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As impact investors, both impact and ESG are integral parts of what we do. What's the difference? Impact is all about the outcomes for people and planet resulting from an organization's core business, while ESG serves as a lens for understanding its internal processes in terms of environmental, social and governance issues.   To immerse ourselves in the latest discussions on the ESG side of venture capital, we attended this week's German VC ESG Symposium by VentureESG. Here are our takeaways from a day of stimulating talks:   🔍 For VC funds, reporting on ESG data is just the tip of the iceberg. The real game-changer lies in leveraging this data to guide meaningful action at fund and portfolio levels.   🌎 ESG is everyone's business. To truly integrate it, it's key to frame it as opportunity, talk about it often, and embed awareness in all team members - beyond dedicated ESG professionals.   🌱 ESG isn't one-size-fits-all. ESG approaches are most effective when tailored to the size and stage of portfolio companies.   Thank you to VentureESG for organizing and to BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt for hosting. Kelley Luyken enjoyed diving into these insights and connecting with inspiring ESG enthusiasts in the VC ecosystem.   #ESGinVC #ImpactInvesting

Does Venture Capital need more ESG? Excited to participate in an Oxford-sytle debate at FRAME — the VC industry's first dedicated responsible investing and ESG conference with 25+ VC and LP co-hosts. To find out more and register, visit https://lnkd.in/d-UrQV2x Should be more fun than a typical panel! Curious what my linkedin community thinks — Does VC need ESG? 🤔

I'm looking forward to taking part in this discussion with wonderful and thoughtful colleagues from the world of media and impact: Raffaella Scalisi, Paula Garrido, Zoe McDonagh (and, of course, with the support of Lorena Di Maria). If you're attending Impact Europe's #ImpactWeek, make sure to come along on Thursday afternoon to dive into some big issues: how can journalists support the impact economy? what's the difference between journalism and activism? how can we raise the voices of social entrepreneurs and the communities they support? how can taking a solutions journalism approach be useful (as practised by the team at Pioneers Post)?...and whatever you want to bring to the conversation!

Introducing a new initiative to promote the standardisation of impact measurement metrics in private equity. Impact Convergence Forum for Private Equity (ICF) is seeking to enhance alignment on impact definitions, benchmarks, measurement, management and disclosure. To begin with, the group will focus on avoided emissions, but it does not intended to stop there. ICF's steering committee features some top-tier impact investing fund managers and institutional investors: Allianz Global Investors, APG, EQT Group, Generation Investment Management; Lightrock, Neuberger Berman, PGGM, TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P., Trill Impact and Vision Ridge Partners, LLC. Read the full story on New Private Markets https://lnkd.in/eBP6gEt3 Abrielle Rosenthal Madeleine Evans Diane Mak

🔥 Have a read of this great - and really important - exclusive by Charles Avery of New Private Markets on a new #privateequity impact initiative driven by both LPs and GPs.

Check Our Latest Impact Watch Report: 🌱 Startup: DREM Risk Level: Medium Risk Impact Goal: Drem focuses on sustainable and energy-efficient heating solutions. Its commitment to renewable energy and customer satisfaction contributes to a positive ESG profile. #ImpactWatchdogs #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #ESG #StartupWatch Join the Watch: Visit us at Impact Watchdogs LinkedIn Page (https://lnkd.in/gBYiEnVZ) for daily insights and to stay ahead in the impact investing game. Stay Tuned: Make sure you check back daily for another impact watch report on different startups in the impact investing space. Let's keep our investments green and our planet clean! #ImpactInvestment

I have my first meeting early in the new year with an advisor recommended by GreenPortfolio. While I’m excited, I’m also a bit nervous to learn about the sustainability status of my portfolio. Investing gives us significant collective power, but navigating it can be challenging. I encourage you to explore GreenPortfolio and discover how you can invest in ways that align with both doing well and doing good.

Most of the time, startup teams are five people and a dog 🐶, as Henry Philipson mentioned during our conversation. So how can we ensure they have the right approach to ESG policies and reporting? It's important that as they scale, their ESG efforts can evolve and mature with them, rather than overwhelming them with requests they can't handle when they are just starting... Do you agree with this?👂 👀 Listen to the latest episode! ESG_VC, Beringea

ESG reporting is a challenging yet crucial task for startup founders seeking capital and even more so once they have secured it. Ensuring that portfolio companies understand how to approach ESG disclosure requirements is vital for Venture Capital funds to provide accurate data to their LPs. However, as Henry Philipson, President of ESG_VC and also Marketing Director at Beringea, highlights, “We shouldn't be forcing companies to comply with a complex set of rules and guidelines that are simply not taking into account where they are in their growth journey.” 💡 To address this challenge, ESG_VC was established three years ago. Its mission is to help VCs support their portfolio companies in committing to and communicating their ESG efforts in a proportional and reasonable manner, aligned with their growth stage. 🔊 Don't miss Henry Philipson's insights in this new episode of Zero One Hundred ESG & Impact Talks. Learn how this group of over 200 Venture Capital firms from around the globe is working together to deliver practical ESG solutions to their portfolio companies. 🎙 Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/dxsjyuyW #ESG #VentureCapital #Sustainability #ESGReporting 

A great report from Temasek and reminder of what it takes to be catalytic at institutional scale (noting that "catalytic capital" is recognized as a foundational enabler of Temasek's organizational strategy, known as T2030). The message: when impact investment (#impinv) opportunities are not immediately available, create them; when impact infrastructure is lacking, build it. To wit: Temasek launching ABC Impact; backing LeapFrog Investments; establishing GenZero; partnering with BlackRock on Decarbonisation Partners; founding Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) (through Temasek Trust); and supporting The Global Impact Investing Network's Impact Lab. That's real market building. Kudos. https://lnkd.in/g6Y38fsD