Mergers & Acquisitions names the 2021 PE Innovators in ESG, including, Blackstone.

Blackstone’s $731 billion in assets is getting a larger ESG talent team. The firm, founded in 1985, named its first chief sustainability officer in 2018. James Mandel, Ph.D. now holds the title, and is joined by five senior-level ESG positions and the newly created role of global head of ESG for private equity, recently filled by Amisha Parekh. The firm also recently hired Jean Rogers, founder of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, to lead its expanding global ESG effort.

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