Ken Mehlman
Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs & Co-Head of KKR Global Impact
Ken Mehlman (New York) joined KKR in 2008 and is a Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs & Co-Head of KKR Global Impact. Since joining the firm, Ken has architected KKR’s responsible investment efforts that seek to create shared val...
+ Read MoreCreating Value through Sustainability
We get a lot of questions from clients about our approach to sustainability. It’s a big topic that boils down to something simple: Taking the right approach to sustainability can help businesses create value. Recently, I joined Anne Arlinghaus, Co-Head of KKR Capstone in the Americas; Florian Christ, Head of KKR ...
How Sustainable Investing Can Create and Protect Value
At KKR, we are unwavering in our commitment to seek to create and protect value. We have a fiduciary duty to our clients to do so. We also know that there is a wide range of individuals affected by our investment activities, including retirees, businesses, local communities, and others. They too have a meaningful stake in...
KKR Global Impact: Reflecting on Our Progress and Lessons Learned
We recently published our annual Global Impact Summary Report, which reviews key developments in our Global Impact strategy, launched in 2018 with the goal of investing behind scalable, commercial solutions that seek to solve global challenges. When reflecting on the Global Impact strategy, we thought it would be useful to ...
How KKR is Tackling the UN SDGs
It is inspiring to see so many government, business and nonprofit leaders come together this week for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week NYC to discuss how best to address some of the greatest challenges of our time. These gatherings and others like it (PRI in Person, GIIN Investor Forum, Climate ...
5 Questions with the Co-Heads of KKR Global Impact
Recent reports and headlines have confirmed what we’ve learned over the past 10 years – the scale of the world’s social and environmental problems can’t be solved by government and philanthropic spending alone. Private capital can and must play a role. Investing behind the right themes, investors have an oppor...
A Need for Partnership to Solve Significant Global Challenges
Today’s global challenges can be addressed—and in some cases transformed into opportunities—when the best thinking and resources partner together. At KKR, we believe that we have a role to play as investors in helping address key pressing societal challenges. That is why our sixth annual Environmental, Social, Governa...
