All Stewardship articles – Page 10
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WebinarEngaging 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.
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Engagement guideWhistleblowing: why and how to engage with your investee companies
Transparency International defines whistleblowing as the disclosure or reporting of wrongdoing. We use a broad framing of whistleblowing mechanisms to include those arrangements that encourage employees, customers and suppliers to speak up and share information on activities that violate a company’s ethical code of conduct, its legal and regulatory requirements ...
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PRI Web PageAbout stewardship
The PRI defines stewardship as: “The use of investor rights and influence to protect and enhance overall long-term value for clients and beneficiaries, including the common economic, social and environmental assets on which their interests depend.”
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Engagement guideESG engagement for sovereign debt investors
How existing communication channels can be leveraged to stimulate conversations around ESG topics through a multi-pronged process, which can be mutually beneficial for sovereigns and investors (2020).
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Case studyInvestor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative
Case study by Church of England Pensions Board and the Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds
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Case studyResponsible tax engagement
Case study by Engagement International and the Municipality of Aarhus, Denmark
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Case studyIncreasing Crehana’s reach in low-income populations
Case study by Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures LLC - “ALIVE Ventures” and Crehana Education
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Case studyEngaging ICT companies to better protect children from sexual exploitation online
Case study by Christian Brothers Investment Services
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Case studyFTSE developed TPI climate transition index – aligning a global equity portfolio with the climate transition
Case study by FTSE Russell, Church of England Pensions Board & Transition Pathway Initiative
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Blog postESG in listed equity – evolution or revolution?
By Toby Belsom, Director, Investment Practices, Thalia Vounaki, Head of Data Insights and Analysis and Stephen Andrews, Analyst, Data Analysis and Insights, all PRI
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PRI Web PageAddressing system barriers
Part of the PRI’s work to promote more effective stewardship and active ownership amongst our signatory base is to address the system and regulatory barriers to stewardship.
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PRI Web PageVoting
Voting on agenda items at annual general meetings (AGMs) allow investors to use their formal rights as owners to publicly and transparently communicate and escalate important matters, and directly interact with a company’s board.
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ArticleAGM season during the COVID-19 pandemic: trends and themes
The 2020 AGM season has been unique. The record levels of support seen across 2019’s environmental and social proposals, alongside increasingly urgent climate action and commitments by huge corporates and investors to stakeholder capitalism, set the stage for an interesting season. In addition to this, the COVID-19 crisis has, in ...
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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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ArticleAGM Season 2020: investor questions on COVID-19
This guidance (co-developed by the PRI, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, California State Teachers’ Retirement System and APG) provides investors with ESG-related questions to ask investee companies’ – at annual general meetings (AGMs) and in follow-up engagements – about their responses to COVID-19.
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Blog postHighlights of the signatory survey on passive strategies and ESG
By Toby Belsom, Director, Investment Practices
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ArticleHow responsible investors should respond to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic – and the global response to it – is a serious threat not only to global health, but to our communities, our economies and our investments.
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