World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds

Photo: Xcel Energy’s Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota – January 3, 2016. (c) 2016 Tony Webster. Attribution: “Sherco Generating Station” by Tony Webster via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Article by Sara Sneath. The Guardian – September 15, 2026.

The energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more than the annual emissions of any country except China, the US, India and Russia, according to a new report. Together, these firms manage $7.3tn in assets of all kinds, affording them the ability to shape the pace of the transition away from fossil fuels. However their energy investments include significant fossil fuel assets including natural gas and coal-fired power plants to provide electricity to datacenters. […]

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