All Sustainable financial system articles
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WebinarJapan’s Pension System and Sustainability
PRI conducted a survey on the Japanese pension system for half a year.
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Webinar
Mandatory human rights due diligence: EU policy developments and implications
The importance of mandatory human rights due diligence is gaining momentum in EU policymaking, with the upcoming EU sustainable corporate governance directive and two social Taxonomy reports due from the Platform on Sustainable Finance by the end of the year.
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Accounting for Climate: assessing climate risk in company financial statements
This webinar will present findings from the analysis of climate risk in company financial reports commissioned by PRI and discuss the implications for future company engagement.
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Blogs
Supporting policy makers and regulators to build a sustainable financial system
By Margarita Pirovska, Head of Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century, PRI, and Fiona Stewart, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, World Bank
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Thought Leadership
How policy makers can implement reforms for a sustainable financial system
A toolkit for sustainable investment policy and regulation (part 1) The PRI and the World Bank’s Financial Stability and Integrity Team are working to support government policy makers and regulators in implementing reforms to build a sustainable financial system. Such reforms must align capital markets with the goals of the ...
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Investment Portfolio Risk for Insurance Companies: The CIO Perspective
In this session, you will hear directly from investment officers of two major Insurance firms on the unique challenges they face, potential increased regulatory scrutiny and how they plan to continue managing resilient and sustainable insurance investment portfolios.
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Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule: Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments
This webinar will discuss the Department of Labor’s rule proposal entitled “Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments”, its potential impacts on ESG integration, and actions the PRI is taking and encourages signatories to take in response.
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Germany’s Sustainable Finance Agenda
The German Government has initiated a strategy to make Germany a leading centre for sustainable finance in 2019 and initiated a sustainable finance committee to inform the strategy.
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Thought Leadership
Responsible investment regulation map
The PRI’s regulation map covers 500 policy tools and market-led initiatives.
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Blogs
Engaging US policy makers to advance responsible investment
By Heather Slavkin Corzo, Head of US Policy, in Washington, DC
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Webinar
Policy briefing on the recent EU progress on sustainable finance
This webinar summarises the key regulatory developments for sustainable finance during the final months of the European Parliament, including on the under the European Commission’s action plan on sustainable finance and its action plan on building a capital markets union.
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Blogs
Three ways investors can support the Principles for Responsible Banking
By Will Martindale, Director of Policy and Research, the PRI
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Webinar
Introducing the Principles for Responsible Banking
This webinar introduces the Principles for Responsible Banking.
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Thought Leadership
The shareholder voting process, ESG integration and proxy advice in the US
This briefing provides an update for signatories on legislative and regulatory proposals under discussion in the US regarding the shareholder voting process, ESG integration and the role of proxy advisory firms.
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Thought Leadership
The shareholder voting process, ESG integration and proxy advice in the US: recommendations
Opponents to such legislative and regulatory efforts include the Council of Institutional Investors, the Consumer Federation of America, and public sector pension fund managers.
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Thought Leadership
The shareholder voting process in the US: efforts to weaken ESG investing
In May, the Main Street Investors Coalition was created to lead advocacy efforts to weaken the influence of institutional investors
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Thought Leadership
The shareholder voting process, ESG integration and proxy advice in the US: the role of H.R. 4015
H.R. 4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act, passed the House of Representatives on December 20, 2017, by a vote of 238 – 182. (Many of the provisions included in this bill were originally in the Financial CHOICE Act but excluded in the final version signed into law.)
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Thought Leadership
SEC considering changes to shareholder voting process in the US
The publicly-stated purpose of the November roundtable is to hear from stakeholders on “whether the SEC’s proxy rules should be refined.”
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Thought Leadership
Untangling the stakeholder chain: strategies and recommendations
Untangling the chain of stakeholder interests and incentives requires connecting the business objectives of plan sponsors with the growing demand for ESG incorporation by plan beneficiaries, while working within the fiduciary duty requirements of ERISA.
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Thought Leadership
The ERISA stakeholder chain
The ERISA retirement system brings together distinct stakeholders with diverse incentives and objectives. These range from the plan sponsors to pension consultants to the investment managers, independent advice providers and, ultimately, the plan beneficiaries.
