All Thematic and impact investing articles
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Technical guideDefinitions 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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News and pressInvestment industry heavyweights CFA Institute, GSIA and PRI announce harmonised definitions for responsible investment approaches
Leading organisations outline detailed definitions for the following responsible investment approaches: Screening, ESG integration, Thematic investing, Stewardship and Impact investing
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Blog postFinancing biodiversity through private capital investments
By Caroline Flammer, Columbia University, NBER and ECGI
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Case studyMirova: Using the SDGs to accelerate sustainable economic transformation
SDG outcomes case study
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Case studyInvesta Property Group: Managed funds targeting 100% green finance
Australian property fund aligns its portfolio with leading green bonds standards, targeting 100% green finance across core managed funds by 2025
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Blog postAnd now the hard part… implementing climate commitments
By Toby Belsom, Director, Investment Practices, PRI
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Discussion paperClosing the loop: Responsible investment and the circular economy
This paper clarifies how and why investors should contribute towards the transition to a circular economy, what actions they are taking, the relevant emerging metrics and standards for investors, and how they can start to scale up their action.
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Case studyEdenTree Investment Management: Clean water, energy and climate change
SDG outcomes case study
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PodcastThematic ESG investing in the US municipal bond market
In this episode of the PRI podcast, Jasper Cox, Investment Practices Analyst at the PRI, speaks with Christian Leveque, Municipal Portfolio Manager and Strategist at Payden & Rygel, and Ruth Ducret, Senior Analyst, Municipal Research at Breckinridge Capital Advisors.
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WebinarNavigating responsible investment in passive strategies
In this webinar, we hear asset owner, investment manager and index provider views on how responsible investment is developing in the passive investment market and how they are tackling emerging issues in this area.
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Discussion paperClosing the funding gap: The case for ESG incorporation and sustainability outcomes in emerging markets
How investors can use responsible investment practices to manage risk and meet return objectives while working towards closing the emerging markets funding gap.
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PRI reporting analysisThe evolution of responsible investment: an analysis of advanced signatory practices
This report delves into which practices have shifted to become the norm, and which ones remain advanced, suggesting that they are more challenging to implement.
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PRI reporting analysisFixed income snapshot 2019
This snapshot explores how and where approaches to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in publicly traded fixed income securities have changed from 2017 to 2019, based on current practices among the PRI’s global signatory base.
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Technical guideSeven guidelines for investors in inclusive finance
Inclusive finance has proven to be a successful approach to support social and business entrepreneurs, empower families and provide financial services to those that do not have access to regular banking.
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Technical guidePractical guide for investors in inclusive finance
Integrating the Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance (PIIF) into the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map
Over the last decade, impact investing has shifted from a disruptive investment concept to a complex and rich investment ecosystem.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Water
Water is considered a multi-impact investment because it affects the microclimate, food supply, industrial chain, health, productivity and the environment overall.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Health
Access to health services and products is a basic human right as per the UN’s central mission.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Sustainable forestry
UN agencies and international conventions have created basic definitions and conditions for sustainable forestry, but these are not acknowledged or adopted by all countries.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Inclusive finance
According to the Principles for Investors in Inclusive Finance (PIIF), about two billion adults – more than half of the world’s working population – are excluded from formal financial services.
