All Europe articles
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Case study
GENUI: Investing with entrepreneurs to create strong returns and positive impact
Shortlisted for PRI Awards 2024: Innovation in Responsible Investment Strategy
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Case study
Gresham House: Habitat banks as a new investment opportunity
Shortlisted for PRI Awards 2024: Recognition for Action – Nature
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Policy engagement
PRI response to the Swiss Federal Council consultation on revised sustainability reporting rules
Switzerland: The PRI supports the proposal to expand Swiss sustainability reporting regulation in alignment with the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in content and scope.
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Case study
ECBF: Investing in the bioeconomy
Not all ‘bio’ is necessarily ‘sustainable’, and not all investments in the industry represent a form of responsible capital. It is critical to distinguish, measure and monitor an innovation’s true contribution to sustainability, as well as assess the ESG-related risk and opportunity.
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Policy report
PRI’s 2030 EU Policy Roadmap
Six key policy actions to fine-tune and improve the usability and coherence of the existing sustainable finance framework, build on it where necessary, and develop and strengthen the links with broader EU Green Deal policies.
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Technical guide
Platform on Sustainable Finance: A Compendium of Market Practices
The advisory body to the European Commission has published a report on the EU sustainable finance framework.
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Blog post
Responsible investment is a global concept with local flavour: reflections from Austria
By David Atkin, CEO, PRI
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Case study
Danica: Reaching net zero through sectoral target setting
Setting an ambitious target in the utilities sector.
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Workshop summary
Addressing EU taxonomy usability issues
An assessment of EU taxonomy implementation: challenges and solutions.
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Case study
Infranity: Assessing climate performance to build sustainable infrastructure portfolios
Using a target-setting methodology to reduce portfolio and asset emission intensity
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Case study
Gresham House – Putting sustainable forest management into practice
Signatory Type: Investment manager HQ Location: London Assets under management: £7.3bn[1] Covered in this case study Asset class(es): Forestry Geography: Global Gresham House is a specialist alternative asset manager. We provide investment solutions across a range of strategies, covering forestry, real estate, infrastructure, ...
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Sofinnova Partners: Our evolving ESG philosophy as an early-stage venture capital investor
Sofinnova Partners on why and how it assesses the ESG maturity of its companies at each phase of their development.
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KfW Capital: Paving the way for a more sustainable venture capital ecosystem
KfW Capital outlines the processes and frameworks it has developed to conduct ESG due diligence on venture capital managers.
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Case study
FSN Capital: Identifying and addressing human rights in the value chain
Human rights case study
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Case study
Applying responsible investment principles to multi-asset credit manager selection
Organisation name: Brunel Pension Partnership Signatory type: Asset owner Region of operation: England Assets under management: £30 billion Why we consider responsible investment principles during manager due diligence We designed and delivered a multi-asset credit fund for our pension fund clients to meet their demands for diversified exposure to ...
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Case study
Climbing up the sustainability ladder – a manager scoring framework for asset owners
Organisation name: Kempen Capital Management Signatory type: Investment manager Region of operation: Europe Assets under management: €73 billion Why we use ESG criteria to assess external managers Our asset owner clients are increasingly embedding ESG information in their processes for selecting and monitoring external managers. Therefore, it is ...