Carlyle Group
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Private equity firm
Ranked as the largest private equity firm in the world in 2015. Bought Accolade Wines in 2018.
The Carlyle Group Management LLC | USA | website |
Company Assessment
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This company is listed as having best practice on a report card on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in corporate America.
Source: Human Rights Campaign (2021) |
The Carlyle Group has investments in several businesses which provide products and services to the US military.
Source: company website (2018)
This company appears on Burma Campaign UK's 'Dirty List' of companies assisting the Burmese military to continue to commit human rights violations and environmental destruction. Carlyle Group, via its Asian partnership set up a joint venture, AsiaSat, with the Chinese company CITIC. AsiaSat has a contract with the Burmese military to carry the military MWD TV channels for broadcast internationally.
Source: Burma Campaign UK (2022)
This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 17/100 in the Diversified Financial Services and Capital Markets category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 23 Sep 2022). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Source: S&P Global (2022)
The 2018 update of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons' (ICAN) global report, "Don't Bank on the Bomb" showed that 329 financial institutions from around the world invested into 20 companies involved in the production, maintenance and modernization of nuclear weapons. Since 2014 this financial institution invested over US$5 million into 1 of the 20 nuclear weapons producers named in the report.
Source: ICAN (2018)
JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2023 rankings JUST Capital asked a representative sample of 3,002 Americans to compare 20 different business Issues on a head-to-head basis, producing a reliable hierarchy of Issues ranked in order of priority. Issues are organised under the headings Workers, Customers, Communities, the Environment, or Shareholders & Governance. JUST Capital then define metrics that map to those issues and track and analyse the largest, publicly traded U.S. companies. This analysis powers their rankings, in which this company ranked 736th of 951 companies, and 31st of 34 Capital Markets companies.
Source: JUST Capital (2023)
The 2022 Financial System Benchmark ranks 400 financial institutions across three measurement areas: governance and strategy, respecting planetary boundaries (environment, climate and biodiversity) and adhering to societal conventions (human rights). This company ranked #168/400, with a total score of 13.4/100.
Source: World Benchmarking Alliance (2022) |
This company received a score of 10/100 in the Newsweek Green Rankings 2015, which ranks the world's largest publicly traded companies on eight indicators covering energy, greenhouse gases, water, waste, fines and penalties, linking executive pay to sustainability targets, board-level committee oversight of environmental issues and third-party audits. Ranking methodology by Corporate Knights and HIP Investor.
Source: Newsweek (2015)
This company appears on the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, signifying a commitment to supporting gender equality through policy development, representation, and transparency.
Source: Bloomberg (2021)
This company has citizenship claims on its website in the areas responsible investing, governance, environmental stewardship and social responsibility.
Source: company website (2018) |
Company Details
Type | Public company |
Revenue | 2.9 billion USD (2021) |
Employees | 1,775 (2021) |
Subsidiaries | Accolade Wines Australia Ltd ![]() Alcoholic beverages, especially wine The largest wine company by volume in Australia and the UK. Previously known as Constellation Brands. CHAMP Private Equity acquired 80 per cent of the business for $290 million in Dec 2010. Acquired by the Carlyle Group in 2018 for $1 billion. |
Contact Details
Address | Washington DC, USA |
Website | www.carlyle.com |