Paceline Equity Partners Joins United Nations-Supported Principles for Responsible Investment

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paceline Equity Partners, LLC (“Paceline”), a Dallas-based private equity manager, today announced that it has become a signatory of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment ("UNPRI"), the leading global network for investors which are committed to integrating Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") considerations into their investment practices and ownership policies.

“Paceline is committed to integrating ESG principles into our investment decision making and oversight processes and recognizes that effective ESG management can create stronger risk-adjusted returns in harmony with our firm’s value-oriented and specialized strategy,” said Leigh Sansone, Chief Investment Officer of Paceline. “We are honored to become a signatory of UNPRI, and we look forward to further focusing on ESG considerations for our businesses, investment processes and the portfolio companies in which we invest."

About Paceline Equity Partners

Paceline is a Dallas-based private equity manager focused on value-oriented, opportunistic, and special situations investments across private equity, corporate credit, and real assets. Paceline’s senior leadership team members average 20 years of professional experience. Prior to the formation of Paceline, the senior leadership team worked together for approximately 10 years at a global private equity manager and its affiliates. To learn more, please visit www.pacelineequity.com.

About the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment

UNPRI is the world's leading proponent of responsible investment. Supported by the United Nations, it works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions. UNPRI acts in the long-term interests of its signatories, of the financial markets and economies in which they operate and ultimately of the environment and society as a whole. Launched in New York in 2006, UNPRI has grown to more than 4,900 signatories, managing over $121 trillion AUM. For more information, visit www.unpri.org.