ESG in Private Credit Matters

ESG in Private Credit Matters - it matters for our investors, our borrowers and our industry.

It's good to see that there has been a growing public and government interest in ESG including :

🔘 ASIC’s focus on greenwashing with an increased effort on investigating and enforcing against companies and investment managers regarding claims and misrepresentations; and

🔘 ESG becoming a prominent political issue in the USA.

Organisations are now withdrawing from making commitments to ESG for fears of regulatory enforcement and/or making politicised statements. This new concept is called 'greenhushing'.

This greenwashing and greenhushing environment is eroding investor confidence in the wider investment management industry. However, due to the strong public and government interest in ESG, investors will continue to prioritise ESG.

At Woodbridge Capital our business is built around transparency and providing investors with visibility to underlying loan portfolios. This has never been more important than in the private credit industry that is notoriously opaque.

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