Responsible investment in listed equity

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Responsible investment allows listed equity investors to make better informed investment decisions by integrating all material factors - including environmental, social and governance (ESG) - into investment analysis, valuations and decisions.

Find below practical guides and tools to help investors incorporate ESG factors into their listed equity portfolios - along with case studies, blogs, podcasts and webinars sharing best practice.

Introductory guides

An introduction to responsible investment: listed equity

An introduction to responsible investment: stewardship

An introduction to responsible investment: screening

Featured

ESG integration in listed equity: A technical guide

2023-04-18T08:00:00+01:00

This guide aims to support listed equity investors in integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their strategies. It is intended as a resource for those looking to review or update ESG policies and practices over time, but will also cater to those developing a responsible investment approach for ...

Net zero in practice: Insights from equity investors

2023-11-20T08:00:00+00:00

This report shares insights from the first comprehensive set of case studies around how to implement net-zero commitments in listed equity portfolios.

Current practices

Listed equity snapshot 2017 – 2020

Explores how and where approaches to incorporating ESG, active ownership and proxy voting in listed equities has changed.

Divestment

Discussing divestment: Developing an approach when pursuing sustainability outcomes in listed equities

For listed equity investors, the decision to engage with or divest from ESG laggards depends on the ESG issues concerned as well as the (sustainability) objectives of their clients and beneficiaries.

EU taxonomy

Implementing the EU taxonomy: An update to the PRI’s ‘Testing the Taxonomy’ report

This paper explores how investors are implementing the regulation

ESG incorporation best practice

ESG incorporation in listed equity – thoughts on best practice

2022-02-03T08:00:00+00:00

Valuation and risk models must be sufficiently long term to capture the full impact of ESG risks and opportunities. There are trade-offs between capturing the benefits of deep ESG analysis and building a portfolio that adheres to traditional diversification approaches.