All Climate change articles – Page 18
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Blog postHow compatible is shorting with responsible investment?
By Toby Belsom, Director of Investment Practices, PRI
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Discussion paperShorting and responsible investment: A review
The PRI has a growing number of signatories that allocate to investment strategies that use shorting. These signatories also seek to adhere to the PRI’s six Principles.
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PRI Web PageThe PRI and COP26
COP26, the annual UN climate conference, will be held in Glasgow in November 2021. The conference is significant and represents the world’s most recent collective effort to tackle climate change and achieve net zero emissions across the economy in line with Paris Agreement targets.
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OtherClimate change resources for private markets investors
Resources aimed at increasing investor education and awareness on climate change have proliferated as the topic has grown in importance in recent years. On this page, we highlight a range, by no means exhaustive, of key resources in this area, produced by both the PRI and external authors.
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Blog postPRI launches venture capital collaboration to strengthen ESG take-up
By Peter Dunbar, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices, PRI, Hannah Leach and Johannes Lenhard, VentureESG
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RecordingEstablecimiento de Objetivos Netos Cero: Oportunidades para el Liderazgo de los Inversionistas Latinoamericanos
A medida que los mayores inversionistas y aseguradores de América Latina avancen para alinear sus carteras con los objetivos de emisiones netas cero para 2050, ¿qué se requerirá para garantizar un progreso sistemático y significativo en todo el continente? Únase a este webinar de la Agenda del inversor para analizar ...
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ArticleNet 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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PRI Web PageLeading investment consultants form global initiative to push for net zero
The PRI is proud to host the Net Zero Investment Consultants Initiative (NZICI), a new commitment from some of the world’s most prominent investment consultants to align their operations and advisory services with the 1.5 degree emissions trajectory outlined in the Paris Agreement.
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Engagement guideFlying blind - The glaring absence of climate risks in financial reporting
More than 70% of listed companies that represent some of the world’s largest carbon-polluters, alongside most of their external auditors, are not fully accounting for climate-related risks in financial statements. This is despite significant financial risks faced from the climate crisis and net-zero pledges made by many.
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Blog postNet zero target setting: opportunities for Latin American investor leadership
By Hamish Stewart, Senior Associate, Climate, PRI
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News and pressClimate Action 100+ sets new decarbonisation expectations for food and beverage industry in line with Paris Agreement goals
Investors involved in Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement initiative on climate change responsible for over USD $55 trillion in assets, released today a new set of expectations that lay out the necessary actions for the food and beverage sector to make progress towards achieving a net zero ...
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Blog postClimate transition – moving to the core of board investment governance
By Julian Poulter, Head of Investor Relations, Inevitable Policy Response (IPR)
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WebinarThe New Consultation from the Financial Stability Board’s TCFD
2021 is set to be a landmark year for climate reporting. The G7 finance ministers have recently agreed to make TCFD reporting mandatory, more countries are likely to follow in the build-up to COP 26.
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Blog postTakeaways from the IPCC report: Urgent. Action. Now
By Jack Balsdon, Senior Associate, Climate Change, PRI
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Engagement guideResponsible cobalt sourcing: Engagement results
This report summarises the outcomes of the PRI-supported collaborative engagement on responsible cobalt sourcing between 2018 and 2020
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Blog postTime must be called on negative climate lobbying
By Fiona Reynolds (@fireynolds), CEO, PRI
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News and pressStatement by PRI CEO Fiona Reynolds in response to Senate passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The IPCC’s report released earlier this week makes clear human action is increasing the threat posed by climate change.
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WebinarInvestor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs) Launch: Climbing the Ladder to Net Zero
As global investors move to align their portfolios with net-zero emissions targets in time for 2050, what will be required to ensure systematic and meaningful progress? Join the Investor Agenda launch of the Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs) Expectations Ladder to find out.
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WebinarClimate and global financial markets: Discussion with SEC Chair Gary Gensler
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, Gary Gensler will discuss climate and its impact on global financial markets as part of the SEC’s 2021 Regulatory Agenda.
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WebinarGlobal launch webinar: A Legal Framework for Impact Report
The session will present the key findings from the report “A Legal Framework for Impact” authored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and commissioned by The Generation Foundation, PRI and UNEP FI.
