An Unlikely Partnership: Private Equity Goes Green

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An Unlikely Partnership: Private Equity Goes Green

April 18, 2010 | By: Marcos Cordero | No Comments

A recent Fortune magazine video highlights an unlikely partnership, private equity firm KKR joins with Environmental Defense Fund to reduce waste and consumption at the firm’s portfolio companies. They’ve realized that going green will boost the bottom line of the companies they own. And specially for a private equity firm, that’s of upmost importance.

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