Key Takeaways California’s landmark climate disclosure legislation, including the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CCDAA) and Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (CFRA), extends climate reporting requirements… Continue Reading
Oil & Gas Divestment Considerations for PE
Key Takeaways Divestment has continued to gain traction as a potential option for both GPs and LPs looking to limit climate exposure in their investments…. Continue Reading
Preventative vs. Reactive Strategies to Climate Change
This is the first blog post in a new collaborative series between early-stage climate VC Amasia and Malk Partners, preeminent advisor to private market investors… Continue Reading
ISSB Disclosures and the Impact on ESG
Key Takeaways The ISSB developed a voluntary sustainability and climate risk disclosure framework, IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, which will go into effect in January… Continue Reading
Decoding Climate Change Jargon
As a topic at the intersection of the jargon-rich fields of science and public policy, it is no surprise that discussions regarding climate change are… Continue Reading
ESG in the Crypto Space
Key Takeaways The rapid growth of the cryptocurrency market has presented investors with significant risks related to underdeveloped corporate governance controls and industry regulations, necessitating… Continue Reading
Net Zero for Private Equity
Key Takeaways Interest in net-zero investment strategies is on the rise, and investors who take the lead on net-zero are most effectively positioned to take… Continue Reading
The Inflation Reduction Act: Incentivizing Sustainability
Key Takeaways The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) earmarks nearly $370B in tax incentives toward climate change action, the largest commitment in U.S. history Tax incentives… Continue Reading
Global VC Amasia Creates Impact Assessment Framework to Evaluate Climate Impact for Early-Stage Companies
Amasia has developed a robust impact assessment framework in collaboration with Malk Partners to evaluate and manage the climate impact of investee companies. The framework… Continue Reading
West Virginia v. EPA: Implications for U.S. Climate Policy, Power Generators, and Private Markets
Key Takeaways The Supreme Court ruled the EPA does not have authority to enforce “generation shifting” from high emission power sources to lower emission sources… Continue Reading
Malk’s September Insights
Best practices in ESG management are dynamic; changing with new regulation, lawsuits, investigative journalism, and research. Every month, our team evaluates these changes to provide… Continue Reading
Malk Material: what role should carbon offsets play in net zero commitments?
Earth Day 2021 was perhaps most defined by commitments to slash carbon emissions. The US hosted ‘Leaders’ Summit on Climate’ saw a once-laggard US finally… Continue Reading