By Topaz Simply and Mark Christensen 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 has been little consensus on what information should be requested from fund managers to understand their ESG standing. A new framework is attempting to shed some light on this issue. More than 40 institutional investors, 20 private Read More…
By Topaz Simply and Mark Christensen 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). But what is driving this upward trend? With $87tr under management, an increasing number of institutional investors support CDP’s annual requests of companies’ carbon emissions. There are 2 primary reasons for this growing trend: 1) In the Read More…
By Michael Shoemaker and Justin Vertongen When facilities managers strive to maximize HVAC systems’ energy efficiency, two crucial aspects are often overlooked; the size of chiller plants and the associated air delivery system. According to Energy Star, most chillers are oversized by 50-200% and roughly 60% of building-fan systems are oversized. To combat this problem and reduce HVAC energy usage, chillers must be downsized and pumping systems must Read More…
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 results this month and the figures have indicated another exponential improvement since its inception. To achieve such results, KKR partnered with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to drive operational cost savings within their portfolio companies through environmental innovation. Last year, KKR disclosed in Read More…
