- Tang Zongzhong, Head of Sustainability, BPEA EQT
- Chik Wai Chiew, CEO & Executive Director, Heritas Capital
- Ivo Philipps, Founding Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Affirma Capital
- Natalie Koh, Senior Reporter, Pensions & Investments (Moderator)
While ESG and sustainability principles continue to gain currency among corporations and investors, it needs to be an integral and core part of deal-making conversations. Several companies may be at different stages of the ESG journey and institutional investors can play a greater role in driving scalability and accountability. Since private equity investors typically come at a later stage of the deal-making lifecycle, the companies they support are already mature and may nurture public market aspirations, thereby necessitating the need for proper ESG metrics and frameworks. How do private equity players navigate deployment and due diligence strategies keeping the impact focus? How can PE build value creation by adopting ESG principles?
