In the Media

What is the single most important investment theme emerging in infrastructure this year? According to Partners Group's Esther Peiner, it is decarbonization and the resulting need for infrastructure investments and upgrades. Speaking to Infrastructure Investor, Esther says the global push to reduce carbon intensity across industries presents a wide range of opportunities, but significant resources, deep expertise and intense collaboration are critical for success.

Partners Group is the proud winner of six industry awards from Private Equity International, Private Debt Investor and Infrastructure Investor in their 2019 awards. A big thank you to all those who voted for us!

"At Partners Group, climate change stands out as one of our high priorities due to the scale of the risk, the impact and the urgency, and that’s escalated over the past six months." With climate change having become one of the most pressing issues of our time, Adam Heltzer, Head of ESG & Sustainability, talks to Private Equity International about how it influences our investment decisions and how we tackle it within our portfolio.

At Partners Group, we recognize that climate change is a critical issue and we want to make a fair contribution to reducing our impact on the environment. That's why, as a first step, we are fully offsetting our CO2 emissions from corporate air travel.

With air travel, we are able to stay close to our clients, source new investment opportunities and work with our portfolio companies – all to achieve better results for our beneficiaries. However, we want to reduce our impact. That’s why we have teamed up with Natural Capital Partners, a leading provider of innovative environmental solutions. Together, we have built a global portfolio of low carbon sustainable development projects that we are financing in order to offset our CO2 emissions according to the highest international standards.

This initiative complements our existing efforts to generate positive environmental impact by investing in renewable energy and working on targeted value creation initiatives that help our portfolio companies reduce their CO2 emissions. Last year, for example, these efforts enabled us to avoid 1.2 million metric tons of CO2e emissions across our portfolio.

With the possibility of a downturn on the horizon, Partners Group's Todd Bright and Simon Merriweather tell Infrastructure Investor why execution-driven value creation strategies are an investor's best course.

“The idea was really the three of us, maybe an analyst or two, an assistant, one or two deals per year, and then going skiing and being happy.” So says Partners Group Co-Founder Marcel Erni in an extended interview with Chicago Booth Magazine, sharing the goals that he, Alfred Gantner and Urs Wietlisbach had in starting their own private equity firm. More than 20 years later, amid the firm's strong growth, Marcel has remained true to his values, keeping his eyes on what matters most: friendship and fulfillment.

View the full edition of Chicago Booth's Fall 2019 Magazine here.