Sustainability’s identity in a new investment reality

2027 will be a defining year for the face of sustainability in private markets.

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Delegates at Responsible Investment Forum: New York

450 senior private markets professionals in the room

150 LPs and allocators make up a third of the audience

$1.5tn of capital represented by attending investors

11 years of the Responsible Investment Forum: New York

2027 advisory board

The people shaping this year’s agenda

Karin Bouwmeester Sustainability and ESG Expert - Private Equity, PGGM

Zomo Fisher Head of Sustainability & ESG, Hellman & Friedman

Yohan Hill Principal & Director of ESG and Responsible Investing, Adams Street Partners

Nikita Singhal Managing Director, Co-Head of Responsible Investing & ESG, Blue Owl Capital

Aditya Vikram Head, Private Markets & Real Assets, UN PRI

Serge Younes Global Head of Sustainability, Investindustrial

2027 themes

Sustainability’s identity in a new investment reality

2027 will be a defining year for the face of sustainability in private markets. This year, our agenda will squarely tackle how sustainability leaders and their teams can navigate this ‘reset’ period in sustainability’s identity.

01 The sustainability reset Rebuilding identity and purpose in private market sustainability strategy

02 Physical risk and resilience in portfolios Adapting your investment strategy to a new climate reality

03 Navigating a changing climate Climate risk data and scenario analysis for investment strategy

04 AI risk management and governance in practice What does good look like?

05 Data centres’ social licence to operate Examining the communities and data centres debacle

06 Value creation and AI Best practices, case studies and strategy in value creation implementation

07 Decarbonisation and climate mitigation 3.0 Managing emission efforts in a polarised world

08 Sustainability going beyond PE Value-driven due diligence in secondaries and private credit

09 Dual use, defence and sustainability Where do investors draw the line?

10 Global sustainability regulations SFDR 2.0 and the implications for US private markets

New for 2027

What’s new on this year’s programme

A dedicated private credit stream

New on day two, running alongside private equity and infrastructure.

B4 Sustainability’s value in private credit
B5 LP perspectives: sustainability priorities in private credit

The infrastructure stream returns

Back for a second year on day two.

C1 The future of energy infrastructure
C2 AI’s infrastructure: can it become green-ed?
C6 AI’s social licence: communities and the data centre debacle

Also new this year

Day one The politics of sustainability: a political analyst’s take
Day one Sustainability’s role in the exit process
Day one Systemic social risk: engaging meaningfully in the inequality agenda
Day one Cyber and data security in the age of AI
Day two SFDR 2.0: implications for US private markets
Day two Deep dive into Big Tech’s sustainability strategy
Day two Water risk: the next systemic challenge
Day two Deep dive into insurance and systemic risk forecasting

2026 attending companies

A sample of the allocators who attended last year

From New Private Markets

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More private equity-backed companies take a clear stance on net zero

In the latest Sustainability in Private Markets report, BCG and EDCI find that both more sponsor-backed companies are aligned with a net-zero pathway in 2025 and that more do not have a net-zero programme and no plans to set one.

06 Oct 2026

In brief: Double impact hire at M&G

The hires follow the promotion of Jen Braswell to global head of impact last month.

05 Oct 2026

In brief: IFC readies commitment to Just Climate LatAm fund

Just Climate unveiled its growth equity strategy, which will primarily focus on Brazil, in May 2025.

05 Oct 2026

In brief: Ex-La Caisse sustainability exec joins LBP AM

Stéphane Villemain will oversee ESG across the firm's private markets business.

05 Oct 2026

In brief: Jonathan Rose Companies names new IR head

Alix Rice joins the affordable housing investment firm after almost 18 years at real estate investment and management company Jamestown.

05 Oct 2026

Standard Life’s head of sustainable investment research departs

Hetal Patel is the third senior sustainability exec since December to leave the firm, which has agreed to acquire rival Aegon UK.

05 Oct 2026

VCs need to ‘move as one’ on AI governance

Industry participants are trying to come up with standardised legal clauses to help enhance corporate governance in AI investments.

01 Oct 2026

In brief: TPG hits hard-cap for largest-ever PE climate fund

The firm's fundraising success reflects ongoing consolidation in sustainability private markets.

01 Oct 2026

Ambienta casts net into aquaculture with quadruple acquisition

The environmentally focused manager believes aquaculture has a critical role to play in feeding a growing population, partner Milena Torciano said.

01 Oct 2026

Blended finance is cast as both hero and villain in climate finance

It is an area of financial innovation often cited as key to mobilising climate capital, but investors at Climate Week expressed mixed opinions about blended finance.

01 Oct 2026

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March 9-10, 2027, New York. Register your interest for early access to rates and the 2027 programme as they are released.

Sustainability’s identity in a new investment reality

The people shaping this year’s agenda

Sustainability’s identity in a new investment reality