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Over recent months, BCG has worked closely with the EDCI Steering Committee to review what the EDCI benchmark reveals about ESG in private equity. While the majority of these insights will remain within the EDCI community, the Steering Committee has approved the public sharing of some limited, high level insights to help the EDCI shape the future of the private equity industry’s approach to ESG (in line with the EDCI’s mission).

A dedicated EDCI standalone website is now live, which now serves as a one-stop shop for all relevant information, FAQs and news about the initiative.

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) announces that it has taken on a new role as the Secretariat of EDCI, demonstrating its commitment to the initiative.

Interview of Meg Starr by Tawfik Hammoud on the rationale and history of the EDCI, its evolution and trajectory, current status, and next steps.

Private markets, where companies can get away with minimal disclosure about their business, have been criticised as the underworld where polluting assets can go to hide. But the shadows are receding.

Carlyle’s Meg Starr and Karishma Ahuja join CalPERS’ Greg Ruiz and Julia Jaskolska share insights on the ESG Data Convergence Initiative, discuss how key industry stakeholders can benefit, and what to expect from the initiative in the future.

A high-profile agreement on standardised metrics marks an important first step, but LPs will be soon wanting more

In its inaugural year, the EDCI’s global collaboration of GPs and LPs reaches 100 participating firms representing $8.7 trillion in assets under management and more than 1,400 portfolio companies.