All Social issues articles – Page 8
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WebinarPRI Digital Forum : EMEA - Human rights: an investor framework
This session will discuss some of the common misconceptions around human rights within the investment community, and clarify investor responsibilities.
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WebinarUS municipal bonds: addressing the data differences for ESG integration
Does the ESG data used by investors to assess US municipal and corporate bonds differ, and is there enough self-reported issuer data available? Which ESG risk area has the biggest data limitations, and what role could bondholder engagement play in enhancing data disclosure? Featuring a muni bond issuer, an investor ...
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DDQResponsible investment DDQ for private equity limited partners
The Limited Partners’ (LP) Private Equity Responsible Investment Due Diligence Questionnaire (DDQ) has been developed to help investors understand and evaluate a general partner’s (GP) processes for incorporating material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities into their investment practices and to understand where responsibility for doing so lies.
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PodcastESG leadership in listed equity episode 2
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s senior lead in listed equities, Michal Bartek speaks with Peter Michaelis of Liontrust. They reflect on the key developments in responsible investing in decades past, discuss the likely issues in the next decade and explore what it takes for listed equity ...
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Case studyGreen-leader or green-washer? Using AI to prioritise company engagements
Case study by Acadian Asset Management
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Case studySustainalytics - 10 for 2021 - Investing in the Circular Food Economy
Case study by Sustainalytics
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Blog postCOP26 must keep a 1.5-degree world alive
By Sagarika Chatterjee, Director of Climate Change, PRI
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Case studyEngagement International: Addressing responsible tax
Engagement International helps institutional investors act as active responsible owners through corporate engagement.
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Case studyMN: Collaborating through Platform Living Wage Financials
As an investment manager for pension funds, we look to create long-term value for our clients and their beneficiaries and consider stewardship as central to realising this.
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News and pressPRI launches revamped Academy offering to address evolving ESG training needs
The UN-affiliated Principles for Responsible Investment has today announced the launch of a revitalised offering from its Academy arm.
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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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WebinarDo ESG information providers meet the needs of fixed income investors?
This webinar presents the main conclusions of discussions between credit analysts and ESG information providers of different specialism and scope, on how useful their data and service offerings are for fixed income investors, how the current products are evolving and where gaps remain.
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Policy reportConsultation response: People-centred just transition
On 20 July 2021, Natural Resources Canada published its People-Centred Just Transition discussion paper, inviting stakeholder feedback on proposed legislation to enact an inclusive and fair transition to a carbon neutral economy.
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Blog postPRI launches venture capital collaboration to strengthen ESG take-up
By Peter Dunbar, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices, PRI, Hannah Leach and Johannes Lenhard, VentureESG
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PodcastSpotlight on human rights: who owns COVID-19 vaccines and why should investors care?
In the fourth episode of the PRI’s human rights podcast series, Nikolaj Pedersen speaks to biomedical researcher, health rights advocate, and Head of Policy at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Els Torreele and Peter Hughes, fund manager at AXA Investment Managers about COVID-19 vaccine ownership and distribution ...
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WebinarESG factors and municipal bond yields
The PRI Academic Network Week was hosted across five days between 13-17 September 2021.
