The report is aimed at providing concrete support to impact investors, and mainstream investors wishing to invest for sustainability impact. A joint effort by the PRI, UNEP FI, the Generation Foundation, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, it contains analysis of laws around the world and demonstrates that investors should feel empowered to set impact goals and measure their progress against them.
This summary report, authored by the PRI, UNEP FI and the Generation Foundation, concludes the implementation phase of the Legal Framework for Impact (LFI) programme.
A joint work programme from PRI, UNEP FI and the Generation Foundation
Five policy and regulatory reforms could help investors pursue environmental and social goals, and two further measures should also be considered.
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.
New measures are needed to enable mainstream EU investors to pursue environmental and social goals
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.
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.
Nippon Life’s portfolio-level goal is for its general account portfolios to be net-zero by FY2050, and they believe this goal remains achievable through the actions detailed in this case study.
Engaging with policymakers to advocate for policies that address the gender pay and gender pensions gap.
Creating a Climate Change Policy that enables effective action, focused on real-world decarbonisation and transparency to its members for the remainder of the decade.
Integrating human rights considerations into all AP2’s activities, and contributing to net positive human rights development, to avoid risks linked to human rights violations.
2024-08-27T08:00:00+01:00
This briefing is a synopsis of the speeches and panel discussions about the Legal Framework for Impact summary report.
2023-12-01T10:15:00+00:00
At the PRI’s Sustainability Outcomes Forum in Australia, October 2023, signatories came together to share their experiences and practices in pursuing sustainability outcomes.
2023-04-25T11:02:00+01:00
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 ...
2022-09-14T16:56:00+01:00
By Louisa Guy, UK Policy Analyst, PRI
2022-04-20T10:23:00+01:00
Alina Neculae, Senior policy analyst, EU and France, Policy, PRI
2021-12-15T13:44:00+00:00
By Freya Bannochie, Policy Analyst, UK, PRI, and Laxmi Aeshwarya Kumar, Project Specialist, UNEP FI
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