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Progression Pathways: what are they and when will they be available?
Details on how Progression Pathways will support signatories develop their responsible investment practices.
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Developing a biodiversity policy: A technical guide for asset owners and investment managers
How institutional investors can integrate biodiversity considerations into their responsible investment policies and investment processes
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Platform on Sustainable Finance: A Compendium of Market Practices
The advisory body to the European Commission has published a report on the EU sustainable finance framework.
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Developing and updating a responsible investment policy
A technical guide for asset owners and investment managers
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Definitions for responsible investment approaches
Investors benefit from common definitions that enable them to describe their responsible investment practices precisely and consistently. The PRI has collaborated with the CFA Institute and the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) to refine and harmonise terminology. We have jointly defined the ‘essential elements’ of five responsible investment approaches: ‘screening’, ...
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Progression Pathways - Advancing responsible investment practices among PRI signatories
A progression pathway is a step-by-step journey for PRI signatories to develop and progress their responsible investment practice. This paper proposes two initial concepts for signatories to consider. Over the remainder of 2023, and in 2024, we will invite signatories to share their ideas, concerns and design preferences to help ...
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Evaluating managers’ stewardship for sustainability
The PRI has created a tool to evaluate and compare managers’ stewardship practices for sustainability outcomes, and a due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) which they can use to discuss this topic with investment managers.
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Mapping the role sustainable bonds play in the fixed income market
The sustainable bond market is growing rapidly. We explain some of the market dynamics and provide a starting point for enhanced scrutiny.
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ESG integration in listed equity: A technical guide
This guide aims to support listed equity investors in integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their strategies. It is intended as a resource for those looking to review or update ESG policies and practices over time, but will also cater to those developing a responsible investment approach for ...
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Mapping ESG: A landscape review of certifications, reporting frameworks and practices
Explore the latest ESG mapping report by ULI, INREV and PRI
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Achieving climate commitments in multi-asset portfolios
This report helps asset owners address the complexity of implementing a climate commitment across multi-asset portfolios.
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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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The PC-PE ESG Factor Map
The PRI has worked with signatories on a new private credit (PC)-private equity (PE) ESG Factor Map. The Map aims to streamline the environmental, social and governance (ESG) information shared during the investment process. It is designed to facilitate collaboration between sponsors, co-investors and lenders and integrates existing ESG standards ...
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Implementing the EU taxonomy: An update to the PRI’s ‘Testing the Taxonomy’ report
This paper explores how investors are implementing the regulation
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Climate risk: An investor resource guide
This publication provides an overview of the many resources available to help investors manage climate risk. It includes short discussions of each of the four areas of climate risk management, links to key resources and many examples of investor disclosures.
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TCFD for real assets investors
Implementing the recommendations of the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures in physical assets like property, infrastructure, forestry and farmland.
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Asset owner guide: investment manager selection
The incorporation of ESG factors within the investment process has evolved from a nice-to-have to a necessity.
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Asset owner guide: investment manager monitoring
A growing number of asset owners now expect their investment managers to incorporate ESG factors into their investment processes. This means that ESG needs to be at the core of the relationship between the asset owner and the investment manager – and that ESG considerations need to be addressed at ...
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Asset owner guide: investment manager appointment
Asset owners increasingly include ESG considerations in their investment management agreements (IMAs) and other legal documentation. More than two-thirds (69%) of PRI asset owner signatories typically implement ESG requirements in contracts such as IMAs and limited partner agreements (LPAs).1 To ensure that investment managers abide by their clients’ ESG requirements, ...
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Testing the taxonomy: insights from the PRI Taxonomy Practitioners Group
This report shares insights from the first comprehensive set of case studies around how to use the EU Taxonomy.