Limited partners are increasingly asking their managers questions related to environmental, social and governance management. They don’t simply want to know that a manager has a policy; they want to see how it’s being implemented, according to Andrew Malk of Malk Partners, who explains the motivation behind LPs’ ESG-related questions. Malk spoke with Middle Market Growth magazine at ACG’s InterGrowth 2018 conference in San Diego.
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