Why become a signatory?

Asset owners

The importance of ESG issues is recognised by top pension funds and investors, who want to reduce both risk and generate sustainable financial returns. There is a growing body of expert opinion and evidence that well governed companies produce more reliable returns and put in better environmental performance than poorly governed companies.

Asset managers

Being a signatory to the PRI gives asset managers a competitive edge over non-signatory peers by helping them to develop their expertise to better incorporate in investment strategies the risks and opportunities posed by ESG issues. Asset owners, pension trustees and investors are demanding increasingly that managers are alive to ESG issues and able to further their responsible investment goals. Integrating ESG factors fits the needs of clients, and in order to promote the best interests of their clients, becoming a signatory to the PRI is an obvious step.

Service providers

As investors increasingly look to incorporate ESG issues into their investment processes, the implementation of the Principles by signatories will affect the investment supply chain. With environmental, social and corporate governance factors increasingly perceived as important by investors, service providers need to be well informed. PRI membership allows service providers to keep up with the latest responsible investment trends by giving them access to our extensive resources and expertise and providing opportunities for them to become partners on engagements with companies.