In the Media

When we published our 2019 Corporate Sustainability Report on 2 April, our Co-CEO David Layton told shareholders that Partners Group was raising a Portfolio Employee Support Fund to support the most financially vulnerable employees at our portfolio companies during the #covid19 global health crisis.

Our Co-CEOs, together with our Chairman and our founders, agreed to forgo 100% of their salaries for at least six months to support the fund. There has also been broad participation from Partners Group employees from across all regions; Partners Group as a firm contributed too.

Today, the Portfolio Employee Support Fund has approximately USD 10 million in funds available and has so far allocated approximately USD 6.2 million to portfolio company hardship initiatives.

Longer term, Partners Group remains committed to developing a Stakeholder Benefits Program which aims to systematically re-invest a portion of achieved profit growth for the benefit of portfolio company employees and other stakeholders.

Partners Group's Executive Chairman, Steffen Meister, sat down with PEI to explain the thinking behind the firm's Stakeholder Benefits Program, his belief that the private markets industry will struggle to reach its full potential unless it pays more attention to the employee experience of private markets ownership, and why it is so important to include LPs in the dialogue around stakeholder impact.

Opportunities in Asia’s renewable energy market are booming but require a careful case-by-case approach and local expertise, say Partners Group’s Andrew Kwok and Tim Michalas.

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.