Private Equity and Venture Capital Firms
Resources to help private equity & venture capital firms with data sharing.
Introduction
Sustainability data (covering environmental, social and governance, or ESG, data) is increasingly critical for demonstrating progress on material issues, informing investor decision‑making and meeting evolving regulatory expectations. However, challenges around data quality, consistency and the volume of requests, particularly across diverse portfolio companies, risk turning reporting into a purely-for-compliance exercise rather than a source of strategic insight. With forthcoming UK adoption of ISSB standards, Mansion House Reforms and incoming European standards expected to accelerate demand for high‑quality, decision‑useful information, a more coordinated and proportionate approach is needed to avoid disproportionate burdens on smaller firms whilst enabling improved data quality and greater transparency.
Furthermore, increased expectations for disclosure transparency through industry-led frameworks like the updated Walker Guidelines are driving more accurate corporate data. As the UK’s private capital trade body, we are well placed to support the ecosystem by improving understanding of available options and promoting consistent, streamlined practices. Please find more information on the aim of the UK Private Capital Sustainability Reporting Hub here.
This tool has been designed to help demystify reporting for firms of all sizes across the private capital landscape. In an ever evolving, and at times confusing, regulatory landscape the Hub provides clarity and guidance to enable firms to focus on what is material to them at their stage of growth and development. My hope is that ultimately this tool enables more firms to embed sustainability at the core of their operations, enabling them to mitigate risks and maximise opportunities; whilst also ensuring that the private capital industry continues to be a force for positive change in this strategically important space.
Explore the Sustainability Reporting Hub
Limited Partner Initiatives
Good practice for LP sustainability data collection.
Mapping Common Templates for Portfolio Companies
Common sustainability metrics that widely adopted templates require portfolio companies to disclose.
Private Credit Firms
Resources for effective sustainability data sharing in private credit.
Aim of the Sustainability Reporting Hub
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