All Selecting managers articles
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PRI reporting analysisGlobal responsible investment trends: Inside PRI reporting data
This report finds that signatories have continued to enhance their RI practices, with RI policies becoming more detailed, action on sustainability outcomes more widespread and disclosures more in-depth since the 2021 reporting cycle.
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Introductory guideAn introduction to responsible investment: Corporate governance for asset owners
This short guide introduces the subject of corporate governance for asset owner staff and their advisers
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Technical guideEvaluating managers’ stewardship for sustainability
The PRI has created a tool to evaluate and compare managers’ stewardship practices for sustainability outcomes, and a due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) which they can use to discuss this topic with investment managers.
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DDQStewardship for sustainability: Responsible investment DDQ
This due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) has been developed to help asset owners and other investors better understand and evaluate how investment managers approach sustainability outcomes stewardship, consistent with the PRI’s Active Ownership 2.0 programme.
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Blog postInside PRI data: Insights on current practice
By Toby Belsom, Director of Investment Practices, PRI, and Diba Ahour, Investment Practices Analyst, PRI
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PRI reporting analysisInside PRI data: Investment manager practices
There are many responsible investment practices that are now widely practised among the PRI’s investment manager signatories. A large majority publish core policies and have executive oversight of their implementation.
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Blog postVenture capital investors must take ESG due diligence seriously – our new DDQ can help
By Daram Pandian, Associate, Private Equity & Venture Capital, and Peter Dunbar, Head of Private Equity, PRI
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DDQResponsible investment DDQ for venture capital limited partners
This due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) has been developed to help investors understand and evaluate a general partner’s (GP) responsible investment practices and the material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities their investments may be exposed to.
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Blog postWhat does our reporting data reveal about responsible infrastructure investment trends?
By Marco Longhini, Analyst, Investment Practices; and Simon Whistler, Head of Real Assets
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Technical guideIncorporating climate change in private markets: An investor resource guide
A guide on the publicly available resources and initiatives available for direct and indirect private equity and real assets equity investors to help them incorporate climate change considerations in their investment process.
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PRI reporting analysisInside PRI data: asset owner action
This report analyses the responses of asset owner signatories who participated in PRI reporting in 2021. It covers asset owners’ top-level commitments, responsible investment policies, processes for selecting, appointing and monitoring managers, and climate-change strategies.
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Case studyKfW Capital: Paving the way for a more sustainable venture capital ecosystem
KfW Capital outlines the processes and frameworks it has developed to conduct ESG due diligence on venture capital managers.
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Discussion paperClosing the funding gap: The case for ESG incorporation and sustainability outcomes in emerging markets
How investors can use responsible investment practices to manage risk and meet return objectives while working towards closing the emerging markets funding gap.
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Blog postHow should insurers be responding to climate change?
By Chris Fowle, Director of Signatory relations Americas, PRI
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Blog postDesigning investment mandates for real-world outcomes
By Toby Belsom, Director of Investment Practices, PRI, and Diba Ahour, Investment Practices Analyst, PRI
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Discussion paperEmbedding ESG factors in investment mandates
Investment mandates are a valuable and often underutilised tool for asset owners to signal ESG requirements to asset managers.
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Thought leadershipBroadening the outreach to investment consultants
Investment consultants are critical stakeholders in the investment chain, advising institutional asset owners on a range of issues, including the selection, appointment and monitoring of external managers. They can play a key role in supporting asset owners to develop responsible investment practices, and to assess their investment managers’ ESG incorporation ...
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OtherThe PRI’s Lorenzo Saa introduces guides on selecting, appointing and monitoring external managers
In this video, the PRI’s Chief Signatory Relations Officer, Lorenzo Saa, introduces PRI flagship reports on asset owner selection, appointment and monitoring of external managers.
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WebinarBeyond Divestment: Climate Change Strategies for Endowments
This joint PRI and IEN webinar will explore the investment implications of climate change and highlight tools and resources endowments can leverage to develop a thoughtful climate strategy.
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