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KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Driving Value Creation

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: OUR APPROACH When 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. Q: How do you think about ESG performance as opportunity for value creation? SOURCE: KKR.

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Nearly all firms will miss net zero goals without at least doubling rate of emissions reductions by 2030

Envirotec Magazine

While more than one-third (34%) of the world’s largest companies say they are now committed to Net Zero 1 , nearly all (93%) will fail to achieve their goals if they don’t at least double the pace of emissions reduction by 2030, according to a new report from consulting firm Accenture.

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How Green Methanol Can Help Decarbonize the Chemical Industry

Sphera

Decarbonization progress has not kept pace to achieve targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement, and last November, at COP26 in Glasgow, nations pledged to adjust their CO2 emissions targets by 2030 in an effort to realign with the goal of net zero by 2050. Chemical Industry Climate Commitments and the Roadmap to Net Zero.

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Developing a Profound, Climate Strategy Through Deep Decarbonization

Sphera

Companies should not question weather to create a climate target, but rather, determine how quickly they can implement their decarbonization pledge to reduce their direct Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and Scope 3 value chain emissions. Developing a Profound Climate Strategy – How Can Companies Achieve Deep Decarbonization?

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KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Climate

3BL Media

We see climate as a global challenge that requires solutions at all levels, and we are thinking about how we invest, where we invest, and what we do to drive value creation. Set net-zero by 2050 goals at three private markets funds that are currently being raised. KKR CLIMATE ACTION STRATEGY. SCALING UP: 2021 HIGHLIGHTS.

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ESG is the private equity industry’s next frontier

Corporate Knights

As of May 2022, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (an international group of asset managers committed to net-zero) had grown to 273 investors who collectively manage US$61.3 found that 90% of limited partners factor ESG into their investment decisions, and 77% use it as a criterion in selecting general partners.

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Iberdrola Signs €5.3 Billion Credit Line with Rates Tied to Climate, Diversity Goals

ESG Today

Iberdrola has set goals to achieve carbon neutrality in its power generation plants by 2030, and to reach net zero across its full value chain by 2040, and to increase the presence of women in relevant positions to 35 % by 2030. The transaction also enhances our commitment to our ESG goals.”