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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…
Cesar Moreira has been working at Refresco for eight years and is currently a member of his union’s Bargaining Committee. He is originally from Ecuador. He works in the Blend Room and helps make the drinks that are bottled and…
The 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…
Following a Buzzfeed investigation of abuse and neglect of people with disabilities in KKR’s BrightSpring Health Services, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, and Patty Murray sent a five-page letter asking KKR to disclose any facilities that…
In 2019, KKR bought BrightSpring Health Services, one of the nation’s largest group home operators, “consisting of more than 600 residential facilities serving thousands of people with severe intellectual or developmental disabilities, some of whom cannot speak, wash, or feed…
Demand for mental health services is rising as more people deal with pandemic-related challenges, “making the sector ripe for investment.” The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that “Venture capitalists and private-equity firms are pouring billions of dollars into mental-health…
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…
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…
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…
McKnights Home Care and Common Dreams reported on the Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s latest report, “Private Equity at Home: Wall Street’s Incursion into the Home Healthcare and Hospice Industries.” The report reveals how for-profit home health and hospice agencies…
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. KKR touts its…
Large private equity firms have continued to leave a major economic footprint in the healthcare industry. Since 2009, private equity investment in healthcare has outpaced the rate of private equity investments in general. According to data provider Pitchbook, investment in…
