All Sustainability Issue articles
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Policy reportPolicy briefing: UK FCA Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs)
This briefing summarises key elements of the FCA Sustainability Disclosure Requirements which aim to address greenwashing, introduce sustainability labels, and require asset managers and distributors with sustainable investment products to make sustainability-related disclosures.
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Blog postWill the next round of ‘NDCs’ accelerate the net-zero transition?
Countries are gathering for the next round of UN climate negotiations at COP29 in Baku in November. As they prepare to rachet up their climate ambition, will the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) help to unlock more capital flows?
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Blog postExcluding high-emitting companies from sustainable funds is counterproductive
Rather than incentivising heavy polluters to cut back, such an approach may cause them to pollute more
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Blog postHow exposure to weather events can affect analysts’ earning forecasts
Understanding how analysts perceive future climate-related physical risks is key to assessing the effects of climate change
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Introductory guideAn introduction to responsible investment: Corporate governance for asset owners
This short guide introduces the subject of corporate governance for asset owner staff and their advisers
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News and pressNew collaboration to develop sustainable investment talent in Malaysia
The PRI, Capital Markets Malaysia and the Institutional Investors Council Malaysia collaborate to advance ESG investment practices
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Blog postAnalysing the world’s largest asset owner’s approach to ESG engagement
Remunerated engagement, in combination with index inclusion, can significantly enhance companies’ ESG scores
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Policy reportPRI Sustainable Finance Policy Conference summary
On 3 October 2023, the PRI hosted its annual Sustainable Finance Policy Conference in Tokyo, before PRI in Person 2023 (PiP 2023)
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Blog postA call for an ISSB reporting standard on human rights and social issues
By Nikolaj Halkjær Pedersen, Senior Lead, Human Rights and Social issues, PRI
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Blog postCan ‘financialisation’ save nature?
By Diane-Laure Arjaliès, Associate Professor at the Ivey Business School at Western University (Canada) and Founder and lead of the Ivey Sustainable Finance Lab, and Delphine Gibassier of Université de Nantes (France)
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Case studyAlbaCore Capital Group: Carbon conscious investing
Measuring the carbon footprint of private credit issuers
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News and pressRelease of world’s first integrated climate and nature scenario to 2050 for investors
The Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) has launched FPS + Nature, (FPS+N) the first integrated nature and climate scenario published for use by investors.
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Blog postInvestor Climate Action Plans & net zero targets: opportunities for progress in 2022
By Hamish Stewart, Senior Associate, Climate Change, PRI & Rahnuma Chowdhury, Investor Climate Action Lead, UNEP FI
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Blog postLegal Framework for Impact: embedding climate action in financial regulation
By Freya Bannochie, Policy Analyst, UK, PRI, and Laxmi Aeshwarya Kumar, Project Specialist, UNEP FI
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WebinarInvestor 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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WebinarCOP26 Webinar 6: Industrial Transition to Net Zero
As part of the PRI Digital Conference, the PRI and the LSEG will be co-hosting the sixth and final event in the PRI and LSEG COP26 Investor Action on Climate Series, ‘Industrial Transition to Net Zero - How can business and the investment sector come together to achieve global decarbonisation?’
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WebinarJapan’s Pension System and Sustainability
PRI conducted a survey on the Japanese pension system for half a year.
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Blog postCEO quarterly update: celebrating 4000 signatories and supporting the evolution of RI
By Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI
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Blog postSustainability or performance? Ratings and fund managers’ incentives
By Nickolay Gantchev, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, CEPR and ECGI; Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics, CEPR and ECGI and Rachel Li, Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama
