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At KKR, we are unwavering in our commitment to seek to create and protect value. We have a fiduciary duty to our clients to do so.
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Global Atlantic Financial Group (“Global Atlantic”), a leading insurance company meeting the retirement and life insurance needs of individuals and institutions, today announced the launch of the Global Atlantic Re foundation in Bermuda, which has been seeded with $1 million dedicated to the promotion of economic development, education and environmental sustainability initiatives throughout the island. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.c
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Leading industry firms join GWI’s Leadership Circle demonstrating their commitment to gender diversity, equity and industry retention initiatives
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Companies handle a growing amount of sensitive data in the digital realm. We believe that companies that do not handle data and cybersecurity responsibly may face reputational or regulatory risks.
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C-suite executives at Verizon, Target, Salesforce; Harvard Business School professors; and social sector activists among those chosen for top honor.
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The virtual event is set for November 18.
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We convened experts from our investment teams and our KKR Sustainability Expert Advisory Council (SEAC) to cover several important aspects of investing in the energy transition, energy security, and climate action.
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Newest product in Submittable’s CSR suite allows companies to quickly engage the 71 percent of employees that expect sponsored opportunities for nonprofit donation
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KKR has completed the previously announced sale of Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, a leading provider of materials science-based elastomer and thermoplastic solutions, to Trelleborg Group, a leader in engineered polymer solutions.
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Ken Mehlman, Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs & Co-Head of KKR Global Impact, recently spoke with CNBC’s Leslie Picker at CNBC’s ESG Impact conference.
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New end-to-end services help government agencies verify proper administration of grants, relief, and investment funds and drive positive impact
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When reflecting on the Global Impact strategy, we thought it would be useful to examine macro trends, our investment themes and lessons learned along the way.
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Top 3 Ways to Operationalize an ESG Report Wed, 09/28/2022 - 09:30 Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body 3BL Media breaks down how to operationalize ESG reporting to maximize brand visibility. Explore more of our resources at our Private Equity Hub. ESG has been the topic of conversation for private equity investors and investor relations directors for years. Taking notes from ESG-forward firms like Blackstone and KKR, many others in private equity are incorporating ESG communicatio
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KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Human Capital Mon, 10/10/2022 - 11:35 Type of Content Blog Layout Standard Format Body Human capital issues have come to the fore recently as employers sought to keep employees safe amid an ongoing health crisis, address social justice issues, and recalibrate the employee value proposition. Amid these challenges, advancing a rewarding, inclusive culture is critical to a well-functioning, sustainable organization. OUR APPROACH We believe that a strategic approach t
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KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Employee Ownership at Work Mon, 10/03/2022 - 10:15 Type of Content Blog Layout Standard Format Body Since 2011, we have focused on employee ownership and engagement as key drivers in building stronger companies throughout our private equity portfolio, first with our Americas Industrials investments and now more broadly across sectors and regions. The centerpiece of the strategy has been: Seeking to make everyone in the company an owner by granting to all employees
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KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Climate Tue, 09/27/2022 - 12:45 Type of Content Blog Layout Standard Format Body Globally, there is an urgent need to take climate action and address related risks and opportunities as we transition to a lower carbon economy. The physical and transition effects of climate change can influence a business’ bottom line and its ability to compete in the future. We believe that proactively engaging on climate action is critical for all companies to drive performance an
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KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Driving Value Creation Thu, 09/22/2022 - 11:00 Subheader We strive to collaborate with companies, bringing operational expertise to enable our shared success. Type of Content Article Layout Standard Format Body OUR APPROACHWhen we are invested in a company, we leverage our investment model and our focus on operational and strategic improvements to drive value creation on ESG issues across our investments, where relevant. This includes ad hoc engagement as well as
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KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Global Ambitions Fri, 09/16/2022 - 10:15 Subheader Building on over a decade of work with portfolio companies, we seek to scale our ambitions for ESG performance. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body Since formalizing our approach to ESG management in 2008, we have focused on supporting our companies' efforts on their business-relevant topics. We have also recognized that companies across sectors generally have responsibilities when it comes to manag
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Sustainable Investing at KKR Sustainable Investing at KKR"" typeof="foaf:Image" />Thu, 09/08/2022 - 18:55 Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body OUR COMMITMENT AND APPROACH1 Sustainable investing is a key lever of KKR’s approach to value creation and a way of doing business that we believe helps us make better investments. By assessing and managing ESG, regulatory, and geopolitical issues, we strive to create stronger, better business outcomes while also having a positive effect o
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Taking an Innovative Approach to Credit ESG Analysis Tue, 08/16/2022 - 11:00 Subheader By Terry Ing, Eileen Roche, Jeannie Cho, Paige Whistler, William Needham Type of Content Article Layout Media Gallery Body Credit markets may present unique challenges for the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria in investment decisions. At KKR, we have utilized a number of tools to manage ESG considerations within our Credit platform, including a gating issues list focused on id
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KKR Completes Sale of C.H.I. Overhead Doors Fri, 06/24/2022 - 10:00 Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body NEW YORK ARTHUR, Ill., June 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ – KKR, a leading global investment firm, recently announced that KKR has completed the previously announced sale of C.H.I. Overhead Doors (“C.H.I.” or “the Company”), a leader in the garage door industry, to Nucor Corporation. In connection with closing, all 800 C.H.I. employees have received a substantial cash payout – on a
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KKR Announces Progress of the KKR COVID-19 Relief Effort Thu, 06/16/2022 - 13:00 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /3BL Media/ - KKR today published Engaged. KKR COVID-19 Relief Effort Progress Report (the “COVID-19 Report”), which discusses the relief fund formally established by KKR and its employees in May 2020 to provide support for those most affected by COVID-19 and the resulting economic dislocation. As part of this initiative, KKR also anno
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KKR Appoints Pamela Alexander As Head of Corporate Citizenship Tue, 04/12/2022 - 11:00 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /3BL Media/ - KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the appointment of Pamela Alexander as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Citizenship, effective immediately. Based in New York, Ms. Alexander will oversee the development and execution of KKR’s corporate citizenship and strategic philanthropy programs glo
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In an effort to share their thoughts more broadly, we asked our SEAC members a few questions about their work, outlook for ESG and what makes them hopeful.
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Credit Viewpoints: How the ESG 2.0 Framework Enhances Our Private Credit Investment Process Credit Viewpoints: How the ESG 2.0 Framework Enhances Our Private Credit Investment Process"" typeof="foaf:Image" />Fri, 08/19/2022 - 11:00 Subheader By Terry Ing, Jeannie Cho, William Needham Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body As outlined in our April Credit Viewpoints paper, the management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is a rapidly evolving, increasingly important
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KKR Forms Strategic Alliance With Loop Capital To Offer Equity Research and Distribution Capabilities Thu, 08/18/2022 - 10:15 Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body NEW YORK, August 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ – KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Loop Capital Markets (“Loop Capital”), a black owned and led investment bank, brokerage and advisory firm today announced a strategic alliance under which Loop Capital could independently offer investment banking and equity research c
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Embedded in o9’s Integrated Business Planning Platform, the First-of-Its-Kind Offering Helps Enterprises Improve the Environmental and Social Impact Performance of Their Global Supply Chains
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KKR Agrees To Sell Minnesota Rubber and Plastics to Trelleborg in Another Win for Employees Wed, 08/17/2022 - 17:05 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body MINNEAPOLIS NEW YORK, August 17, 2022 /3BL Media/ – KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the signing of an agreement to sell Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (“MRP” or the “Company”), a leading provider of materials science-based elastomer and thermoplastic solutions, to Trelleborg Group (“Trelleborg”), a lead
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A Q With KKR's Sustainability Expert Advisory Council A Q With KKR's Sustainability Expert Advisory Council"" typeof="foaf:Image" />Mon, 08/22/2022 - 10:15 Subheader By Alison Fenton-Willock | Director, Sustainable Investing Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body At the end of last year, KKR announced the formation of our Sustainability Expert Advisory Council (SEAC), a six-member independent council that aims to bolster KKR’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) expertise and
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KKR Releases 2021 Sustainability Report Thu, 06/23/2022 - 10:00 Subheader New report highlights progress in scaling sustainability-focused initiatives and outlines Global Ambitions for ESG performance Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /3BL Media/ - KKR, a leading global investment firm, today released KKR’s 11th annual Sustainability Report. The report, titled Scaling Up, outlines how KKR has been scaling efforts to manage environmental, social and
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SugarCRM today announced Funds2Orgs has implemented its AI-driven CRM platform to help support its mission of putting shoes on the feet of those less fortunate, while helping support micro entrepreneurship, giving people a path to prosperity. To date, Funds2Orgs has helped 20,000 nonprofits orchestrate shoe drives, providing inventory to over 4,000 micro-entrepreneurs in 26 developing countries worldwide, who then sell the shoes to support their families financially. In turn, Funds2Orgs has cont
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Easy-to-use software platform makes participation simple, fun and meaningful for the 77% of today’s workers who say company-sponsored volunteer activities are essential
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On Thursday, June 16, 2022, more than 900 people from over 100 firms from the leveraged finance and private equity communities came together for the Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma (LFFM) benefit and cocktail party. Hosted at the Museum of Modern Art, the event raised a record breaking $3 million for the Melanoma Research Alliance’s (MRA) mission to advance the world’s most innovative and promising melanoma research. “Each year, I continue to be amazed by the community’s response to this event
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Six-member independent council to bolster KKR’s ESG expertise and capabilities and advance the firm’s ESG strategy and practices
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In Celebration of GivingTuesday, Firm Also Provides $50,000 Community Grant to the NYC Partnership Foundation to Stimulate New Business Creation and Resiliency
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Technology is Transforming a Retail Sector Owned Mostly by Women
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More than 750 people representing more than 80 firms from across the leveraged finance and private equity communities came together at the Museum of Modern Art for the 10th annual Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma (LFFM) benefit and cocktail party. The event raised more than $2.4 million for the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) lifesaving research program. “Each year I’m proud of and humbled by the community’s enthusiastic response to this event,” said event co-founder Jeff Rowbottom. “When Bren
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KKR Appoints Kerryann Benjamin as Chief Diversity Officer and Head of Talent Management
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Energy Startup Will Play Crucial Role in Helping the Fossil Fuel Industry Proactively Reduce Methane and Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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18th Annual BCIU Gala will be webcast Tuesday, December 8, 2020 for viewers around the globe
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KKR Awards Grants to 80 Small Businesses and Nonprofits as part of COVID-19 Relief Effort
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Luminary, the global collaboration hub for professional women, announced that it acquired Declare.
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Dr. Clifton Emery Selected As HFC Academic Expert In Social Welfare to Help Guide Grant-Making for HFC Asia
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Partnership will provide free, live online programming to deliver community support in response to COVID-19 pandemic
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Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire
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Firm Recognizes Portfolio Companies Apple Leisure Group, Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited, and Renaissance Parc for Innovative and Environmentally Beneficial Projects
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Girls Who Invest has impacted over 700 women across its programs;
The number of internship partner firms has grown to approximately 100
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Girls Who Invest has impacted over 700 women across its programs; The
number of internship partner firms has grown to approximately 100
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As Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues continue to grow in importance for mainstream investors, KKR’s pioneering environmental initiative provides the resources and tools necessary for its participating private equity portfolio companies to determine materiality and the means to measure it.
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Nov 1, 2012 12:00 PM ET - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Company’s Green Portfolio now accounts for a financial...