All PRI archive articles – Page 2
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Reports/Guides
Integrating ESG factors into issuer analysis
In fixed income, a key application for ESG information is to inform analysis of issuer creditworthiness. ESG issues, such as corruption or climate change, are potential risks to macro factors that may affect an issuer’s ability to repay its debt.
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Reports/GuidesIntegrating ESG factors into corporate issuer analysis
Analyses of governance factors such as remuneration and financial auditing are common among bond investors, but few systematically integrate a wide range of ESG factors into credit analysis.
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Engaging issuers on ESG issues
Debt and equity holders both stand to benefit financially from successful engagements, as ESG-related risks are mitigated and opportunities maximised.
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Themed fixed income investing
Investment products such as green bonds are seen by many as a way of addressing ESG risks such as climate change and water scarcity.
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Embedding responsible investment into the fixed income investment process
There are a number of fundamental building blocks, regardless of asset class, that all investors should consider when setting their organisation up to implement responsible investment.
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Academic research
Corporate disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions
The reporting of company-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a complex undertaking for companies and currently a voluntary activity in most European countries.
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Academic research
The next generation of scenarios for climate change
In this paper Moss et al provide an overview of how scenarios of the future are used in climate change research to aid understanding of how changes in technology, lifestyle, and policies can address the risks of climate change, and outline a new process for developing these scenarios.
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Academic research
Expert credibility in climate change
This study, published in 2010, aims to evaluate the extent of agreement among climate change scientists with the view of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that “anthropogenic [caused by humans] greenhouse gases have been responsible for most of the unequivocal warming of the Earth’s average temperature over the ...
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Academic research
Investors' recognition of unburnable carbon
This paper analyses the reaction of the US stock market to the initial publication and subsequent media coverage of two climate change studies published in the journal Nature in 2009.
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Academic research
Climate change impacts and adaptation in cities
With half of the world’s population living in cities, and the proportion increasing, addressing the greenhouse gas emissions from cities on future levels of climate change, and of the effects of climate change on cities, is increasingly relevant.
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Academic research
RI Quarterly Vol. 4: Focus on climate
Climate-related investment practice is on the verge of rapid change.
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Reports/Guides
Director nomination process: Discussion paper - Part 2
The second part of the discussion paper on the director nomination process includes detailed reviews of the nomination process in seven national jurisdictions.
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Director nomination process: Discussion paper - Part 1
Part one of the discussion paper presents an overview of the director nominations process.
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Water consumption in water scarce regions
PwC estimated water consumption in water stressed regions around the world for 78 companies on an initial research focus list.
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Why care about supply chain water risks?
Water is one of the few resources that is needed for almost all transformation processes that foster production activities.
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A water risks stewardship framework
The water stewardship framework developed by WWF effectively highlights various examples of best practice water risk management by companies.
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Water risks in agricultural supply chains
Global fresh water supplies have become increasingly exposed to risk as a result of both growing demand, and pressures on supply, including those linked to climate change.
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Engaging on water risks in agricultural supply chains
A universe of 78 target companies was narrowed down to 54 to form the initial targets for investor engagement on water risk.
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Analysing water risks in agricultural supply chains
WWF applied its technical expertise by identifying those crops and basins facing the most significant water risks globally.
