Japanese GPs should target incremental gains on ESG - AVCJ Forum
Japanese private equity firms should be very targeted in implementing environment, social, and governance (ESG) policies at the portfolio company level even if the payoffs are small and accumulate over time, the AVCJ Japan Forum heard.
One of the key risks is tackling ESG as a big theme and then either overwhelming or trivializing its integration into corporate strategies or, conversely, assuming that ESG is not as crucial for certain...
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