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Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance (NZFSPA) announces 6 new signatories at COP26 Finance Day
Six leading financial services providers are today joining the Net Zero Financial Services Providers Alliance.
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Signatory story: Phoenix Group
Signatories’ stories of getting started in responsible investment, looking at why they started and offering tips for doing so that others can learn from.
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Signatory story: Huaxia Wealth Management
Signatories’ stories of getting started in responsible investment, looking at why they started and offering tips for doing so that others can learn from.
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Signatory story: Credicorp Capital Asset Management
Signatories’ stories of getting started in responsible investment, looking at why they started and offering tips for doing so that others can learn from.
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Net zero gets boost from global financial powerhouses
Credit rating agencies, stock exchanges, index providers and auditors fill the gap for net zero in the financial sector with new alliance that will help put climate at the heart of every professional financial decision.
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Investor statement of support for EU corporate sustainability reporting directive
In this statement the PRI and its 54 undersigned signatories (representing approximately 9.2 trillion USD in AUM) welcome the European Commission’s proposal for a new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) revising the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), and its aim to elevate sustainability information to the same level as financial information. ...
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PRI consultation response on EFRAG’s proposed Due Process Procedures
The PRI welcomes the proposed processes and recommends maximising user and preparer input and engaging with and contributing to global sustainability reporting initiatives.
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FCA consultation - UK primary markets effectiveness review
The PRI respond to a consultation from the FCA on a series of proposed reforms to improve the effectiveness of UK primary markets and how it might continue to develop to ensure they remain competitive and dynamic.
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Do ESG information providers meet the needs of fixed income investors?
Read the conclusions of our discussion with 20 ESG information providers on how useful their data and product offerings are for fixed income investors and where they need to improve.
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Climate Accounting Analyses
In Sept 2020 investor groups including the PRI called upon companies to reflect climate-related risks in financial reporting. Between March and May 2021, the PRI commissioned a series of climate accounting analyses for 52 Climate Action 100+ focus companies coordinated by PRI and AIGCC. These analyses, available to download below, ...
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ESG-linked pay: What does the research say?
This article examines the academic evidence around ESG-linked pay and the role it can play in incentivising and rewarding ESG performance
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ESG-linked pay: Recommendations for investors
A set of investor recommendations on driving more meaningful integration of ESG metrics in executive pay, including through voting
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How asset owners and their managers can work together on ESG goals
Following the release of our technical guides on selecting, appointing and monitoring investment managers, the PRI convened a number of panel discussions to talk through how asset owners can work collaboratively with investment managers throughout the selection, appointment and monitoring process.
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PRI response to IFRS Foundation Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting
The PRI welcomes the IFRS Foundation’s proposal for a Sustainability Standards Board, and recommends that this covers all sustainability topics, builds on existing initiatives and adopts a modular approach to harmonisation that recognises the different perspectives and needs across jurisdictions and stakeholders.
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Q&A: Angela Miller-May, Chief Investment Officer, Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund
By Carol Jeppesen, Head of US, PRI and Shaska Chirinos, Relationship Manager, US, PRI
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Guidance for private equity signatories: US directors’ duties and ESG
The legal duties imposed on directors of US companies incorporated in Delaware require them to take into account material ESG factors and permit them to take other ESG factors into account when rationally related to stockholder interests when discharging their duties.
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Theme 3: Covid-19, privacy rights and cyber security risks
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have introduced measures around bio-surveillance, censorship and misinformation that could have significant impacts on privacy rights.
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Theme 2: supporting suppliers and building resilient supply chains
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the lack of resilience of supply chains in respect of labour rights during a large-scale disruption.
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Theme 1: protecting workers’ rights through the Covid-19 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is primarily a public health emergency, but its consequences have shown that it is much more than that. While there is a sense that the pandemic is a collective phenomenon, the stark reality is that it hits the most vulnerable hardest.
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Covid-19 and human and labour rights concerns
In March 2020, the PRI launched two discussion forums on the PRI collaboration platform to collect investor experiences relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.