2021
Sustainable Investment Survey
September 17, 2021
Global investors grapple with sustainable investing
This summer, we surveyed hundreds of LPs, GPs and service providers about their sustainable investment practices, gathering insights on an increasingly important topic to many in the private markets.
Our 2021 Sustainable Investment Survey is now available, breaking down the data by respondent type and region to determine what is driving investment decisions. This year’s writeup includes a new section that breaks out VCs’ responses from the broader category of general partners.
This report was sponsored by BlueMark and RSM ESG. Interested in sponsoring future editions of this report? Visit our media partnerships page to learn more.
Table of contents
This summer, we surveyed hundreds of LPs, GPs and service providers about their sustainable investment practices, gathering insights on an increasingly important topic to many in the private markets.
Our 2021 Sustainable Investment Survey is now available, breaking down the data by respondent type and region to determine what is driving investment decisions. This year’s writeup includes a new section that breaks out VCs’ responses from the broader category of general partners.
This report was sponsored by BlueMark and RSM ESG. Interested in sponsoring future editions of this report? Visit our media partnerships page to learn more.
Table of contents
| 2021 survey by the numbers | 2 |
| About the survey | 3 |
| Geography | 6 |
| Current sustainability programs | 8 |
| Q & A: BlueMark | 11 |
| The allocator perspective | 13 |
| The VC perspective | 15 |
| RSM: ESG best practices | 17 |
| Contrasting views: ESG | 19 |
| Contrasting views: Impact | 20 |
| Challenges | 21 |
| Measurement | 23 |
| Social and political landscape | 25 |
| Staying informed | 27 |
| Glossary | 29 |