PAI Partners
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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 |
Company Assessment
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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)
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)
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) |
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 |
pai.paris@paipartners.com | |
Website | www.paipartners.com |
Products / Brands
Clipper Teas
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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 |