Tag: PRI

Governance needs to assess ‘geopolitical risks’
Boards must consider geopolitics, as risk assessment ‘must not stop at the organisation’s edge’, writes think tank.

Big investors engage with firms over biodiversity loss
Major project seeks to improve corporate reporting on material investment risks to nature and boost environmental responsibility.

Experts clash over ESG investment ‘agenda’
US professor slates PRI for ‘undue influence’ on the financial markets, while PRI maintains the need to inform investors on ESG.

Can ESG be saved?
There’s a storm brewing. We need to radically change the definition of governance if ESG is going to survive it.

News round-up: this week in governance
Ben & Jerry’s founders speak up, campaigners seek net zero clarity from the government, Cisco vote on tax transparency, CEOs ‘ready to move’.

Sustainability, creating value & the role of the board
Businesses everywhere are developing sustainability policies. Implementation is never easy, but the right guidance can show the way.

Boards increase their efforts on cybersecurity
A survey finds that boards are increasingly involved in managing the threat from cybercrime. But some boards remain complacent, while investors are campaigning for better governance of cyber-risk.

Investors’ fiduciary duty should ‘require’ attention to climate change
Investment campaign group calls for changes to investment regulation so that climate change and ESG factors are included fiduciary obligations.

The barriers to getting more women on boards can be overcome
The barriers preventing women entering boardrooms in greater numbers are various and complex, but new recruiting policies, female networks and mentoring schemes can all be used to help women climb higher.

A matter of principle: Fiona Reynolds
Since its inception in 2006, the PRI has made inroads into ensuring that investors properly address ESG. But, there is much work to be done if it is to meet its goal of doing itself out of a job.