Sustainability Insights: Is 2022 the year to focus on nature?

Last year, many alternative asset managers worked harder than ever to ensure that their investment approach was equipped to meet one of the defining challenges of our time.  Sustainability – although not a new theme for most firms – was close to the top of the agenda.  While legal and compliance teams struggled to keep up with new and emerging sustainability regulation, senior-decision makers re-focused on the opportunity.  Increasing investor demand for investment funds that are part of the solution to societal problems – and a growing aversion to those that do not actively avoid harm – requires a strategic response.  But the active ownership model that is an integral part of private capital's heritage means alternative asset managers are very well-placed to respond.