KKR-backed Ramky Enviro Engineers (recently re-branded as Re Sustainability), the country’s leading environmental solutions and waste management player, has launched a proposed transaction to sell a controlling stake in the firm.

On April 17, 2020, Bloomberg had reported that KKR was weighing the sale of its stake and seeking buyers.

KKR announced the acquisition of a 60 percent stake in the firm in August 2018 for $530 million. Back then, it was the largest buyout by a PE fund in India’s environmental services sector. The investment was part of the private equity firm’s impact investing strategy, which refers to identifying businesses with positive social or environmental impact.

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