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ArticleA blueprint for mobilizing finance against slavery and trafficking
Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking’s Blueprint provides a collective action framework for the whole financial sector and professional service providers to accelerate action to end modern slavery and human trafficking.
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ArticleTakeaways from the EM forums
The emerging market forums completed the global series that gathered credit practitioners from investors and CRAs to discuss ESG topics.
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ArticleGuidance for private equity signatories: directors’ duties and ESG
The legal duties imposed on UK company directors require them, when exercising their powers, to understand and anticipate relevant risks to, and opportunities for, the company, including those related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Directors should ensure that their company has processes to identify, manage and mitigate or ...
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ArticleEU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
The EU Taxonomy is a tool to help investors understand whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable.
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ArticleESG data in China: recommendations for primary ESG indicators
This report aims to provide recommendations for China’s future, mandatory environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure framework, prepared by its financial regulators.
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ArticleEncouraging responsible tax behaviour: What investors need to know
Investors want to know their portfolio companies are paying taxes in line with their business activities, as aggressive tax planning costs governments billions of dollars of revenue, and creates market distortions in both developed and developing countries.
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ArticleUsing the EU taxonomy
Building up on the EU sustainable finance programme, PRI’s Chief Responsible Investment Officer and Rapporteur for the EU taxonomy, Technical Expert Group Nathan Fabian introduces the EU taxonomy following the publication of the Technical Expert Group report.
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ArticleThe ESG integration framework
After extensive analysis of the ESG integration techniques of direct investors across the globe, CFA Institute and PRI collated the many ESG integration techniques used by practitioners and developed the ESG Integration Framework (see below). This article is taken from the Guidance and case studies for ESG integration: equities and ...
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ArticleLes investisseurs face au changement climatique
Dans l’ensemble, les investisseurs internationaux ont progressé en matière d’action climatique en 2017. En atteste la vigilance accrue des investisseurs institutionnels sur l’exposition de leurs investissements au climat, leur engagement auprès des entreprises, sans compter la dynamique française suite à l’adoption de l’article 173.
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ArticleFive ways to enhance cyber security governance: event highlights
In light of high-profile data breaches at companies such as Facebook and Sony, investors are increasingly aware of the need to assess cybersecurity risk within their investment portfolios.
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ArticleUS Dodd-Frank Act amended: PRI investor insight
An amended version of the US Dodd-Frank Act 2010 was signed into law last week after a number of its provisions were re-drawn or re-interpreted.
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ArticleWhat is ESG integration?
The term “ESG integration” is often used when talking about ESG investing.
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ArticleIslamic finance and responsible investment
The main drivers of signatory growth in OIC countries are the strong alignment of social objectives in responsible investment and Islamic finance, and the additional financial value of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment processes – which can be combined with Sharia screening.
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ArticleRecommandations de la Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures - Etude des éléments pertinents à l'échelle locale
La stratégie française est de procéder par petites avancées afin de laisser à tous les acteurs le temps de mettre en place les obligations d’information en matière de changement climatique.
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Do ESG megatrends influence investment decisions?
Even though investors acknowledge environmental megatrends in the sector – including carbon risk, competition from renewables and geopolitical risk – ultimately, the biggest impact on valuation models are still the traditional profitability drivers.
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ArticleIntégration des critères ESG dans le capital-investissement: guide à l'usage des societes de gestion
L’intégration des critères ESG consiste à mettre en place des processus pour aider les GPs à identifier, gérer et rendre compte des risques et opportunités ESG dans leurs décisions d’investissement et la gestion de leur portefeuille.
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ArticleThe integration of ESG issues in M&A transactions
From June – October 2012 PwC conducted a survey on behalf of PRI, which assessed trade buyers’ attitudes to evaluating ESG risks and opportunities in their M&A activities. The survey consisted of 16 interviews with corporate buyers from a range of sectors and involved a discussion around the following key ...
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Universal ownership: Why environmental externalities matter to institutional investors
Large institutional investors are, in effect, “Universal Owners”, as they often have highly-diversified and long-term portfolios that are representative of global capital markets.
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Investor leadership on climate change
An analysis of the investment community’s role on climate change, and snapshot of recent investor activity
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