Sustainable Investing

The investor is also moving into other new areas of illiquid credit, including infrastructure and real estate financing, says founder and CEO Antoine Prudent.

Clean energy debt fund’s fourth vintage alone, on first close, adds over $1bn to total; more jurisdictions widen originations pipeline.

Infra debt’s stable cashflows and strong track record are prompting more LPs to engage with the asset class.

Macroeconomic shocks and the outbreak of conflict in recent years has brought energy sovereignty into sharp relief, and private credit is in a prime position to help nations reduce their reliance on finite fossil fuels.

Recent moves by Lightrock, Nest and Galvanize offer signs that the private credit market is starting to bridge the climate financing gap, but there is still a long way to go.

Attendees discuss changing – but not unfavourable – attitudes to sustainability strategies.

The new venture will focus on decarbonisation strategies in private equity and private credit.

The firm, which is active across private equity, real estate and infrastructure debt, has recruited Mirova co-founder Anne-Laurence Roucher.

It may be less publicly discussed in this political climate, but the subject has not disappeared as a key part of risk management.

Sustainability should not be treated as a sub-segment of private debt, but as something that can fundamentally transform the entire asset class, maintains Johnny Brom, chief investment officer and founder, SAIL Investments.