As institutional investors display greater desire to invest in private equity funds that consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues throughout their investment cycle, there… Continue Reading
Why are Investors Placing Pressure on Companies to Report on Carbon Emissions and other ESG Issues?
Investors are mounting pressure on the world’s largest companies to embrace sustainability management and report on carbon emissions, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)…. Continue Reading
Andrew Malk Featured in recent BGL Publication
Investment bank Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) has recently featured Andrew Malk in their publication. In its issue of Environmental Services Insider, BGL spotlights… Continue Reading
Four Years Wiser and The Savings Show It: How KKR Saved $644 million through Environmental Initiatives
by Justin Vertongen With December 2012 marking the fourth year of its Green Portfolio Program, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) released its annual… Continue Reading
MP’s Sustainable Supply Chain Study Covered on CBS MoneyWatch
MP Announces New Study Showing Supply Chain Managers at IT Companies Value Sustainability As public pressure mounts for companies to increase transparency of their efforts… Continue Reading
Product Takeback and e-Waste Recycling: A Growing Business Opportunity
As global economic trends increase natural resource costs, complicate production networks, and concentrate specialized manufacturing in geographic hubs, supply chains are becoming increasingly exposed to… Continue Reading
Exposing Hidden Risks through Integrated Reporting
Growing concern from stakeholders for the environmental and social impacts of companies has brought the reporting challenge of communicating intangible risk to the forefront of… Continue Reading
MP’s ESG Study Featured on The Wall Street Journal
As Fund Investors Demand More, PE Tries To Become More Responsible By Jonathan Shieber. Private equity firms are trying to be more responsible with their… Continue Reading
ESG in Private Equity℠ – 2012
92% of private equity general partners (GPs) expect to increase their focus on managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in the next 3 to… Continue Reading
Private Equity Sees Green: New Survey Finds Fund Managers and Their Investors Increasingly Focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues
Many of the most recognized names in the private equity industry are currently leveraging environmental, social, and governance (ESG) tools to create financial value for… Continue Reading
Malk Sustainability Partners and Environmental Defense Fund Study Announces Growing ESG Expertise, Capacity and Commitment
A new study released today by Malk Partners (MP) in collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) shows that the private equity industry is looking much… Continue Reading
Capitalizing on Responsible Investing: Sustainability in Private Equity
Private equity as an investor category is fairly new, growing rapidly from the leveraged buyout firms formed in the 1980s. Today these investment organizations, which… Continue Reading