Two years ago, Barclays began to build a dedicated sustainable investment banking coverage group. Aimed at emerging growth companies, as well as the bank’s mature large cap clients, it’s a big element of a wider collaboration effort at Barclays.
When Brian Reilly emailed Barclays chief executive Jes Staley in the middle of 2019 to ask whether he thought it would be a good idea for the bank to set up a dedicated sustainable investment banking (SIB) coverage effort, he didn’t expect the chief executive to be standing at his office door less than 30 minutes later. It’s not just a good idea, Staley told him, but critical: we need you to do this.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 09 May 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Major coronavirus metrics continue to head lower in the US, and now also globally. New cases in the US during the week ending May 8th were down 18.6% from new cases during the week ending May 1st, and are now down 83.3% from the January peak; this week also saw fewer new cases than any week since September. This week s US deaths attributed to Covid were 6.8% lower than the prior week s, and down 80.5% from the January high; US Covid deaths are now at the lowest rate since since the second week of July.
Rochester firm buys East Coast stone company
Rochester s Outdoor Living Supply, a distribution firm focused on “hardscape” materials such as natural and man-made paver stones and other building materials, recently announced the purchase of New Jersey-based Geo. Schofield Co., Inc. Written By: Jeff Kiger | ×
In the first of what could be many such deals, a young Med City company recently acquired an East Coast stoneworks business with the support of a private equity sponsor.
Outdoor Living Supply, a distribution firm focused on “hardscape” materials such as natural and man-made paver stones and other building materials, recently announced the purchase of New Jersey-based
Outdoor Living Supply, a distribution platform for outdoor living products with a focus on hardscapes, has acquired
Geo. Schofield Co. Inc., a East Coast hardscapes distributor specializing in natural stone. This is the first acquisition made by Outdoor Living Supply, which was established in late 2020 in partnership with private equity firm
Trilantic North America. OLS is led by
Brian Price,
Jesse Cravath and
Brian Reilly, who serve as chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, respectively.
“OLS and Trilantic North America share a passion for partnering with family-owned companies to support their founders’ visions and strengthen their legacies for generations to come,” said Price. “We’re excited to build our platform into a national player and employer of choice in the outdoor living distribution market with their partnership.”