Institutional investors and ESG integration in Private Equity Funds (LP's and GP's) in Africa.

Namhla Saba in this episode talks to Sibulele Ndandani a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with close to 20 years of experience in investment banking focusing on Africa private markets (debt and equity), corporate credit and project finance. She currently works at a pension fund as a capital allocator to funds across Africa.

With growing global climate change concerns and significant inequality and poverty challenges especially in Africa and other merging markets, capital plays a vital role in contributing towards alleviating some of these key challenges. Institutional investors are best placed to partner with general partners in allocating capital to deals and investments that can meet both the financial return and the imperative impact objectives.
 
 Namhla and Sibulele discussed the following:
 - What does the ESG integration landscape look like in Private Equity (General Partner) funds in Africa?
 -What are key considerations that emerging funds should consider when creating their policies and procedures to align with capital allocators' key imperatives?
 - What are the key considerations for reporting between underlying investment and the LP?
 - How are institutional investors navigating greenwashing/ impact washing in Africa?
 

 ESG integration is an important tool that helps GPs and LPs manage ESG risks while creating value for multiple stakeholders. However, a  recent study and report by PwC, surveying 300 general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs) in Europe, Asia Specific, the UK and the United States notes that Private Equity GPs have limited entrenchment of ESG considerations and that PE LPs attribute the lowest degree of strategic importance to ESG reporting.

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