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Last week, the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (SRPS) voted to adopt Responsible Workforce Management Principles for Private Equity to manage potential labor-related risks within its portfolio. Maryland SRPS joins a growing list of investors setting workforce…
A recent Guardian investigation highlights how private equity’s growing role in healthcare bankruptcies leaves vulnerable patients with little recourse. The story highlights the plight of people like Gene Davis, who endured multiple surgeries and implant failures, only to…
On May 16, 2025, the Washington State Labor Council, “the largest labor organization in Washington State,” joined a growing list of groups calling for a boycott of mushrooms produced at private equity-owned Windmill…
RealPage, the property management software owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, continues to earn scrutiny as states across the country introduce legislation to ban its usage. Several major cities have passed ordinances that ban the…
A June 2025 report from the Private Equity Climate Risks project, which PESP is part of, examines private equity’s role in propelling the climate crisis through investments in false solutions and provides due diligence resources to institutional…
PESP’s work and research into the private equity industry generates significant media coverage in numerous outlets. Scroll down to see where our expertise was featured in May 2025. Featured coverage Rio Grande LNG Expansion: a…
Over the past 10 years, the American diversified private equity firm, The Carlyle Group, has been active in energy acquisitions and investments. While the firm continues to maintain an expansive portfolio of fossil fuel assets, new energy deals for…
In April 2025, embattled prison telecommunications company Aventiv announced a distressed debt-for-equity exchange with creditors set to take over the company and lenders issuing a $360 million loan. The debt deal,…
Updated August 13, 2025 Over the last decade, private equity and similar investment firms have bought up growing portions of the U.S. housing market, acquiring apartments, single-family homes, and manufactured home communities. Like many other states, Michigan has…
PESP-allied organization Health in Partnership (formerly Human Impact Partners) has released a new report titled Home Sick: Uncovering the health harms in Homes of America’s manufactured housing communities. Co-authored by the nonprofit organizations…
As the US liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry is facing uncertainty brought about by unclear tariff plans and looming trade wars, NextDecade, the company building the Rio Grande LNG facility in South Texas, announced…
To download a PDF version of this report, click here. With the Trump Administration’s recent executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, public education in the United States faces a host of challenges. Though…
