in Private Markets

This report provides voluntary best practices guidance for private equity firms as they take steps towards valuing carbon in the investment process.
Nature Working Group Report 24 April 2023

Nature Positive: The Next Horizon for Investors

This report outlines how nature can be both value-accretive and risk-reducing when factored into a business plan and investment cycle.
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.

The 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.

James Brocklebank, Managing Partner & Co-Chair of Advent International’s Global Executive Committee; Chair of the Sustainable Markets Initiative's Private Equity Task Force