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BSR Insight Article: BSR at 20: Accelerating Progress
Aron Cramer, President and CEO
Note: This article is an excerpt from BSR's 20th anniversary Report, "BSR at 20: Accelerating Progress." As BSR celebrates its 20th year—and its 20th Conference, which starts today—sustainability has entered the mainstream. Businesses and institutions around the globe are working to create an economy that thrives within planetary boundaries and enables all of the world's people to lead dignified, prosperous lives. Turning this vision into reality is the central challenge of the 21st century. Read more
Blog: How Private Equity is Investing Responsibly in China (Part Two)
Adam Lane, Manager, Advisory Services
In this two-part series, we summarize the discussions and findings from BSR's Beijing roundtable on responsible investment in China. In this second post, we explore how China-based private equity firms are approaching responsible investment. Read more →
BSR Insight Article: Generating and Protecting Value Through Sustainability: Five Lessons From Private Equity
David Korngold, Manager, Advisory Services
Even though credible sustainability initiatives serve as an engine of value creation, there are still critics who claim such efforts are more about public relations. Yet several prominent private equity firms—known for their rigorous focus on producing returns for investors—are emerging as sustainability leaders, particularly when it comes to integrating sustainability into investment decisions and management. Read more
Blog: How Private Equity is Investing Responsibly in China (Part One)
Adam Lane, Manager, Advisory Services
In this two-part series, we summarize the discussions and findings from BSR's Beijing roundtable on responsible investment in China. In this blog, we explore the Chinese landscape for responsible investment. Read more →
BSR Insight Article: ESG Reporting in Private Equity
Charlotte Bancilhon, Associate, Advisory Services
Investors and stakeholders are demanding greater transparency and accountability from the private equity sector. The global economic crisis and the 2012 U.S. presidential election have stirred up a public debate on the economic and social impacts of the private equity industry, most notably on job creation. Meanwhile, limited partners and other investors want better disclosure of financial and extra-financial risks. BSR believes the private equity sector should respond to these demands by defining a robust and proactive approach to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting and by being more transparent about how it contributes to social and economic welfare. Our new report, which describes the public reporting practices of the top 20 U.S. and European firms, found that proactive ESG reporting to investors and the public at large is still emerging. BSR provides recommendations to fund managers on ESG reporting in private equity, such as using materiality assessments to integrate the most salient issues into reports, disclosing ESG management objectives and performance results, and developing tailored approaches to reporting to limited partners. Read more
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