Executive Summary ESG isn’t just about compliance or reporting – when approached strategically, it’s a powerful tool for improving operational performance. In today’s private equity landscape,… Continue Reading
SB-261: What Private Equity Needs to Know About California’s Climate Risk Disclosure Law
What is SB-261? SB-261, also known as the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (CRFRA), introduces a new climate disclosure regime that will impact many large, sponsor-backed… Continue Reading
2025 State of ESG: Insights from the Frontlines of Private Markets
Malk Partners’ 2025 State of ESG Report captures how ESG practices are evolving across private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, and infrastructure. Based… Continue Reading
New Executive Order Targets DEI in the Private Sector
Key Takeaways President Trump has issued an executive order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”, which aims to constrain “illegal” private sector… Continue Reading
Top Reasons Private Market Investors Need Annual ESG Reports
Key Takeaways Institutional investors are setting higher expectations for ESG reporting, with 80% acknowledging ESG’s impact on financial performance and only 3% rating current sponsor… Continue Reading
ESG Forecast: Trends for 2025
Introduction In 2024, Malk’s network of private market investors and corporate clients continued to position management of environmental, social, and governance areas as a core… Continue Reading
ESG in PE Secondaries
Key Takeaways Private equity secondaries have emerged as one of the fastest-growing private market asset classes in recent years, and while the secondaries market has… Continue Reading
Employee Ownership
Key Takeaways Employee ownership presents a valuable opportunity for private equity firms to enhance worker satisfaction, increase productivity, reduce turnover costs, and gain public recognition;… 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
Malk Q&A: ESG Portfolio Monitoring
Malk Partners provides ESG due diligence, strategic advisory, and portfolio monitoring services to middle-market private equity, growth equity, venture capital, and private credit clients. Malk’s… Continue Reading
EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
Key Takeaways The CSRD will supersede the NFRD and require large corporations, public SMEs, and certain foreign businesses operating in the EU to report on… Continue Reading
The Case for ESG in Private Equity
ESG for Private Equity: A Primer Environmental, social, and governance, or “ESG,” describes three categories of non-financial factors that are indicative of corporations’ ability to… Continue Reading
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