Green Solutions Platform

Highlighting Environmental Initiatives

The Green Solutions Platform (GSP) is KKR's global effort to identify, support, and highlight environmental initiatives at KKR portfolio companies across three areas: eco-efficiency, eco-innovation, and/or eco-solutions. Through this platform, KKR engages with and highlights companies that are driving meaningful business and environmental benefits.

CATEGORIES FOR PARTICIPATION

Eco-Innovation

Projects within companies that create business value through their environmental attributes.

Eco-Efficiency

Projects within companies that result in avoided cost and improved environmental impacts.

Eco-Solution

Core business models that provide a solution to an environmental challenge.

Resources for Participating Portfolio Companies

KKR has developed a series of proprietary tools and resources for portfolio companies engaged as part of this platform.

Eco-Innovation Award (EIA):

The EIA is intended to motivate and reward innovative projects that drive measurable environmental and business value

KKR and KKR Capstoneⁱ Experts:

Access to KKR and KKR Capstoneⁱ experts in corporate sustainability strategy and energy management, including a full-time energy expertⁱ dedicated to our portfolio and summer Climate Corps fellows from Environmental Defense Fund to assist companies across our private equity, real estate, and energy and infrastructure asset classes with energy efficiency and management

KKR Network:

Networking with fellow portfolio company executives and best practice sharing via in-person conferences and/or informal networking

Global and Regional Communications Platform:

Support with reaching portfolio companies’ key audiences with customized media access and stories

Regionally-Relevant Vendors and Consultants:

References to known vendors or experts on relevant issues globally

External Experts:

Insight from KKR’s partners, which include thought leaders in corporate environmental and sustainability programs

GSP Historic Results

The Green Solutions Platform (GSP) seeks to drive business and environmental value by supporting and highlighting the work of KKR portfolio companies across a wide variety of focus areas. The GSP includes companies that enhance eco-efficiency, advance eco-innovation, and/or offer a solution to environmental problems as core to their business mandate. Learn more about participating current and former portfolio companies' progress and results below.

2016 Participants’ Progress and Results

The following current and former portfolio companies reported 2016 results as part of the Green Solutions Platform update in 2017. These 13 case studies, three from entirely new program participants, describe projects across four asset classes, including private equity, special situations, real estate, and infrastructure,as well as span a range of geographies and focus areas. The case studies are organized by Challenge, Response, Results, and Looking Forward. To learn more information about the portfolio companies’ progress and results, click any of the boxes below.

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Eco-Innovation

Eco-Efficiency

Eco-Solution

Cardenas Markets

Gardner Denver Thomas

KKR Hospitality Portfolio

Mills Fleet Farm

Mitchell International*

Panasonic Healthcare

Pets at Home*

PortAventura World

Qingdao Haier

Resource Environmental Solutions (RES)

Selecta

US Foods*

X-ELIO

Additional details are available in the Description of Methodology and Terms. View the Frequently Asked Questions guide for more information on the KKR Green Solutions Platform. Use the contact form to provide feedback on our efforts.

2015 Participants’ Progress and Results

The following current and former portfolio companies reported 2015 results as part of the Green Solutions Platform update in 2016. The case studies are organized by Challenge, Response, Results, and Looking Forward. To learn more information about the portfolio companies’ progress and results, click any of the boxes below.

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Eco-Innovation

Eco-Efficiency

Eco-Solution

Capsugel*

CITIC Envirotech Ltd.*

Coriance*

European Locomotive Leasing

First Data

Gardner Denver Nash

GoDaddy

Goodpack

HCA*

KKR Multifamily Properties Portfolio

KKR Retail Portfolio

Santanol

South Staffordshire*

Sundrop Farms

Tarkett*

Toys“R”Us*

Ursa*

US Foods*

Past Participants’ Progress and Results

The below current and former portfolio companies previously communicated results as part of the Green Solutions Platform in prior years. To learn more information about a portfolio company’s progress and results, click its name from the list below.

Past GSP Participants' Case Studies

The below current and former portfolio companies previously communicated results as part of the Green Portfolio Program in its final reporting year (2013). The Green Portfolio Program (GPP), which launched in 2008 and reported results through 2014, is the predecessor to the Green Solutions Platform (GSP). Companies engaged in the GSP can learn from the experiences and results of GPP participants. To learn more information about a portfolio company’s actions and results, click its name from the list below.

Past GPP Participants' Case Studies

Past GPP Participants' Case Studies
Company	Estimated Environmental Impact	Estimated Financial Impact
Accellent^{1, 4}	11,200 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided	$590,000
A.T.U.¹	9,390 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 290,000 tons of waste recycled	$57.7 million
Bharti Infratel²	N/A	N/A
Biomet¹	4,000 tons of GHG emissions avoided	$3.1 million
Bis Industries Limited¹	934 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided	$345,000
Capsugel¹	9,500 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 300 tons of waste avoided 7,300 tons of waste recycled	$1.9 million
Dalmia Bharat Cement¹	281,700 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 6,300 tons of waste recycled	$31.8 million
Del Monte Corporation^{1, 5}	32,700 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 374,000 tons of waste recycled	$16.4 million
Dollar General¹	1.4 million metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 838,000 tons of waste recycled 6.0 million tons of waste avoided	$773 million
First Data	124,300 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided	$11.4 million
HCA¹	10,900 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided	$1.1 million
KION Group (STILL)¹	650 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided	$245,500
Oriental Brewery¹	120,000 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 26.4 million cubic meters of water avoided	$31.8 million
Panasonic Healthcare	840 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided	$296,000
Pets at Home¹	22,600 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 34,200 tons of waste recycled 12,500 tons of waste avoided	$14.4 million
Sealy Corporation¹	24,600 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 2,400 tons of waste avoided	$21.5 million
Sungard AS¹	N/A	N/A
Tarkett¹	7 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 14,000 tons of landfill waste avoided 597,000 cubic meters of water consumption avoided 44,800 tons of recycled waste	$20.6 million
TDC A/S¹	22,000 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 212 tons of waste avoided	$3.9 million
US Foods¹	289,000 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided	$65.6 million
Van Gansewinkel Groep¹	410 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 886,000 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided²	$116.6 million
Versatel¹	21 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided	$8,800
Visant¹	17,000 tons of waste recycled	$2.4 million
WILD Flavors¹	19,500 metric tons of GHG emissions avoided 8,273 tons of solid waste avoided 106 tons of hazardous waste avoided 2 cubic meters of water avoided	$5.3 million

Notes:

Company has exited the KKR portfolio and thus is no longer reporting results into the program.
Results from declines in efficiency are not included in portfolio company summaries, but are included in the aggregate data. Therefore, estimated environmental and financial benefits in the summary table may sum to more than the reported "total" results, which takes into account the impacts from decreases in efficiency. In order to aggregate the results across participating portfolio companies, at some companies metric tons of waste was converted to short tons of waste and units of measurement for water use were converted to cubic meters.
Bharti Infratel's results are not included as part of the aggregate program results (see footnote on Bharti Infratel page).
Now operating as Lake Regional Medical
Now operating as Big Heart Pet Brands

ⁱ KKR Capstone is not an affiliate or subsidiary of KKR. See the Description of Methodology and Terms for additional disclosure regarding KKR Capstone.

* Company is no longer a part of the KKR portfolio.

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