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…
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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…
Carlyle Group Fundraising Slows as the Firm Faces a String of Key Staff Departures
While the abrupt departure of Carlyle CEO Kewsong Lee in August has drawn significant attention, the company has also struggled in recent months to raise its flagship buyout fund and has seen a significant number of other departures of key…
New Scorecard Shows Private Equity’s Race to the Bottom on Climate: Carlyle ranks last, earns an ‘F’
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,…
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…
Deutsche Welle Reports on Private Equity Fossil Fuel Investments
Joining several other media outlets scrutinizing private equity’s role in the climate crisis, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported how some critics have warned that as traditional energy investors pull out, private equity firms will gain a larger share of the…
