Carlyle lags in fundraising and replacing CEO
The Carlyle Group enters 2023 facing challenges as its efforts to raise new funds and search for a Chief Executive Officer both drag on. The Financial Times reported in…
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New York Focus : The Private Equity ‘Black Box’ Pours New York Pensions Touting Divestment Into Fossil Fuels
New York Focus November 30, 2022: The Private Equity ‘Black Box’ Pours…
Carlyle’s Oil and Gas Investments Are at Risk from Energy Transition
Carlyle’s Upstream Investments Are at Risk from Energy Transition The private equity giant’s investment strategy risks serious future losses for investors Its ‘net zero’ target for portfolio companies not aligned with the goals of the Paris…
Carlyle’s Upstream Investments and the Energy Transition
The private equity firm has invested in companies unlikely to be economically viable in a low-carbon world. A new report reveals that The Carlyle Group—one of the world’s largest private equity…
Indigenous Resistance Against KKR’s Coastal GasLink Pipeline Remains
Frontline communities are leading the way in the fight against the climate crisis November is observed as Native American Heritage Month, and as our previous research supports, indigenous communities are some of the first to experience the negative…
Private Equity Fuels LNG at the Expense of Communities and the Climate
Private financing fuels LNG’s uncertain future Part 1: Private Equity Fuels LNG at the Expense of Communities and the Climate What Is LNG and What Role Does It Play in the Global Energy Market? Liquified natural gas (LNG) is…
Inside Climate : With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Gas and Coal Assets
Inside Climate recently investigated where many fossil assets land when they are sold off from oil and gas companies. What Inside Climate found, and what many activists and researchers…
AP : Emissions declarations by equity firm Carlyle under question
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group is under fire for not disclosing its largest oil and gas investment in its report on financial risk from emissions. A recent story from AP…
Private equity’s role in climate crisis a center point of Energy Finance conference
Private equity’s role in climate crisis a center point of Energy Finance conference PESP climate director presents findings of new PE scorecard report On Monday, Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) Climate Director Alyssa Giachino spoke on…
New Climate Risks Scorecard Outlines Clear Demands of the Private Equity Industry
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…
Cleanup Carlyle campaign shines light on Rubenstein’s powerful positions
The Carlyle Group’s ties to prominent cultural and academic institutions have been under fire due to the firm’s extensive investments in fossil fuels. The firm ranked last…
Private Equity Climate Risks Briefing
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…
