Managing ESG for Private Equities and Their Portfolio Companies

AGN Global Business Voice: Practice Management

In the attached GBV, Jonathan Schneider, founder of AGN’s resource partner, Gardenia Technologies, dives into some of the challenges that ESG regulation is presenting to Private Equity houses and their portfolios of investments.  The paper focuses on the carbon accounting challenge (of ESG Reporting) eg aggregating and presenting reliable Scope 1,2 and 3 data. 

Introduction

It’s well a rehearsed argument that ESG reporting and compliance will eventually catch all companies even if they are not directly impacted by ESG regulation – as the global financial system of capital and equity funding is subject to the ESG rules and public pressure and preferences of investors.  As Jonathan observes 70% of PE investment is now with companies that operate within ESG policies.  

It’s clear that any client actively thinking about taking PE may well need to consider what the PE House might require of them for ESG and, in particular, carbon reporting. 

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