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A collaboration between EPI and the Shift Project, The Company Wage Tracker looks at 66 large retail and foodservice firms and shows how many workers the firms employ, how much revenue they generate in U.S. operations, how much their CEOs…
Reporting on a Pennsylvania four-hospital system’s risk of collapse, WHYY noted that asking that he “decline to approve Prospect Medical Holdings’ proposed change of ownership until Leonard Green & Partners returns the fees and dividends it collected from Prospect.” WHYY…
Resilience Force’s Saket Soni, and other allied investors and stakeholders helped lead a March 31 briefing and strategy session, “Climate Resilience and Risk” on workers’ rights and climate disasters. Resilience Force organizer LaTanja Sylvester shared with investors, “These…
Oaktree Capital has been named in reports of alleged illicit Iranian oil smuggling in possible violation of sanctions, in addition to the private equity firm’s extensive portfolio of oil and gas investments. A non-profit organization that monitors Iran identified…
Oregon continues to commit new capital to private equity funds that are likely to pursue fossil fuel investments, even as civic groups criticize the pension’s exposure to dirty energy.Divest Oregon partnered with Environment Oregon, Oregon Physicians for Social…
Private equity firm KKR recently acquired a majority stake in Refresco, the world’s largest independent bottling company. Refresco produces beverages such as BodyArmor Sports Drink for Coca-Cola, Gatorade for Pepsi, Arizona Iced Tea, and Tropicana juices. This spring, workers…
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…
United for Respect, Private Equity Stakeholder Project, and Americans for Financial Reform today announced that they had sent the below letter to Kohl’s Corporation’s (NYSE: KSS) Board of Directors and Investors. The groups urged the board and…
PESP expressed strong support for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rules that would provide investors with necessary details on the fees, expenses, returns, and compliance records of private funds they are invested in or are considering investing…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project joined with Stop the Money Pipeline coalition, Earthworks, the Action Center on Race & the Economy, Public Citizen and Americans for Financial Reform in a webinar to discuss how private equity is fueling climate chaos…
Real Change wrote how “Over the past decades, the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB), which manages the pensions of state employees, has invested billions into fossil fuel companies. According to the environmental group Stand.earth, the WSIB owns at…
On March 1, 2022, President Joe Biden gave his first State of the Union address. Included in this speech was a long section focused on private equity’s impact on patient care in nursing homes. “As Wall Street firms take over…
