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Laura Callaghan, Head of Advisory, EMEA at Novata outlines the importance of using the sustainability data firms collect to quantify impact and demonstrate value across their portfolios. Laura highlights the need to integrate sustainability insights into value creation plans and outlines the pitfalls firms often encounter when attempting to communicate their value.

This report sets out to demonstrate the important role private capital plays in supporting the green transition. Our industry is a natural partner for the Government’s commitment to reach net zero by 2050, possessing deep pools of capital, a wealth of strategic experience and a focus on long-term value generation.

UK Private Capital's new report, Investing in tomorrow: Private capital’s role in the green transition outlines how the industry’s long-term, hands-on approach to ownership, and its emphasis on backing SMEs and scaling innovative businesses makes it a key player in the UK’s sustainability journey.

James Thompson, Managing Director, Sustainability and ESG Advisory at CFGI discusses the difficulties in demonstrating the value in Sustainability and provides insight into the underlying reasons for this challenge. 

Amber Heuvelmans, Associate Director, ESG Advisory at ACA Group provides practical guidance for how Private Market Managers can explore how artificial intelligence can support ESG analysis, reporting, and portfolio oversight.

The Hub maps out existing resources to help firms at every stage of the investment process by clarifying the role, purpose and interaction of existing sustainability frameworks and reporting templates used by LPs, GPs and portfolio companies.

The BVCA’s Sustainability Policy Executive, Breeze Haywood, reflects on the outcome of the most recent COP30 negotiations. Breeze highlights the UK’s role in advancing global nature finance and how private capital is well-positioned to help develop innovative finance mechanisms to further mobilise capital at scale.

Clean Growth Fund shares why B Corp Certification matters and offers practical insights from their own certification journey.

For the fourth consecutive year the BVCA has partnered with ESG_VC, now the portfolio arm of VentureESG, to produce the annual research into the ESG performance of venture-backed businesses.

Ahead of the Excellence in Sustainability Awards, judges – Maria Carradice and Michelle Lamprecht – share their reflections on the drivers accelerating ESG adoption in the UK.

UK Private Capital's annual ESG survey, now in its third year, sets out a series of metrics which private equity and venture capital firms use to track progress within their investee companies.  

A survey of over 2,700 private capital-backed businesses shows an increase in Environmental impact tracking and engagement.

This report has been produced by UK Private Capital to reflect on the progress of the industry in relation to sustainability and demonstrate how our members help to build businesses fit for the future.

ESG_VC, the industry initiative enabling start-ups to measure and improve their ESG performance, and UK Private Capital have published analysis of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data provided by 450 start-ups backed by leading venture capital firms including Lakestar, Balderton Molten, Highland, Beringea, and MMC.

This report demonstrates how UK Private Capital members can help to build sustainable businesses fit for the future. Sustainability issues, especially climate change, biodiversity loss and diversity are now at the top of the global political agenda.

Prepared for UK Private Capital and iCI (Initiative Climat International) by KPMG with support from across our membership, this guide will help private capital firms implement the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

UK Private Capital supports the member led ESG_VC initiative to help early-stage businesses develop strategies and implement actions to reduce their climate impact, improve workforce diversity and improve business governance.