by Admin | Aug 26, 2016 | Conservation, Sustainability
Scientists and green activists agree that climate change is a huge problem. But what might surprise you is that many large businesses, particularly private equity investors and pension funds, care deeply about climate change as well. They show it in their choices of...
by Admin | Jul 18, 2016 | Business, Conservation, Green Energy
It’s easy to think of big business as constantly being at odds with environmental preservation. But more and more businesses are actually finding it profitable to care for the land around them. Whether it’s a utility firm implementing carbon offsets, a...
by Admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Conservation, Sustainability
Private equity firm KKR has announced an investment in Resource Environmental Solutions (RES), a leader in the ecological solutions market. KKR hopes to stimulate RES’s growth and help it develop as a company that contributes to society. RES’s environmental...
by Admin | Oct 31, 2014 | Articles, Conservation
One recent success story of green initiatives in the world of big business comes from private equity firm KKR: the company’s Green Portfolio Program is helping to improve the environment by drastically decreasing the carbon emissions of its companies, while also...
by Admin | Aug 15, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is something that many major corporations have always put an enormous emphasis on, but CSR programs with a focus on the environment are relatively new. Happily, more big businesses are beginning to embrace environmentally...