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WebinarReal estate investment: Understanding ESG capabilities & disclosures
This session will explore the updated due diligence questions that investors in real estate should ask their investment managers during selection, appointment and monitoring.
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PRI Web Page
Join the Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change - Australian pilot
The PRI is looking for signatories to join the Investor Working Group for the Australian pilot of the Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change.
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Webinar
The gap between climate policy, transition investment and a low overshoot 1.5C - Is it too late?
This event will assess the latest on policy, investment and economic transition. Speakers will be sharing their views on climate policy progress against 1.5C. and implications for investors, transition finance. Hear green finance, climate policy and investor voices looking ahead on 2023.
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PRI Web Page
Signatory consultation for response to TNFD v0.4
The PRI will be providing feedback to v0.4 of the TNFD disclosure recommendations as part of TNFD’s 60-day formal consultation period (28 March-1 June). This represents the final opportunity to feed back on the TNFD framework before the release of v1.0 for market uptake in September 2023. Signatories were invited ...
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Blog post
Why we must act faster to enable the climate transition
By David Atkin, CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment
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Webinar
Stepping up on biodiversity: how are investors taking action since COP15?
In this webinar, we will explore the type of actions that leading investors are undertaking to contribute to the goal of the GBF to “halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030” and discuss the wider direction of travel for the financial sector to meet both climate and nature goals.
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Discussion paper
ESG, credit risk and ratings: part 4 - deepening the dialogue between investors, issuers, and CRAs
The second phase of the ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative, which this report summarises, has deepened the dialogue that the PRI started between investors and credit rating agencies (CRAs) in phase one. It has also broadened the outreach to other stakeholders – primarily borrowers, but also ESG information ...
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Blog post
How US anti-ESG laws raise borrowing costs for public finance
By Daniel Garrett, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and Ivan Ivanov, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Blog post
The role of the PRI in a changing world
By David Atkin, CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment
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PRI Web Page
PRI-led Collaborative Stewardship Initiative on Nature
The PRI is developing a new collaborative stewardship initiative on nature. We will convene a group of investors, who will use their collective voice and influence to shape positive outcomes for nature.
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Article
Briefing: ISSB decisions on the first set of IFRS Sustainability Standards
From September 2022 to February 2023 the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) made decisions on its first set of Sustainability Standards. This briefing note summarises all ISSB decisions and therefore provides insight on what information investors might receive from portfolio companies reporting against the final Standards.
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Blog post
Biden weighs in on the battle for the soul of Wall Street
By David Atkin, CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment
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Blog post
Responsible private equity: Our data reveals some emerging best practices but there is more work to do
By Daram Pandian, Associate, Private Equity & Venture Capital, and Peter Dunbar, Head of Private Equity, PRI
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PRI reporting analysis
Inside PRI data: Investment manager practices
There are many responsible investment practices that are now widely practised among the PRI’s investment manager signatories. A large majority publish core policies and have executive oversight of their implementation.
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Engagement guide
Climate 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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PRI Web Page
Call for signatories to join the Circular Economy Reference Group
The PRI is looking for signatories to become members of the Circular Economy Reference Group.
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Blog post
The effectiveness of divestment strategies
By Alex Edmans, London Business School; Doron Levit, University of Washington; and Jan Schneemeier, Indiana University
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Article
Are corporate boards responding to successful shareholder ESG proposals?
Why corporate board responsiveness to shareholder proposals that receive significant support matters, and how investors can emphasise their expectations for board ESG accountability to investees as the 2023 proxy voting season approaches
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Article
Filing a shareholder proposal in Australia
This country factsheet provides an overview of the key legal and technical processes related to filing a shareholder proposal in Australia
