All Environmental issues articles – Page 12
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Case study
PRI Awards 2019 case study: Kigali Bulk Water Supply Project
Company: Investec Asset Management HQ: South Africa Category: Real World Impact Initiative of the Year (shortlisted)
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Article
Guidance 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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Engagement guide
Plastics: The challenges and possible solutions
With an increase in global production and consumption of plastics, and less than 20 percent of plastics recycled globally, plastic waste is increasing – and mismanaged.
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Engagement guide
Risks and opportunities along the plastics value chain
The level of global interest in plastic production, consumption and waste has soared in recent years. While much of this focus has been on the risks and impacts, it is important to recognise that the flexibility and resilience of plastic mean that products made from the material perform many crucial ...
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Webinar
Highlights from the Climate Action Forum global series
The PRI convened 14 Climate Forums across 10 countries that engaged more than 1,350 investors, including 300 asset owners, to discuss how to ready portfolios for a low-carbon economy.
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Webinar
Combating climate change: what role can forestry investors play?
This webinar explores the role of forestry in the fight against climate change, with a particular focus on how emissions trading schemes can provide opportunities to forestry investors and managers to make market returns while also generating positive environmental impact.
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Blog post
Vale dam collapse reignites mining safety pressure from investors
By Elena Espinoza, Manager, Social Issues, the PRI
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News and press
Investors with US$6.3 trillion in assets call on companies to cut climate, deforestation-related risks in global soybean supply chains
Increased demand for soybean products is destroying important biomes in South America, driving up emissions, and exposing companies that source these products from the region to various business risks.
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News and press
The Global Risks Report 2019: what does it tell PRI signatories?
Published ahead of next week’s Davos, the Global Risks Report provides significant insights into risk to inform government, business and investor action. It asks: is the world sleep walking into a crisis?
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Technical guide
Implementing TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure
The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD or the Task Force) published its final recommendations in 2017, and now both companies and investors are moving towards implementation of TCFD’s recommendations.
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Webinar
Dr. Ma Jun addresses PRI in Person 2018
Dr. Ma Jun provides an update on green finance in China, including the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group and the Central Bank Network of Green Finance.
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News and press
Take action on climate now or risk disruptive policies in future
If investors and governments do not ramp up their actions on climate change now, then they risk a more disruptive transition in future as governments will be compelled to impose forceful measures, which could trigger a phase of market volatility.
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Thought leadership
Impact investing market map
Over the last decade, impact investing has shifted from a disruptive investment concept to a complex and rich investment ecosystem.
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Thought leadership
Impact investing market map: Water
Water is considered a multi-impact investment because it affects the microclimate, food supply, industrial chain, health, productivity and the environment overall.
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Thought leadership
Impact investing market map: Sustainable forestry
UN agencies and international conventions have created basic definitions and conditions for sustainable forestry, but these are not acknowledged or adopted by all countries.
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Thought leadership
Impact investing market map: Renewable energy
Non-conventional energy generation is one of the most well-known industries in the impact investing field, having evolved from an illiquid or early-stage impact market to a mainstream market in the past 15 years.
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Thought leadership
Impact investing market map: Energy efficiency
Energy efficiency is often associated with clean technology companies, green energy enterprises and smart or eco products (such as washing machines that consume less energy or hybrid cars).
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Thought leadership
Initial considerations
While impact investing is a new paradigm for the investment community, there are still many gaps and issues that need to be addressed to take it to the mainstream.
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Thought leadership
Impact investing market map: Green buildings
Green building projects are well known to companies in this field, as well as by investors and policy makers.
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Thought leadership
Impact investing market map: Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture as a thematic investment is relatively new in the impact investing industry; but while few companies currently work or invest in this area, it is a growing market.