All Governance issues articles – Page 4
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WebinarOn 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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Webinar
Corporate governance in India: what investors need to know
This webinar, co-hosted by PRI and the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) is the last in a series of webinars focused on corporate governance in Asia and will explore the outlook for corporate governance in India in 2021 and beyond. A panel of experts will share their views on areas ...
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Podcast
The proposed global tax reforms – can they eliminate profit shifting?
Our guest speakers, Alex Cobham from Tax Justice Network and Ryan Gurule from the FACT Coalition will be sharing their insights on the global tax reforms and implications for investors.
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Blog post
A tax system reset: what are the implications for investors?
By Vaishnavi Ravishankar, Senior Analyst, ESG, PRI
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Article
ESG-linked pay: What does the research say?
This article examines the academic evidence around ESG-linked pay and the role it can play in incentivising and rewarding ESG performance
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Article
ESG-linked pay: Recommendations for investors
A set of investor recommendations on driving more meaningful integration of ESG metrics in executive pay, including through voting
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Thought leadership
Global trends in corporate tax disclosure
Corporate tax practices are coming under increasing scrutiny from governments and investors, amid concerns about the use of aggressive tax avoidance practices. Companies employing strategies such as profit shifting could be exposing themselves to growing reputational and regulatory risks, which have the potential to directly impact their profitability.
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Webinar
Corporate Governance in South East Asia: What Investors Need to Know
In May 2021, the PRI and Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) co-hosted this webinar, as part of a series of webinars focused on corporate governance in Asia, and explored the outlook for corporate governance in SE Asia in 2021.
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Blog post
ESG rating disagreements: why is corporate virtue so subjective?
By Dane Christensen, University of Oregon; George Serafeim, Harvard Business School, and Anywhere Sikochi; Harvard Business School
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Blog post
What can we learn from corporate responses to ESG ratings?
By Rieneke Slager, University of Groningen and Jean-Pascal Gond, City, University of London
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Blog post
Corporate governance in China: key takeaways for investors
Jamie Allen and Nana Li, ACGA and Vaishnavi Ravishankar, PRI
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Blog post
Global evolution of responsible investment
By Eduardo Atehortua, Head of LATAM (ex-brazil), PRI
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Webinar
Corporate Governance in China: What Investors Need to Know
This webinar will focus on investor expectations, current practice, and outlook for corporate governance in China in 2021.
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Blog post
Paving the way towards sustainable corporate governance in the EU
By Athanasia Karananou, Head, Corporate Governance and Elise Attal, Head of EU and UK policy, PRI
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Blog post
Capitol riots: a call for investors to rethink corporate political donations
By Vaishnavi Ravishankar, Senior Analyst, ESG and Emmet McNamee, Senior Specialist, Stewardship, PRI
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Webinar
Governance assessment: a similar approach for equities vs. debt investors?
Governance evaluation is prominent in ESG analysis and security pricing. During this webinar, we will explore whether and to what extent governance factors are assessed differently by equity and fixed income investors, including relevant metrics.
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Webinar
Engaging on Whistleblowing: The Value for Investors
This webinar will explore the relevance of whistleblowing for investors and launch the PRI engagement guidance on whistleblowing. The discussion will cover the investor perspective, implications of recent regulatory developments such as the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive, and include perspectives from a former whistleblower.
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Blog post
Whistleblowing through the social and governance lenses
By Betina Vaz Boni, Analyst, Governance Issues, PRI and Elena Espinoza, Acting Head, Social Issues, PRI
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Engagement guide
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 ...
