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Toby Mitchenall

Toby Mitchenall is the Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability, at PEI Media. He is responsible for New Private Markets, a dedicated intelligence source on impact investing, sustainability and ESG in private markets, and is based in PEI’s London office. Toby was previously a consultant advising private equity firms on marketing and public relations.
Sustainability-related initiatives are clearly focused on material, impactful, financial objectives, if comments at NEXUS 2025 were anything to go by.
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The sustainability-focused lender has passed the €800m mark with its first fundraise, meaning it is already the largest vehicle of its kind.
Private credit and impact investing 'inherently go hand-in-hand', says Blue Earth's head of private credit Amy Wang.
Depending on which allocator you speak to, private credit presents either a promising way to invest with impact, or sustainability's 'humungous gap'.
Private debt, historically seen as lagging on ESG, is making rapid progress according to experts at Private Debt Investor's Europe Summit this week.
The longstanding environmental-focused private markets firm is 'pleased with the momentum' as it gathers capital for its first private credit fund.
In private markets climate investing, as with other impact investing themes, capital has gravitated primarily towards equity strategies. This is about to change.
An initiative backed by Apollo, Oak Hall Advisors and industry associations aims to harmonise ESG data collection, helping lenders make 'proportionate and reasonable disclosure requests'.
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The Carlyle co-founder invests in ‘a lot of funds’ these days; here is a lightning guide to his due diligence process.
The technology and expertise exist to communicate non-financial KPIs to LPs with regularity, but don’t expect it to happen any time soon.
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