All Thought leadership articles – Page 3
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Thought leadershipAn investor guide to negative emission technologies and the importance of land use
As momentum towards net zero rises around the world, this report provides much needed transparency on the importance of land use and the role of Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) in the transition to net zero.
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Thought leadershipWhy and how investors should act on human rights
Just as for all businesses, institutional investors have a responsibility to respect human rights.
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Thought leadershipDriving meaningful data: financial materiality, sustainability performance and sustainability outcomes
Why sustainability data matters ‘Driving meaningful data throughout markets’ is a key PRI Blueprint target. It aims to enable the flow of reliable and comparable data from corporations through the investment chain to beneficiaries and clients. Investors state that ESG is a particular concern. They regularly report to the PRI ...
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Thought leadershipPrivate retirement systems and sustainability: United States
An analysis of the $27,570bn private retirement system in the US and how policy and structural characteristics affect sustainability.
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Thought leadershipPrivate retirement systems and sustainability: United Kingdom
An analysis of the $3,650bn private retirement system in the UK and how policy and structural characteristics affect sustainability.
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Thought leadershipPrivate retirement systems and sustainability: Australia
An analysis of the $1,945bn private retirement system in Australia and how policy and structural characteristics affect sustainability.
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Thought leadershipIn search of sustainability: private retirement systems in Australia, the UK and the US
An examination of the sustainability of the Australian, UK and US private retirement systems with seven recommendations for policymakers and industry.
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Thought leadershipPathways to net zero: scenario architecture for strategic resilience testing and planning
Climate change poses a systemic risk to institutional investors. All portfolios are exposed to it, yet the impacts will be uneven across asset classes, sectors and geographies.
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Thought leadershipInvesting with SDG outcomes: a five-part framework
This report provides a high-level framework for any investors looking to shape real-world outcomes in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Thought leadershipInvesting with SDG outcomes: a five-part framework (Introduction)
Introduction: Investors and the SDGs
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Thought leadershipInvesting with SDG outcomes: a five-part framework (Appendix 1 - 3 Tools & Investor examples)
Appendix 1 - 3 Tools & Investor examples
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Thought leadershipInvesting with SDG outcomes: a five-part framework (A five-part framework for investors)
A five-part framework for investors
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Thought leadershipThe inevitable forest finance response: investor opportunities
Forest finance, historically dominated by public sector support, will increasingly be delivered by the private sector. Recent innovations in green finance make private sector participation in the forest sector possible, while the sheer scale of forest recovery required make that participation necessary.
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Thought leadershipThe inevitable water finance response: investor risks and opportunities
Investors are not managing existing water risk, let alone taking advantage of upside opportunities through better water-related investment. Forward-looking investors will develop investment channels for sustainable and productive water management and fundamentally re-align how they understand water risks.
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Thought leadershipAre national infrastructure plans SDG-aligned, and how can investors play their part?
Table & Sub-menu styles Sub-menu Executive summary Investors are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that their investments support improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) outcomes, and infrastructure has an essential role to play in governments achieving their national sustainability goals. Investors and governments should therefore work ...
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Thought leadershipImplications for strategic asset allocation
New analysis in this report forecasts an abrupt and disruptive policy response to climate change which will cause re-pricing of many of the world’s most valuable companies by 2025.
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Thought leadershipFiduciary duty in the 21st century final report
This report describes how the integration of economic, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment practice and decision making is an increasingly standard part of the regulatory and legal requirements for institutional investors, along with requirements to consider the sustainability-related preferences of their clients and beneficiaries.
