Sustainability

Creating and Protecting Value through Sustainability

KKR’s focus on sustainability is rooted in our commitment to value creation and value protection. The ways we integrate sustainability into our investment and business activities — how and where we invest, how we support our companies, and how we operate as a business — are built around being fiduciaries and working to deliver long-term value for our clients. By doing this work, we strive to support the financial well-being of the tens of millions of people who rely on us.
2023 Sustainability Report

KKR’s focus on sustainability is rooted in our commitment to value creation and value protection. 2023 reinforced how crucial collaboration is to our ability to deliver strong returns and shared success to those we serve. Our collaborative spirit is found in the ways we integrate sustainability into our investment and business activities — how and where we invest, how we support our companies, and how we operate as a business. 

  • 13
    years of publicly reporting on KKR’s sustainability efforts
  • $ 45B+
    in sustainability-focused investments since 2010*
 

Our Approach to Sustainable Investing

ESG Integration

Seeking to integrate material environmental, social, and governance considerations into our investment processes to enhance our ability to mitigate risk, monitor performance, and seize sustainability-related opportunities across our investment platforms.

Engagement

Working together with portfolio companies to mitigate risk and strengthen management across key sustainability topics.

Investing Behind Trends

Seeking to invest behind sustainability themes with macro tailwinds, such as the energy transition, educational opportunity, workforce development, and circularity.

 
 

Our People and Culture

Our people set our Firm apart and are key to our success. Engaging all our colleagues to maximize their contributions helps us strive to deliver the best investment outcomes. To achieve this, we work to foster an inclusive, respectful, safe, and engaging environment where all our people can thrive both professionally and personally.

 
 
 

Stakeholder Engagement

* Includes capital invested in or committed to sustainability-focused investments from 2010 to December 31, 2023 by KKR funds and syndicated co-investments (including Global Atlantic’s sustainability-focused investments from 2015 to December 31, 2023). Relevant investments include the following sustainability-focused sectors: climate, environmental sustainability, cybersecurity, lifelong learning (including education and workforce development), and social equality (including financial inclusion and food security).