EDF Climate Corps Blog: Posts from EDF Staff

Help Wanted: Private Equity Firms Add Staff to Manage Environmental Risk and Opportunities

EDF Staff | July 13, 2012

A growing number of private equity firms are hiring in-house professionals and engaging outside experts to better manage environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities. Private Equity International's Responsible Investment Handbook 2012 highlighted this trend earlier this year. In particular, the handbook spotlighted the fact that private equity leaders are adding new and much deeper social and environmental capabilities to their in-house teams.