All Social issues articles – Page 7
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WebinarAmplifying the S in ESG: Investor Myth Buster
This webinar will bring together representatives of the Working Group and endorsers to discuss the different ‘myths’, the real challenges in tackling the S of ESG but also providing clear next steps for investor action.
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Webinar
Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems: Considering the E and the S of ESG
This webinar will discuss investment risks from nature loss to malnutrition, on the one hand, and opportunities arising from sustainable agriculture and healthier diets, on the other. Critical to the delivery of the SDGs agenda, food systems represent a material concern for responsible investors.
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Social factors as a credit risk: the example of the pharmaceutical industry
This webinar explores how social factors can affect credit risk analysis, using the pharmaceutical industry as an example, given its high exposure to social risks related to customer relations, responsible production, equal access to products and services, demographic and societal trends.
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Article
How asset owners and their managers can work together on ESG goals
Following the release of our technical guides on selecting, appointing and monitoring investment managers, the PRI convened a number of panel discussions to talk through how asset owners can work collaboratively with investment managers throughout the selection, appointment and monitoring process.
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Webinar
Equidad de Género y factores ASG: construyendo una mejor sociedad desde el mercado de capitales
Junto con la iniciativa Women in Connection abordaremos la importancia de la equidad de género y los factores ASG en la promoción de la inversión responsable en América Latina.
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Blog post
ESG rating disagreements: why is corporate virtue so subjective?
By Dane Christensen, University of Oregon; George Serafeim, Harvard Business School, and Anywhere Sikochi; Harvard Business School
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Podcast
Spotlight on human rights: why investors should care about the union drive at Amazon
In this episode of the PRI’s human rights podcast series, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks to Jennifer Bates, an Amazon worker who played a key role in organising the union drive in Bessemer, Alabama and Corey Klemmer, Director of Engagement at Domini Impact Investments.
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News and press
Principles for Responsible Investment Releases Guidance for Asset Owners on Incorporating ESG Preferences of Beneficiaries
New report from world’s leading proponent of responsible investment outlines pension beneficiary preferences on ESG issues and four-step guide for asset owners
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Blog post
What can we learn from corporate responses to ESG ratings?
By Rieneke Slager, University of Groningen and Jean-Pascal Gond, City, University of London
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PRI Web Page
Human rights case studies
The PRI will be affording its work on human rights equal strategic priority to its work on climate change.
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Blog post
Reconciliation and responsible investment: Growing the Indigenous economy in Canada
By Katie Wheatley, Manager, Reconciliation & Responsible Investment Initiative, SHARE and Lindsey Walton, Head of Canada for Signatory Relations, PRI
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Webinar
Guidance on Integrating Children’s Rights into Investment Decision Making
UNICEF and Sustainalytics have recently launched an investor guidance on how to integrate children’s rights into investment decision making. During this webinar you will have the opportunity to hear from the authors, how the guide came about and how investors can make the best use of it in understanding the ...
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Blog post
Global evolution of responsible investment
By Eduardo Atehortua, Head of LATAM (ex-brazil), PRI
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Webinar
¿Por qué los inversores deberían actuar sobre los derechos humanos?
In this webinar we will discuss how inverters can frame the topic and begin their journey towards integration. Further, we will count on the hands-on experience of local and global organisations regarding Human Rights integration, trends and integration models.
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Webinar
How Investors can Improve Workers’ Rights: Lessons from the Fair Food Program
This webinar will explore how WSR has transformed the lives of those involved and outline how investors can support the drive to protect the workers in corporate supply chains.
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Blog post
Vaccine nationalism – why responsible investors must change the course of action
By Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI
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Webinar
Disability Inclusion: a strategic ESG perspective for investors
This webinar will explore disability inclusion in the workplace as a critical social issue for investors which needs to be examined with a strategic perceptive, mitigating risks and realising the opportunities that disability brings. The speakers will discuss increasing evidence that embracing equality and diversity contributes to the long-term success ...
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Webinar
Stranded Seafarers - Addressing a Humanitarian Crisis and a Supply Chain Risk
This webinar jointly organised by the PRI and Fidelity will be an opportunity to discuss and call for urgent action around the humanitarian crisis and the supply chain risk in relation to the more than 400,000 seafarers.
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Blog post
The case for infrastructure investors to go further on human rights
By Simon Whistler, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices, PRI
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Webinar
Engaging on Whistleblowing: The Value for Investors
This webinar will explore the relevance of whistleblowing for investors and launch the PRI engagement guidance on whistleblowing. The discussion will cover the investor perspective, implications of recent regulatory developments such as the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive, and include perspectives from a former whistleblower.
