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Along with new reports on the climate risks private equity firms pose with their fossil fuels investments, PESP strives to be a resource to institutional investors whose capital is used to fund these energy acquisitions. The Private Equity Climate…
PESP and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) released the Private Equity Climate Risks Scorecard which provides first-of-its-kind research and analysis of eight private equity firms with some of the largest energy…
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) released their NEW scorecard that sheds light on eight of the largest private equity firms in the world, their collective holdings of billions of dollars…
New Scorecard Shows Private Equity’s Race to the Bottom on Climate Carlyle ranks last, earns an ‘F’ The Carlyle Group, Warburg Pincus, and KKR are the top three offenders on climate among private equity firms,…
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…
In light of the growing investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project will be tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity…
New Private Markets contacted the 10 private equity firms featured in the Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s report: Private Equity Propels the Climate Crisis. The report found that these private equity firms, since 2010, have made energy investments dominated by…
In its latest report on how private equity is contributing to the global climate crisis, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines the energy holdings for ten of the world’s largest alternative asset managers that manage a total of $3…
Helping to peel off some of the layers of mystery surrounding the practices of private equity firms, Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times examined dividend recaps, “a kind of borrowing long condemned for loading up companies with debt…
Over the last decade at least 600,000 people working at private equity-owned retailers have lost their jobs due to bankruptcies and store closures. Over the last decade at least 600,000 people working at private equity-owned retailers have lost their…
Over the last decade at least 600,000 people working at private equity-owned retailers have lost their jobs due to bankruptcies and store closures. Just since last summer, private equity-owned retailers such as Fairway, Art Van Furniture, and…
As the oil industry shudders through cratering demand and rock-bottom prices, analysts are expecting a wave of bankruptcies,[1] a particular vulnerability for companies carrying a heavy debt load. Private equity firms poured $65 billion into oil investments in…
