All Health articles
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Blog post
Amplification, not apathy: Investor proxy votes increasingly challenge corporates in 2023
By Bonnie Groves, Specialist, Stewardship and Yejin Hur, Intern, Stewardship
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Case study
Harrison Street: Leveraging building design and operations to enhance occupant health
Measuring the sustainability performance of senior housing properties
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Case study
FAIRR Initiative: Sustainable proteins engagement
Investor initiative targeting 25 large food manufacturers and retailers, pressing them to increase use of sustainable proteins in their products.
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Blog post
What does the Roe v. Wade ruling mean for investors?
By Remi Fernandez, Specialist, Human Rights & Social Issues, and Betina Vaz Boni, Senior Analyst, Governance, PRI
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Webinar
How investors can strengthen health equity: lessons learned from the pandemic
This session will cover lessons learned from the pandemic and the solutions investors need to work towards to ensure universal access to health.
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Webinar
Investor action on antimicrobial resistance: achievements & opportunities ahead
This session, which is part of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, will provide a comprehensive update on the progress of the IAoAMR Initiative and recent efforts from the investor community to address AMR using a ‘One Health’ approach. The event will offer an opportunity to discuss the latest efforts to quantify ...
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Webinar
Do ESG information providers meet the needs of fixed income investors?
This webinar presents the main conclusions of discussions between credit analysts and ESG information providers of different specialism and scope, on how useful their data and service offerings are for fixed income investors, how the current products are evolving and where gaps remain.
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Podcast
Spotlight on human rights: who owns COVID-19 vaccines and why should investors care?
In the fourth episode of the PRI’s human rights podcast series, Nikolaj Pedersen speaks to biomedical researcher, health rights advocate, and Head of Policy at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Els Torreele and Peter Hughes, fund manager at AXA Investment Managers about COVID-19 vaccine ownership and distribution ...
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Blog post
How investors can support a circular economy for plastics: new engagement guidance
By Rebecca Chapman, Specialist, Environmental Issues, PRI, and Gerald Naber, Programme Manager, New Plastics Economy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Engagement guide
Engaging on plastic packaging: Waste management
Css What should investors know before engaging? For the purposes of this guide, the waste management sector encompasses waste collection, sorting, recycling, incineration, treatment and disposal. Companies can be involved in one or more of these activities, some of which – such as incineration and landfill – will ...
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Engagement guide
Engaging on plastic packaging: Containers and packaging producers
Css What should investors know before engaging? This engagement guide focuses on companies that convert plastics into packaging – products that are used to contain, protect, handle, deliver, store, transport and present goods.[1] Plastics are widely used because – depending on the application – they are durable, can ...
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Engagement guide
Engaging on plastic packaging: Petrochemicals
Css What should investors know before engaging? The petrochemicals sector is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals, which are used in products such as plastics, fertilisers, clothing, medical equipment, detergents, tyres, and many others.[1] The production of plastic polymers is a major component of petrochemical demand. ...
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Engagement guide
Engaging on plastic packaging
The PRI has published four guides to help investors engage with key sectors in the plastic packaging value chain including petrochemicals, containers and packaging, fast-moving consumer goods and waste management. The reports were developed with expert input from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and PRI’s Plastics Investor Working Group.
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Engagement guide
Engaging on plastic packaging: Fast-moving consumer goods
Css What should investors know before engaging? Fast-moving consumer goods companies manufacture products that are sold frequently, in high volumes, and at a relatively low cost. For the purpose of this guide, these products include branded and own-brand[1] non-durable household goods, including packaged foods, beverages, personal care products ...
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Webinar
Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems: Considering the E and the S of ESG
This webinar will discuss investment risks from nature loss to malnutrition, on the one hand, and opportunities arising from sustainable agriculture and healthier diets, on the other. Critical to the delivery of the SDGs agenda, food systems represent a material concern for responsible investors.
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Webinar
Social factors as a credit risk: the example of the pharmaceutical industry
This webinar explores how social factors can affect credit risk analysis, using the pharmaceutical industry as an example, given its high exposure to social risks related to customer relations, responsible production, equal access to products and services, demographic and societal trends.
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Blog post
Vaccine nationalism – why responsible investors must change the course of action
By Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI
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Blog post
Why the US stimulus proposal is key to building an inclusive green economy
By Gregory Hershman, Senior specialist, US policy, PRI
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Blog post
Why COVID-19 is driving action on climate, biodiversity and social justice
By Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI