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2023 Private Equity Labor Scorecard

First-Ever Scorecard Grades Biggest Private Equity Firms On Labor Practices A new labor scorecard developed by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project underscores a pattern of hazardous or negligent labor practices within the industry. All eleven private equity…

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Private Profits, Public Risks

Investments by private equity firms in nearly 2,700 oil and gas wells on federal and tribal lands across the western United States could leave taxpayers with a cleanup bill of up to $380 million, according to a new report released…

Reports

Private Equity Climate Risks: Scorecard 2022

The Carlyle Group, Warburg Pincus, and KKR are the top three offenders on climate among private equity firms, continuing to invest in polluting industries and exposing investors to significant climate-related risk, according to a new…

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Warburg Pincus – Mariner Finance

From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus acquired installment lender Mariner Finance in…

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