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RecordingsPRI webinar: introducing the Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition
The work of the Coalition allows governments and project developers to present their pipeline of projects five years into the future (min. US$100 million deal size) and access new sources of funding from international investors, providing investors with early visibility of future deal-flow and give the opportunity to provide feedback ...
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Methane in the oil and gas sector
Sean Wright (Environmental Defense Fund) and Matthias Beer (BMO GAM) join the PRI’s Gemma James to discuss why methane emissions are a material issue for investors in the context of climate change. This coincides with the launch of a new investor guide to methane on how to manage the ...
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Corporate climate lobbying in the U.S.
Kathy Mulvey (Union of Concerned Scientists) joins the PRI’s Paul Chandler to discuss why corporate lobbying on climate change matters to investors, as well as the findings from UCS’ new report: The Climate Accountability Scorecard - Ranking Major Fossil Fuel Companies on Climate Deception, Disclosure, and Action .
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Responsible investment news roundup - October 2016
Five-minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month’s topics include the flurry of recent global climate deals, Yahoo’s data breach, gender diversity in mining and Morningstar’s new sustainability indices.
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Responsible investment news roundup - September 2016
Five-minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news.
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Corporate ownership transparency
Secret or anonymously-owned companies pose a number of risks to shareholders - both financial and non-financial. This is primarily due to the difficulty in identifying the actual (“beneficial”) owners. Eryn Schornick (Global Witness) joins the PRI’s Olivia Mooney to discuss the issue, as well as the tools available to investors ...
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Shipbreaking practices
Shipbreaking is one of the world’s most dangerous occupations, with severe impacts on human rights and the environment. Annie Bersagel (KLP) joins the PRI’s Valeria Piani to explain why this is important to investors and encourages them to join their current engagement on responsible ship recycling .
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Responsible investment news roundup - August 2016
Five-minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news.
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A case for enhanced transparency
Steve Waygood (Aviva Investors) and Toby Heaps (Corporate Knights) join the PRI’s Danielle Chesebrough to discuss the current state of sustainability reporting, and identify the key next steps exchanges, regulators, investors and international organizations (such as IOSCO and IASB) should take to improve the quality and consistency of ESG disclosures ...
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Socio-economic inequality
Sudip Hazra (Kepler Cheuvreux) joins the PRI’s Valeria Piani to discuss why inequality matters to global businesses and their shareholders.
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Factory farming
Jeremy Coller (Coller Capital) joins the PRI’s Valeria Piani to discuss factory farming and FAIRR (Farm Animal Investment Risk Return), an investor initiative that aims to put the issue on the ESG agenda.
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Labour standards in the supply chain - a supplier perspective
Charlie Bradshaw (Matrix APA) joins the PRI’s Felicitas Weber to discuss how to address poor labour conditions in global supply chains, looking at the supplier perspective. The PRI are also re-launching their collaborative engagement on labour practices in agricultural supply chains, with an investor expectations statement open for all ...
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Proxy access in the USA
Scott Zdrazil (New York City Comptroller) joins the PRI’s Olivia Mooney to discuss the development of proxy access in the USA. This includes an overview of the Boardroom Accountability Project, the company response so far and advice for investors on how to engage on the issue.
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Culture and conduct at banks
Paul Cox (NEST), Tim Tookey (Nationwide) and Bess Joffe (TIAA) join Schroders’ Jessica Ground to discuss the action that investors can take to help improve the culture and conduct within the banking sector.
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VW scandal and the automotive industry
Mikhail Zverev and Rebecca Maclean (Standard Life Investments) join the PRI’s Valeria Piani to discuss the implications of the Volkswagen (VW) emissions scandal for the automotive industry.
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The UK Modern Slavery Act
Phil Bloomer, Executive Director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, joins the PRI’s Felicitas Weber to discuss the the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and it’s implications for companies and investors.
