All Environmental issues articles – Page 9
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PRI Web Page
Net zero gets boost from global financial powerhouses
Credit rating agencies, stock exchanges, index providers and auditors fill the gap for net zero in the financial sector with new alliance that will help put climate at the heart of every professional financial decision.
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Webinar
ESG factors and municipal bond yields
The PRI Academic Network Week was hosted across five days between 13-17 September 2021.
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Webinar
The Risk and Return of Impact Investing Funds
The PRI Academic Network Week was hosted across five days between 13-17 September 2021
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Webinar
On ESG investing: heterogeneous preferences, information, and asset prices
The PRI Academic Network Week was hosted across five days between 13-17 September 2021
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Blog post
How global supply chain networks shape CSR around the world
By Christoph M. Schiller, Arizona State University, W.P. Carey School of Business
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Podcast
ESG leadership in listed equity episode 1
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s director of investment practices, Toby Belsom speaks with Alex van der Velden of Ownership Capital.
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Blog post
Takeaways from the IPCC report: Urgent. Action. Now
By Jack Balsdon, Senior Associate, Climate Change, PRI
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Engagement guide
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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Webinar
Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs) Launch: Climbing the Ladder to Net Zero
As global investors move to align their portfolios with net-zero emissions targets in time for 2050, what will be required to ensure systematic and meaningful progress? Join the Investor Agenda launch of the Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs) Expectations Ladder to find out.
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Podcast
The PRI quarterly update, ft. Carol Jeppesen, Head of US
Join Carol Jeppesen, Head of US, in this quarterly update episode of the PRI podcast. In this episode, Carol runs through key updates from the PRI.
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Blog post
Complementary or conflicting: How does state intervention interact with green investing to affect corporate environmental behaviour?
By Shipeng Yan and Juan (John) Almandoz, University of Hong Kong; and Fabrizio Ferraro, IESE Business School
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Blog post
ESG incidents and shareholder value
By Simon Glossner, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
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Case study
Applying responsible investment principles to multi-asset credit manager selection
Organisation name: Brunel Pension Partnership Signatory type: Asset owner Region of operation: England Assets under management: £30 billion Why we consider responsible investment principles during manager due diligence We designed and delivered a multi-asset credit fund for our pension fund clients to meet their demands for diversified exposure to ...
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Webinar
Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems: Considering the E and the S of ESG
This webinar will discuss investment risks from nature loss to malnutrition, on the one hand, and opportunities arising from sustainable agriculture and healthier diets, on the other. Critical to the delivery of the SDGs agenda, food systems represent a material concern for responsible investors.
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Article
How asset owners and their managers can work together on ESG goals
Following the release of our technical guides on selecting, appointing and monitoring investment managers, the PRI convened a number of panel discussions to talk through how asset owners can work collaboratively with investment managers throughout the selection, appointment and monitoring process.
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Webinar
Delivering net zero emissions in Japan
During this session we covered the PRI’s roadmap for achieving net zero by 2050 in Japan.
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Webinar
Deforestation as a systemic risk
Deforestation is a systemic risk to the entire financial landscape and has been identified as a priority issue for the upcoming COP26 summit. In this panel, Nigel Topping will explore with leading investors how deforestation can be integrated into their net zero strategies.
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Webinar
Natural capital: mapping depletion
In this session, we will discuss newly-launched maps in the tool, ENCORE, on natural capital hotspots of depletion with our partners UNEP-WCMC, and outline how investors can use the maps practically to engage with investees on natural capital.
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Thought leadership
Mapping natural capital depletion
The PRI and UNEP-WCMC have developed maps to showcase hotspots of relative natural capital depletion on a global scale, available for visualisation in ENCORE – an interactive, online tool that highlights how businesses may be exposed to accelerating environmental change.