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PAI Partners

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FRA
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Private equity firm

PAI is a major European private equity firm and is the largest private equity investor headquartered in France. PAI invests in five core sectors: business services, food & consumer goods, general industrials, healthcare and retail & distribution.

PAI Partners SAS   FRA     website   email      

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
PAI Partners SAS
Business Ethics PAI Foundation
PAI Human Capital is PAI's own charity, set-up at the beginning of 2012 and is supported by the Partners of the firm. In 2012, the PAI Foundation supported seven associations across France, Germany, Italy and Spain, with a specific focus on professional reintegration.
Source: company website (2014)
Business Ethics ESG Commitments
This company has a number of corporate responsibility claims on its website. "PAI decided to strengthen its formal commitment and PAI's Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") strategy has now acquired a central importance in the firm's activities."
Source: company website (2014)
Business Ethics UN Principles for Responsible Investment signatory
UNPRI is a set of six principles direct institutional investors may adopt to consider environmental, social and corporate governance issues when investing. UNPRI is a voluntary agreement.
Source: UNPRI (2020)

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Company Details

Type Private company
Employees 49 (2013)
Subsidiaries Ecotone (62% owned) 

Organic food

Founded in 1765. Formerly Wessanen. One of Europe's largest organic food companies. Acquired in 2019 by a consortium consisting of private equity firm PAI Partners and Charles Jobson, Wessanen's largest shareholder.


  - Clipper Teas Ltd 

Tea and coffee company

Products include Fairtrade and organic teas and coffees. Acquired by Dutch organic food company Royal Wessanen in 2012.


  - Whole Earth Foods 

Organic food and beverage manufacturer

Bought by Wessanen, a Dutch company in 2003


  - France Alter Eco 

Fairtrade products

Founded in France in 1998 by Tristan Lecomte. Acquired by Dutch organic food company Royal Wessanen in 2013. Alter Eco's American operations remain independently owned.


Froneri International plc (50% owned) 

Ice cream

Joint venture between Nestle and PAI Partners which started in 2016. Operates in Europe, the Middle East, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, the Philippines and South Africa.


  - Australasian Food Group Pty Ltd 

Ice cream manufacturing

Peters Ice Cream was founded in 1907 by Fred Peters. Over the years there have been several changes of ownership. In 1995 Peters was acquired by Nestle Australia. In 2012 Peters was bought by Australasian Food Group, a company owned by Pacific Equity Partners, who sold the business to European company R&R Ice Cream two years later. Then in 2016 the company became part of a UK-based 50:50 joint venture between Nestle and R&R Ice Cream.

Contact Details

Address Paris, France
Email pai.paris@paipartners.com
Website www.paipartners.com

Products / Brands

Clipper Teas
Clipper some products certified organic some products Fairtrade some products certified organic some products Fairtrade  Tea
Clipper some products certified organic- some products Fairtrade some products certified organic- some products Fairtrade  Coffee

Peters Ice Cream
Cadbury Ice Cream
Connoisser Ice Cream
Drumstick Ice Cream
Heaven Ice Cream
Maxibon Ice Cream
Milo Ice Cream
Peters Ice Cream
Skinny Cow Ice Cream


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