Tikehau Capital, in partnership with NewVest, launches the first edition of the Private Debt Sustainable Barometer
London, 26 June 2025 – Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, in partnership with NewVest, a leading private markets index manager, announces the launch of the first edition of the Private Debt Sustainable Barometer. This inaugural edition offers a comprehensive analysis of sustainable investing practices across some of the largest private debt funds globally, based on anonymized data from the NewVest PD50 2023 Index.
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Sustainability is playing an increasingly important role in global financial markets. The Private Debt Sustainable Barometer seeks to bring clarity to how Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles are integrated within the private debt sector, offering reference points for the industry and contributing to the broader shift towards more sustainable business practices.
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Key findings from the Barometer
The Barometer offers a comprehensive view of ESG policies, practical implementation, and climate-related commitments across a range of leading private debt funds. Highlights include:
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Over 90% of funds report having ESG policies in place, with variations in how these are applied depending on geography and investment strategy.
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Half of the funds monitor the carbon footprint of their portfolios, though Scope 3 emissions are less commonly tracked.
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Close to 40% have set formal climate-related objectives at the fund level.
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Impact investing is gaining interest in the private debt space, though it remains limited.
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The Barometer also explores how external factors, such as shifts in U.S. federal policy, are shaping ESG terminology and influencing adoption trends within the sector.
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Supporting the financial industry’s transition
This report is published at a time of ongoing evolution for the asset management industry.
For industry professionals, the Barometer provides a useful tool to assess ESG maturity, observe emerging practices and engagement approaches, and gain perspective on evolving market trends—particularly in areas such as climate reporting and impact strategies.
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“Private debt is an important contributor to financing the real economy and can support the gradual transformation of portfolio companies toward more sustainable business models. As ESG considerations become more integrated into mainstream investment practices, understanding how and where sustainability is being applied in a meaningful way is increasingly relevant,” says Cécile Mayer-Levi, Head of Private Debt at Tikehau Capital.
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“There is an increasing awareness that ESG integration goes beyond regulatory compliance; it can also contribute to more informed credit decisions, enhance long-term risk management, and support portfolio resilience in an evolving macroeconomic landscape,” says Ariel Ezrahi, Head of Energy and Climate at NewVest.
About NewVest:
NewVest, the private markets index manager, offers innovative, passively constructed index funds designed to provide investors with diversified exposure to the largest private markets funds globally. By effectively allowing investors to “buy the market” in individual private market asset classes (such as private equity and private debt) for a single vintage period, NewVest seeks to simplify and streamline private markets investing for a broad range of investors. As of March 31, 2025, NewVest manages approximately $430 million of assets and operates in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
Press contacts:
Olivia Jack – olivia@newvest.com
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About Tikehau Capital:
Tikehau Capital is a global alternative asset management Group with €50.6 billion of assets under management (at 31 March 2025). Tikehau Capital has developed a wide range of expertise across four asset classes (credit, real assets, private equity, and capital markets strategies) as well as multi-asset and special opportunities strategies. Tikehau Capital is a founder-led team with a differentiated business model, a strong balance sheet, proprietary global deal flow and a track record of backing high quality companies and executives. Deeply rooted in the real economy, Tikehau Capital provides bespoke and innovative alternative financing solutions to companies it invests in and seeks to create long-term value for its investors, while generating positive impacts on society. Leveraging its strong equity base (€3.2 billion of shareholders’ equity at 31 December 2024), the Group invests its own capital alongside its investor-clients within each of its strategies. Controlled by its managers alongside leading institutional partners, Tikehau Capital is guided by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and DNA, shared by its 750 employees (at 31 March 2025) across its 17 offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. Tikehau Capital is listed in compartment A of the regulated Euronext Paris market (ISIN code: FR0013230612; Ticker: TKO.FP). For more information, please visit: www.tikehaucapital.com.
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Press contacts:
Tikehau Capital: Valérie Sueur – +33 1 40 06 39 30
UK – Prosek Partners: Philip Walters – +44 (0) 7773 331 589
USA – Prosek Partners: Trevor Gibbons – +1 646 818 9238
press@tikehaucapital.com
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Shareholder and investor contacts:
Louis Igonet – +33 1 40 06 11 11
Théodora Xu – +33 1 40 06 18 56
shareholders@tikehaucapital.com
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Disclaimer
The strategy mentioned in this press release is reserved for professional investors and is managed by Tikehau Investment Management SAS, a portfolio management company approved by the AMF since 19/01/ 2007 under the number GP-07000006. Non-contractual document intended exclusively for journalists and media professionals. The information is provided for the sole purpose of enabling them to have an overview of the transactions, whatever the use they make of it, which is exclusively a matter of their editorial independence, for which Tikehau Capital declines all responsibility. This document does not constitute an offer to sell securities or investment advisory services. This document contains only general information and is not intended to represent general or specific investment advice. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results and targets are not guaranteed. Certain statements and forecasted data are based on current forecasts, prevailing market and economic conditions, estimates, projections and opinions of Tikehau Capital and/or its affiliates. Owing to various risks and uncertainties actual results may differ materially from those reflected or expected in such forward-looking statements or in any of the case studies or forecasts. Tikehau Capital accepts no liability, direct or indirect, arising from the information contained in this document. Tikehau Capital shall not be liable for any decision taken on the basis of any information contained in this document. All references to Tikehau Capital’s advisory activities in the US or with respect to US persons relate to Tikehau Capital North America.
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