Creating Sustainable Growth: Private Capital at Work 2025

The BVCA’s annual ESG survey, now in its third year, sets out a series of metrics which private equity and venture capital firms use to track progress within their investee companies.  

The survey found that over the past three years, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of private capital-backed businesses which are able to track their carbon emissions. Data showed that in 2023, one third (33%) of energy used by private capital-backed businesses came from renewable sources, up from 30% in 2021. 

All data presented in this factsheet is taken from the BVCA member survey on ESG data which ran between July and September 2024. The survey collected portfolio level information on environmental, social and governance metrics together with fund level sustainability regulation data. The information was collected alongside other European venture capital associations, using a common platform, the European Data Cooperative (‘EDC’). Further information about the EDC can be found here.  

For the 2024 survey, the BVCA received 122 GP submissions from our General Partner members. In total our members provided us with data on over 2,700 companies. 

 

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