Palatine, a leading UK-based private equity firm known for its commitment to sustainable investing, announced a new partnership with Flotilla, a sustainability leader in the private equity sector.
The collaboration will see Palatine deploy Flotilla’s Portfolio Manager software alongside its existing decarbonisation products, including its Carbon Reduction Plan and Net Zero Solutions, to enhance the monitoring, measurement, and management of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance across its portfolio companies.
Flotilla’s technology platform enables private equity firms and portfolio businesses to capture, analyse, and act on key ESG and carbon performance data with consistency and transparency. The partnership builds on Flotilla’s growing reputation as a trusted partner to leading investors seeking to embed sustainability as a fundamental driver of business growth, operational resilience, and long-term value creation.
Palatine’s collaboration with Flotilla marks the next evolution of its industry-leading approach to responsible investment. The firm has long championed what it calls “positive equity”—a philosophy focused on supporting ambitious management teams to grow their businesses while delivering measurable social and environmental benefits.
Over the past 15 years, Palatine has developed one of the private equity industry’s most comprehensive ESG frameworks and was the first regional firm in the UK to launch a dedicated Impact Fund, targeting companies that create positive social and environmental outcomes alongside strong financial returns.
Earlier this year, Palatine closed its largest-ever fund, Buyout Fund V, securing £254 million from investors. The fund continues to embed ESG considerations as a core pillar of its strategy, with an emphasis on sustainability-led value creation and enhanced internal ESG capabilities.
Through this new partnership, Palatine will use Flotilla’s solutions to improve data-driven ESG oversight and reporting, enabling its portfolio companies to align more effectively with international sustainability standards. The collaboration also supports Palatine’s science-based targets initiative (SBTi) commitment, helping each portfolio company establish and follow clear decarbonisation pathways in pursuit of net zero emissions.
The move underscores the growing importance of technology-enabled ESG management in private equity, as investors increasingly demand transparency, accountability, and measurable impact from their investments. By combining Flotilla’s data intelligence tools with Palatine’s established sustainability framework, the two firms aim to set a new standard for ESG integration and performance management across the mid-market investment landscape.
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“We’re thrilled to partner with a firm like Palatine, whose market-leading ESG philosophy closely aligns with our own. By implementing our Portfolio Manager and core decarbonisation solutions across their portfolio, we’re enabling them to translate sustainability commitment into tangible performance and long-term value creation.”
Caroline Linford, Responsible Business Director at Flotilla
