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PE Profits from Destroying the Atlanta Forest

New research compiled by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project illuminates the link between private equity (PE) companies and two controversial projects in Atlanta: Cop City and Blackhall Studios. The report, “PE Profits from Destroying the Atlanta Forest,”…

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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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New Report: “Private Equity Energy Bets Burn Investors”

While institutional investors increasingly eschew fossil fuels, private equity faces a reckoning The Private Equity Stakeholder Project released a report today that analyzes the energy fund returns for private equity over the past decade. This report finds that private…

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Blackstone Drills Deeper as Investors Shift Away from Fossil Fuels

The largest alternative asset manager’s extensive fossil fuels investments face litigation, community opposition and environmental violations The risks of fossil fuel investments came into sharp focus for the world’s largest alternative asset manager, The Blackstone Group, over the past several…

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