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ESG incorporation in securitised products: The challenges ahead

2021-05-05T08:57:00Z

ESG incorporation in securitised products lags other fixed income sub-asset classes and is in its infancy – largely due to the complex nature of the market. However, investor interest is growing.

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Making voting count: principle-based voting on shareholder resolutions

2021-03-09T07:50:00Z

How principle-based voting on shareholder resolutions can contribute to clear, effective and accountable stewardship

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Investor action on biodiversity

2020-09-01T10:10:00Z

It is critical that institutional investors take action to halt the loss of biodiversity. Based on research and interviews with 11 investors, a discussion paper outlines some emerging approaches for integrating biodiversity into investment policies and strategies and highlights opportunities for investors to scale them up.

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Bridging the gap: how infrastructure investors can contribute to SDG outcomes

The current approaches infrastructure investors are adopting to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 

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Active Ownership 2.0: the evolution stewardship urgently needs

A framework for the future of stewardship where investors seek outcomes, prioritise systemic sustainability issues, and use collaboration as an integral tool to overcome the collective action problem.

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Embedding ESG issues into strategic asset allocation frameworks: Discussion paper

2019-09-05T08:12:00Z

Strategic asset allocation plays a fundamental role in determining long term returns and enabling asset owners to meet liabilities – in that sense the long term nature of issues such as climate change, demographics and resource depletion should make it an obvious place to start reviewing ESG themes and issues ...

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How can a passive investor be a responsible investor?

Passive funds and responsible investment have been two of the key themes in asset management over the last 10 years.

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Responsible investment and blockchain

2018-04-16T15:03:00Z

This paper introduces blockchain and its relevance to responsible investors. Part one is a technical primer on blockchain, while part two explores some of the ways in which blockchain could transform the financial system and the implications this may have for investors.

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A primer on blockchain

2018-04-16T15:03:00Z

Part one of Responsible investment and blockchain provides a technical primer on blockchain. 

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The implications of blockchain for responsible investment

2018-04-16T15:03:00Z

Central share depositories Modern shares are often not directly held by shareholders, but in bulk by specialist depositories (such as the DTC in the US), which then assign shares to their individual owners by keeping a central ownership register. This has drawn attention from blockchain reformers who claim that the ...

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How policy and regulation affect investment consultants' approach to ESG considerations

2018-03-21T11:44:00Z

Globally, we’ve seen growth in ESG-related regulation for asset owners and investment managers, but not investment consultants.

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Investment consulting and a sustainable financial system

2017-12-07T11:44:00Z

ESG considerations seen as niche service offerings, often entailing extra costs, and only to be provided when explicitly requested by asset owner clients.

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Investment consultants services review

Most consultants and their asset owner clients are failing to consider ESG issues in investment practice – despite growing evidence of the financial materiality of ESG issues to portfolio value. 

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Potential improvements to how investment consultants approach ESG considerations

2017-12-07T11:44:00Z

Our central conclusion is that investment consultants are unlikely to take action on ESG issues without stronger incentives to do so from their asset owner clients.

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How market structure affects investment consultants approach to ESG considerations

2017-12-07T11:44:00Z

Relationships between asset owners and investment consultants have a major influence on whether and how investment consultants take account of ESG issues in the advice that they provide.

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How industry practices affect investment consultants approach to ESG considerations

2017-12-07T11:44:00Z

Market structure issues are compounded by consulting practices and processes.

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Human rights in private equity

2017-11-30T15:53:00Z

It is increasingly expected that human rights due diligence (HRDD) is undertaken by businesses, as per the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises, emerging laws such as the UK Modern Slavery Act and the French duty of vigilance law, and other proposed ...

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Why corporate pensions plans should mirror their sponsor's values

2017-04-20T13:40:00Z

While corporate plans are legally distinct from their sponsors, plans and their beneficiaries can benefit from responsible investment in several ways.

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Nine priority conditions for a sustainable financial system

Following our consultation - Sustainable financial system, principles, impact– we identified nine priority conditions that need to be addressed to transform the financial system:

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Why the PRI is working towards a sustainable financial system

The financial system is not operating sustainably and it often fails society. We need to realign the system with sustainable, equitable economies. Our signatories have a central role to play.