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 LP | 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 (2020) |
The 2017 update to the report entitled "Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions: a Shared Responsibility" identifies 166 banks and other financial institutions with financial links to cluster munitions producers. This bank is listed in the report's Hall of Shame for having investments in one or more of the 6 cluster munitions producers named in the report between 1 June 2013 to 17 March 2017.
Source: Cluster Munition Coalition (2017)
The Carlyle Group has investments in several businesses which provide products and services to the US military.
Source: company website (2018)
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)
JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2021 rankings the public identified 19 issues, which are organised under the headings Workers, Communities, Customers, Shareholders and Environment. 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 Bottom 10% of 928 companies, and 33th of 35 Capital Markets companies.
Source: JUST Capital (2020)
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) |
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 |
Employees | 1,600 in 2017 |
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. iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd (50% owned) ![]() Pharmaceutical company This company has had a number of ownership changes in recent years. In 2018 it was acquired by Sydney-based Pacific Equity Partners and global giant The Carlyle Group for US$930 million. |
Contact Details
Address | Washington DC, USA |
Website | www.carlyle.com |
Products / Brands
Accolade WinesiNova (50% owned)
Dermaveen Skin Care Dermaveen Shampoo Difflam Lozenges Difflam Cold & Flu Glucodin Energy Drinks Invisible Zinc Sunscreen Kynd Vitamins |
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