All Sustainable Development Goals articles – Page 2
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Case study
EdenTree Investment Management: Clean water, energy and climate change
SDG outcomes case study
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Policy report
Investing for a just transition: Proposals for a just transition disclosure framework in China
As China moves towards a low-carbon society and increasingly pursues a strategy of high-quality development, there is rich context for a just transition to be applied in China.
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Webinar
Closing the funding gap: responsible investment in emerging markets
Investment in emerging markets remains substantially below the levels required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. In this webinar, we’ll explore how investors and other stakeholders can help close this gap - from developments at the policy level, to asset allocation and engagement with portfolio companies.
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Thought leadership
The Just Transition: Shaping the delivery of the Inevitable Policy Response
Professor Nick Robins analyses the growing influence of just transition on climate policy across civil society, business and finance and outlines its emergence as key factor shaping how Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) global forecasts play out on carbon pricing, clean energy, fossil fuel phase down, EVs, agriculture and land use.
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Discussion paper
Closing the funding gap: The case for ESG incorporation and sustainability outcomes in emerging markets
How investors can use responsible investment practices to manage risk and meet return objectives while working towards closing the emerging markets funding gap.
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Discussion paper
Discussing divestment: Developing an approach when pursuing sustainability outcomes in listed equities
For listed equity investors, the decision to engage with or divest from ESG laggards depends on the ESG issues concerned as well as the (sustainability) objectives of their clients and beneficiaries.
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Thought leadership
Diversity, equity & inclusion: Key action areas for investors
Investors need to expand their focus beyond gender and diversity and address issues such as inclusion, equity and other characteristics to truly benefit from DEI
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Discussion paper
Human rights in sovereign debt: the role of investors
Investors in sovereign debt have less leverage on human rights issues than investors in equities or corporates. But they are not powerless. In this report, we outline three steps sovereign investors can take when considering human rights issues in their investment decisions and we propose a range of responses.
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Podcast
Bridging the financing gap – how blended finance can help capital markets deliver sustainable investment in emerging markets
In this episode, the PRI’s Simon Whistler talks with Chris Clubb from Convergence and Nadia Nikolova from Allianz Global Investors on the role of blended finance in driving more sustainable investment in emerging markets. They discuss the challenges and opportunities blended finance provides for institutional investors, and why it can ...
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Blog post
Legal 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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Discussion paper
What is tax fairness and what does it mean for investors?
This paper explores the concept of tax fairness, outlines the rationale for investor action and the steps that the PRI intends to take to support signatories on this issue
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Case study
VBV - Vorsorgekasse AG: VBV´s ESG incorporation process
Case study by VBV - Vorsorgekasse AG
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Case study
Summa Equity: Integrating sustainability factors at all stages of the investment lifecycle
Case study by Summa Equity