All Social issues articles – Page 10
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PodcastESG leadership in listed equity episode 1
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s director of investment practices, Toby Belsom speaks with Alex van der Velden of Ownership Capital.
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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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PRI Web PageRoundtable: Human rights in private markets investing
A core focus of the PRI’s work in 2021 is to support investors in understanding and engaging on their human rights risks and impacts.
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Blog postPRI Digital Forum: what levers do investors have to shape sustainability outcomes?
By Elsa Savourey, Senior Lead, Sustainability Outcomes, PRI
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WebinarAmplifying the S in ESG: Investor Myth Buster
This webinar will bring together representatives of the Working Group and endorsers to discuss the different ‘myths’, the real challenges in tackling the S of ESG but also providing clear next steps for investor action.
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WebinarSustainable 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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WebinarSocial 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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ArticleHow 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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WebinarEquidad de Género y factores ASG: construyendo una mejor sociedad desde el mercado de capitales
Junto con la iniciativa Women in Connection abordaremos la importancia de la equidad de género y los factores ASG en la promoción de la inversión responsable en América Latina.
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Blog postESG rating disagreements: why is corporate virtue so subjective?
By Dane Christensen, University of Oregon; George Serafeim, Harvard Business School, and Anywhere Sikochi; Harvard Business School
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PodcastSpotlight on human rights: why investors should care about the union drive at Amazon
In this episode of the PRI’s human rights podcast series, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks to Jennifer Bates, an Amazon worker who played a key role in organising the union drive in Bessemer, Alabama and Corey Klemmer, Director of Engagement at Domini Impact Investments.
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News and pressPrinciples for Responsible Investment Releases Guidance for Asset Owners on Incorporating ESG Preferences of Beneficiaries
New report from world’s leading proponent of responsible investment outlines pension beneficiary preferences on ESG issues and four-step guide for asset owners
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Blog postWhat can we learn from corporate responses to ESG ratings?
By Rieneke Slager, University of Groningen and Jean-Pascal Gond, City, University of London
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Blog postReconciliation and responsible investment: Growing the Indigenous economy in Canada
By Katie Wheatley, Manager, Reconciliation & Responsible Investment Initiative, SHARE and Lindsey Walton, Head of Canada for Signatory Relations, PRI
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WebinarGuidance on Integrating Children’s Rights into Investment Decision Making
UNICEF and Sustainalytics have recently launched an investor guidance on how to integrate children’s rights into investment decision making. During this webinar you will have the opportunity to hear from the authors, how the guide came about and how investors can make the best use of it in understanding the ...
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Blog postGlobal evolution of responsible investment
By Eduardo Atehortua, Head of LATAM (ex-brazil), PRI
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Webinar¿Por qué los inversores deberían actuar sobre los derechos humanos?
In this webinar we will discuss how inverters can frame the topic and begin their journey towards integration. Further, we will count on the hands-on experience of local and global organisations regarding Human Rights integration, trends and integration models.
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WebinarHow Investors can Improve Workers’ Rights: Lessons from the Fair Food Program
This webinar will explore how WSR has transformed the lives of those involved and outline how investors can support the drive to protect the workers in corporate supply chains.
