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Workshop summaryIntegrating biodiversity considerations into infrastructure
Key discussion points from two investor roundtables on how to embed biodiversity-related risks and opportunities into the infrastructure investment process.
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Workshop summaryPRI Australian Stewardship Forum: Workshop on Stewardship Resourcing
This summary captures key insights, best practices, and ways the PRI can support signatories’ progress from the first Stewardship Forum held in Australia on 9 May 2023.
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Workshop summaryHuman rights in private markets: access to remedy
Key points from a workshop on 31 January 2023 where private markets industry participants discussed their role in providing access to remedy.
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Workshop summaryLearning from the experts: Introductory climate session for private equity GPs
This article summarises key points from a workshop held in 2022 for private equity general partners (GPs) that are at an early stage in developing their climate-related investment practices.
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Workshop summaryIncorporating decent work into capital allocation
This article summarises the key points made at a workshop regarding how signatories incorporate decent work and safeguard expectations into their capital allocation process.
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Workshop summaryAddressing EU taxonomy usability issues
An assessment of EU taxonomy implementation: challenges and solutions.
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Workshop summaryHuman rights in private markets: tracking and communicating performance
Key points from a workshop on 15 November 2022 where private markets industry participants discussed how to track and communicate performance relating to human rights.
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Workshop summaryHuman rights in private markets: preventing and mitigating negative outcomes
Key points from a workshop on 15 September 2022 where private markets industry participants discussed how to prevent and mitigate negative human rights outcomes.
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Workshop summaryClimate budget tagging: A discussion between sovereign debt investors and issuers
Debt management and budget department officials, alongside investment managers, discussed the purpose of CBT, how countries have started to tag climate expenditure, and its uses for debt issuance and investment analysis. This workshop summary presents the main themes from the discussion.
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Workshop summaryHuman rights in private markets: identifying and assessing negative human rights outcomes
Key points from a workshop held on 30 June 2022 where private markets industry participants discussed how to identify and assess negative human rights outcomes.
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Workshop summaryBringing together sovereign debt investors and climate information providers
Sovereign bondholders’ demand for data, analytics and broader information about climate change has outpaced supply from third-party providers, whose product offerings were originally developed to serve equity investors. This workshop summarises a discussion between climate information providers and a group of sovereign debt investors.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with insurance companies
Corporate bond investors and analysts met with two life insurance groups and discussed issues including the importance of good corporate governance in the sector and the societal cost of the energy transition.
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Workshop summaryBringing together sovereign debt investors and index providers
Investors in sovereign debt met with six index providers to discuss opportunities, and challenges, in creating ESG indexes for the asset class. This workshop summary includes ideas and insights from both groups.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with North American banks
Credit analysts met with six representatives from four US and Canadian banks to discuss the importance of good governance, the challenges for banks in gauging clients’ climate exposure, and their concerns over sustainable finance regulation.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with UK banks
Credit analysts met with seven representatives from four UK banks to discuss governance and litigation risk, climate change and the net-zero transition, and the prospects for new financing structures such as social bonds.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with EU banks
Credit analysts met with 14 representatives from eight EU banks to discuss the importance of good governance, the increased focus on cybersecurity and the new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with utilities companies
Corporate bond investors and analysts met with eight companies from the utilities sector to discuss progress on capturing ESG opportunities and mitigating risks. Discussions focused on the financial materiality of ESG, and the expected impact of utilities’ sustainability efforts on their creditworthiness.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with borrowers in the chemical sector
Credit analysts met with seven companies from the chemical sector to discuss energy usage and targets, plastics recycling and the need to transition to a sustainable economy.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with sub-investment grade borrowers (Part 3)
Credit analysts met with seven companies from the transport and healthcare sectors to discuss ESG engagement and disclosure in the high-yield market. Discussions centred around the need for standardised data and the role of third-party ESG ratings providers.
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Workshop summaryESG in credit risk: Workshop with borrowers in the food value chain
Credit analysts met with eleven companies from the food value chain to discuss deforestation as it affects soft commodities like palm oil, soy and cattle. Discussions focused on establishing the connection between good ESG practices and cheaper debt.
