{"id":144308,"date":"2021-09-15T14:56:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T06:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=144308"},"modified":"2021-09-15T14:56:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T06:56:39","slug":"blackstone-completes-previously-announced-acquisition-of-sphera-leading-provider-of-esg-software-data-and-consulting-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=144308","title":{"rendered":"Blackstone Completes Previously Announced Acquisition Of Sphera, Leading Provider Of ESG Software, Data, And Consulting Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Sept 15 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212;&nbsp;<\/strong>Sphera today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX, \u201cBlackstone\u201d) have completed their previously announced&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=QCVuOtzNXa9k_PiP4NARE0eUvNzL_WB__hhQ9LR4g_4iPPJJ2WuTfmT3dZa_6Tq4uNZ--DhkogQGcsv5T4NTkkWb8Fo3IfkeddOWD4p2OOPKMm3hMzoUQmVI-yxlndJnf9jsfLtQU0Vx9_9QbfqArqMXdbFYMgT3sxY7weSFxac=\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acquisition of Sphera<\/a>, a leading provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) software, data and consulting services, from Genstar Capital. The transaction, which values the company at $1.4 billion, continues Blackstone\u2019s thematic investment focus on the ESG sector and provides Sphera with capital to help accelerate its growth and product offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spanning over 80 countries with more than 3,000 customers, Sphera combines its software as a service solution with consulting services, underpinned by proprietary data, to support businesses globally to manage and mitigate ESG risk. This support is delivered through its three product lines: Environment, Health, Safety &amp; Sustainability (EHS&amp;S); Operational Risk Management; and Product Stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=41011\">http:\/\/mrem.bernama.com\/viewsm.php?idm=41011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Sept 15 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212;&nbsp;Sphera today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX, \u201cBlackstone\u201d) have completed their previously announced&nbsp;acquisition of Sphera, a leading provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) software, data and consulting services, from Genstar Capital. The transaction, which values the company at $1.4 billion, continues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[315],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144308"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}