All Legal Framework for Impact articles
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WebinarLFI Japan: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry (Japanese)
A presentation of key findings from the legal analysis of Japanese investment regulation.
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WebinarLFI Japan: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry (English)
A presentation of key findings from the legal analysis of Japanese investment regulation.
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News and pressLeaders in responsible investment call for clearer standards in Japan
The PRI, UNEP FI and the Generation Foundation’s 2023 ‘A Legal Framework for Impact’ report on Japan finds institutional investors are unsure whether regulations allow them to invest for impact.
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Thought leadershipJapan: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry
Many Japanese investors remain unaware of the extent to which they are permitted or required to invest for sustainability impact. This report sets out five policy recommendations to clarify this question, ensure better investor access to sustainability information, and enhance transparency and market discipline.
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Policy reportStrengthening effective stewardship in Australia: Understanding barriers and opportunities for investor stewardship on sustainability outcomes
Building on the findings and recommendations in the reports, A Legal Framework for Impact, Legal Framework for Impact: Australia, and the Stewardship Policy Toolkit, this report sets out the findings of research into how Australian institutional investors conduct stewardship and identifies barriers that limit how effectively they use stewardship to ...
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Blog postPension funds need to consider beneficiaries’ sustainability preferences more – here’s why the IORP II consultation matters
By Alina Neculae, Senior Policy Analyst, EU and France, Policy, PRI
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Policy reportLegal framework for impact: Briefing for policy makers
Financial investments drive real-world outcomes on issues such as climate change, sustainable development and human rights – whether the impacts are intended or not. Investors increasingly recognise that financial returns depend on the stability of social and environmental systems, especially in the long term. This is driving investors to increasingly ...
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Thought leadershipCanada: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry
Canadian investors may be interpreting their legal duties in ways that discourage them from considering sustainability impact goals, even where pursuing such goals can help them discharge their duty to achieve financial returns.
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News and pressWhy Canada’s Investors Should Take Action To Improve Sustainability Impacts And Mitigate Climate Risks
Today, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEPFI) and the Generation Foundation released the Canada Legal Framework for Impact policy report.
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Blog postSustainability outcomes: How can investors support the development of meaningful data?
By Stephen Andrews, Senior Data Analyst, and Julie Hammer-Monart, Senior Analyst, Sustainability Outcomes
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Policy report2022 Policy Roundup
In 2022 there was a strong focus of sustainable finance policy reforms across jurisdictions worldwide. In this briefing we provide a short roundup of policy developments in each of the PRI Policy Team’s key jurisdictions.
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Thought leadershipUK: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry
A number of policy measures could enable UK investors to pursue positive sustainability impacts through their investments, in particular where that is relevant to financial returns.
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Blog postThe human right to a healthy environment provides a strong mandate to investors
By Louisa Guy, UK Policy Analyst, PRI
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News and pressMore clarity is needed to help Australian investors pursue sustainability objectives, says new report
Today, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UNEP FI and the Generation Foundation publish a new report on the policy barriers limiting the ability of institutional investors in Australia to pursue sustainability objectives, providing recommendations for policy reforms.
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Thought leadershipAustralia: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry
Five policy and regulatory reforms could help investors pursue environmental and social goals, and two further measures should also be considered.
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Blog postSolvency II has some new sustainability impact requirements and they matter for insurers
By Alina Neculae, Senior Policy Analyst, EU and France, Policy, PRI
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ArticleReflecting on the discussion: Investing for sustainability impact in Japan (和訳）
「インパクトをもたらす投資に関する法的枠組み：投資意思決定におけるサステナビリティ・インパクト」（原文：「A Legal Framework for Impact: sustainability impact in investor decision-making」、以下「LFIレポート」）公表後、責任投資原則（PRI）日本ポリシーチームはウェビナーを開催し、レポートに含まれる法的分析から読み取れる政策的な示唆について関連分野の専門家に講演頂きました。本ウェビナーでは、金川国際法律事務所、金融庁、第一生命保険株式会社、及びPRI日本事務局に登壇頂きました。
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Blog postInvesting for sustainability impact: changes needed in EU policy framework
Alina Neculae, Senior policy analyst, EU and France, Policy, PRI
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Thought leadershipEuropean Union: Empowering investors to pursue sustainability goals
New measures are needed to enable mainstream EU investors to pursue environmental and social goals
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ArticleReflecting on the discussion: Investing for sustainability impact in the UK
An expert panel discusses the application in the UK of the research in the ground-breaking report A Legal Framework for Impact. This article summarises the discussion during the PRI-sponsored webinar on investing for sustainability impact.
