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Engagement guideClimate Programmes and Investor Initiatives
Implementation is key for investors’ net zero commitments. A significant proportion of PRI signatories have set near term net zero targets and deliver on their commitments for investor/corporate action (consistent with the Paris Agreement and 1.5°C ), though PRI-led or PRI-supported initiatives, including the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. ...
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Climate transition plan votes: Investor update
The increasing popularity of votes on transition plans, also known as say on climate votes, requires investors to understand the signals and potential consequences of such votes.
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Investor working group on sustainable palm oil: engagement results
Summary of findings on sustainable palm oil engagement between 2017 and 2021
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Unlocking the potential of investor stewardship in China: towards a more sustainable economy
How Chinese policy makers can improve the country’s regulatory framework for effective stewardship, including for addressing ESG issues
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Investor initiative for sustainable forests: engagement results
The PRI-Ceres partnership aimed to tackle commodity-driven deforestation within cattle and soybean supply chains at investee companies
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Climate transition plan votes: investor briefing
Investors face a complex set of considerations when deciding how to vote on climate transition plans. This briefing explores those issues; provides resources to assess climate transition plans; and offers guidance on how to address plans that are insufficient.
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Flying blind - The glaring absence of climate risks in financial reporting
More than 70% of listed companies that represent some of the world’s largest carbon-polluters, alongside most of their external auditors, are not fully accounting for climate-related risks in financial statements. This is despite significant financial risks faced from the climate crisis and net-zero pledges made by many.
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Responsible cobalt sourcing: Engagement results
This report summarises the outcomes of the PRI-supported collaborative engagement on responsible cobalt sourcing between 2018 and 2020
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Engaging on plastic packaging: Waste management
Css What should investors know before engaging? For the purposes of this guide, the waste management sector encompasses waste collection, sorting, recycling, incineration, treatment and disposal. Companies can be involved in one or more of these activities, some of which – such as incineration and landfill – will ...
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Engaging on plastic packaging: Containers and packaging producers
Css What should investors know before engaging? This engagement guide focuses on companies that convert plastics into packaging – products that are used to contain, protect, handle, deliver, store, transport and present goods.[1] Plastics are widely used because – depending on the application – they are durable, can ...
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Engaging on plastic packaging: Petrochemicals
Css What should investors know before engaging? The petrochemicals sector is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals, which are used in products such as plastics, fertilisers, clothing, medical equipment, detergents, tyres, and many others.[1] The production of plastic polymers is a major component of petrochemical demand. ...
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Engaging on plastic packaging
The PRI has published four guides to help investors engage with key sectors in the plastic packaging value chain including petrochemicals, containers and packaging, fast-moving consumer goods and waste management. The reports were developed with expert input from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and PRI’s Plastics Investor Working Group.
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Engaging on plastic packaging: Fast-moving consumer goods
Css What should investors know before engaging? Fast-moving consumer goods companies manufacture products that are sold frequently, in high volumes, and at a relatively low cost. For the purpose of this guide, these products include branded and own-brand[1] non-durable household goods, including packaged foods, beverages, personal care products ...
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The investor guide to climate collaboration: from COP26 to net zero
Investors recognise the opportunity for economic growth and investment returns the transition to net-zero emissions presents. In this guide the PRI and the London Stock Exchange Group outline the initiatives, frameworks and tools, which investors can use to structure action on climate, and develop consensus on best practice.
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Whistleblowing: why and how to engage with your investee companies
Transparency International defines whistleblowing as the disclosure or reporting of wrongdoing. We use a broad framing of whistleblowing mechanisms to include those arrangements that encourage employees, customers and suppliers to speak up and share information on activities that violate a company’s ethical code of conduct, its legal and regulatory requirements ...
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Engaging oil and gas companies on climate: results of the PRI collaborative engagement
Between March 2018 and October 2020, the PRI coordinated a collaborative engagement on climate change transition for the oil and gas sector.
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ESG engagement for sovereign debt investors
How existing communication channels can be leveraged to stimulate conversations around ESG topics through a multi-pronged process, which can be mutually beneficial for sovereigns and investors (2020).
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Engaging on methane: results of the PRI collaborative engagement
Between 2017 and 2019, the PRI coordinated a collaborative engagement on methane with the oil and gas and utilities sectors.
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Sustainable and inclusive: Covid-19 recovery and reform
Provides guidance for investors pursuing policy engagement during and post-COVID 19
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Summary: engagement on water risks in agricultural supply chains (phase 2)
Since 2015, the PRI has coordinated a collaborative engagement on water risks in agricultural supply chains. The engagement focused on these supply chains because agriculture is a major user of water, responsible for the withdrawal of 70% of the world’s freshwater.
