Asset owners pushing VCs to up their ESG game
But venture capital firms face the challenge of balancing their portfolio companies' needs against rising institutional investor expectations around sustainability.
Venture capital (VC) is a relative latecomer to the ESG integration party. After all, measuring and reporting on environmental, social and governance risks is not generally a top priority for start-ups or early-stage companies with limited resources.
But with institutional investors focusing more on corporate sustainability, and ESG disclosure requirements on the rise, VC firms are under pressure to respond.
Aware Super, a A$170 billion ($111.7 billion) Australian ret…
Please sign in or register
for free access to 1 article per month from AsianInvestor’s content and archives of over 16,000 articles.
¬ Haymarket Media Limited. All rights reserved.