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The European Commission Action Plan: Action 8
The European Commission Action Plan: An assessment of the reform areas for PRI signatories provides an overview of the main areas of reform. Action 8 focuses on incorporating sustainability in prudential requirements.
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The European Commission Action Plan: Action 6
The European Commission Action Plan: An assessment of the reform areas for PRI signatories provides an overview of the main reform areas. Action 6 focuses on better integrating sustainability in ratings and research.
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The European Commission Action Plan: Action 4
The European Commission Action Plan: An assessment of the reform areas for PRI signatories provides an overview of the main reform areas. Action 4 focuses on incorporating sustainability when providing financial advice.
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The European Commission Action Plan: Action 3
The European Commission Action Plan: An assessment of the reform areas for PRI signatories provides an overview of reforms for PRI signatories. Action 3 focuses on fostering investment in sustainable projects.
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The European Commission Action Plan: Action 2
The European Commission Action Plan: An assessment of the reform areas for PRI signatories provides an overview of the main reform areas. Action 2 looks at creating standards and labels for green financial products.
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Thought leadershipInvestor duties and ESG integration in China
As a step towards implementing Fiduciary duty in the 21st century’s recommendations, the China roadmap sets out recommendations based on four priority themes: policy framework and sustainable guidance; regulation on ESG integration and disclosure for pension funds and their investment managers; disclosure requirements for companies; sustainable and green finance products, ...
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TCFD Recommendations: Country reviews – Australia
This review concludes that Australia’s current corporate disclosure legislation is compatible with the adoption of the TCFD recommendations.
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Investor recommendations for managing market short-termism
Below is an overview of recommendations, which are not comprehensive solutions, but aim to mitigate some of the most serious consequences of short-termism through changes in strategy and practice.
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US regulation and policy making on responsible investment
The US is the world’s largest capital market, and American investors are increasingly focused on long-term investment approaches that require the inclusion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
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Responding to megatrends: Investment institutions trend index 2017
What is a megatrend? Most institutions share a common belief that megatrend dynamics will result in multidimensional transformations across society, technology, economics, environment and politics (STEEP). We would also strongly encourage this thinking about megatrends to be framed within the context of an integrated system of real-world powerful forces altering ...
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The SDGs as a risk framework
Many investors across Europe and North America have already started looking at ways to use the SDGs as a risk management tool.
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The SDGs will drive global economic growth
Growth in equity markets as a whole is ultimately driven by growth in the economy.
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Investors and the Sustainable Development Goals
Countries, NGOs, companies and investors are all needed to help achieve the 17 SDGs and the 169 underlying targets.
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The SDGs are an unavoidable consideration for "universal owners"
Large institutional investors can improve their long-term financial performance by encouraging sustainable economies and markets.
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The SDG investment case
Why the SDGs are relevant to institutional investors, why there is an expectation that investors will contribute, and the case for why investors should want to.
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The SDGs as a capital allocation guide
If investors believe that providing solutions to sustainability challenges offers attractive investment opportunities, they can implement investment strategies that explicitly target SDG themes and sectors.
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The SDGs are the globally agreed sustainability framework
Not taking account of the SDGs could jeopardise comprehensive fulfilment of investors’ fiduciary duty.
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Corporate and investor strategies for managing market short-termism
Short-term pressure is an obstacle to creating a global financial system that supports long-term value creation and benefits the environment and society, finds the PRI’s report, Coping, shifting, changing 2.0: Corporate and investor strategies for managing market short-termism.
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Fiduciary duty in the 21st century: Germany roadmap
As a step towards implementing Fiduciary duty in the 21st century’s recommendations, the Germany roadmap sets out recommendations based on four priority themes: government leadership, institutional investors, fund managers and implementation of the CSR directive.
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ESG, credit risk and ratings: part 1 - the state of play
Investors and credit rating agencies (CRAs) are ramping up efforts to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in credit risk analysis.
