First Looks: Our Q2 data got a facelift, and it’s now available across interactive dashboards covering global private markets, the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Check them out for VC and PE.
Next wave: The shift to agentic AI is sparking a massive margin super-cycle. Our new report explores the latest PE deal trends and provides executable frameworks for evaluating your portfolio’s agentic readiness. Read it here.
AI, defense, and $1.5 trillion. Where do sustainable investors stand?
Private climate-investing funds have crossed $1.5 trillion in AUM. Impact fundraising surged in 2025 after two years of decline. Despite the headlines, sustainable investing is growing.
Amid a period of intense global change, the field has never faced more unresolved questions.
Which statement do you most identify with in assessing AI in the context of sustainable investing?
AI will ultimately be a net positive for sustainable investing: Its ability to solve data and measurement problems will outweigh its environmental costs.
AI represents a net negative for sustainable investing at this time: Its energy and water demands undermine the sustainability objectives it is being asked to serve.
The industry is divided on this topic. We want to know how divided and why.
We are also asking global practitioners questions such as: Where are sustainable investors drawing the line on defense investments post-Ukraine? Which regulatory frameworks are actually changing behavior, and which are being quietly waited out? Are LPs genuinely using ESG as a hard investment filter when allocating to GPs?
Whether you call what you do ESG, responsible investing, Impact, or nothing at all, we want to hear from you. The survey takes fewer than 15 minutes, responses are anonymous, and every completed survey generates a $5 donation to World Central Kitchen.
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