All Selecting managers articles
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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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DDQ
Responsible 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 post
What 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 guide
Incorporating 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 analysis
Inside 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 study
KfW 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 paper
Closing 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 post
How should insurers be responding to climate change?
By Chris Fowle, Director of Signatory relations Americas, PRI
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Blog post
Designing 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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Podcast
The PRI quarterly update ft. Marie Luchet, Director of Continental Europe, Signatory relations, PRI
In this quarterly podcast, PRI’s Aiman Zaidi speaks with Marie Luchet, Director of Continental Europe, Signatory relations about the key activities of the PRI from the past quarter and what to expect from the PRI for the remainder of the year about climate mitigation, upcoming events, our human rights work ...
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Discussion paper
Embedding 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 leadership
Broadening 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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Podcast
The PRI quarterly update, ft. Carol Jeppesen, Head of US
Join Carol Jeppesen, Head of US, in this quarterly update episode of the PRI podcast. In this episode, Carol runs through key updates from the PRI.
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Other
The 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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Webinar
Beyond 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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