Tag: Principles for Responsible Investment
News round-up: this week in governance
UK football governance bill passes through the Lords; Delaware eases governance strictures; responsible investment holds on.
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.
Biodiversity crisis: pressure builds on companies
As COP15 in Montréal strives to protect ecosystems, investors are already showing concern about the risks to business of biodiversity loss.
News round-up: this week in governance
Decarbonising ‘brown’ industries; funds pulled from BlackRock; the legitimacy of dual class shares; investors slow to address sustainability.
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.
Why Covid-19 is driving action on climate, biodiversity and social justice
The pandemic has underlined the importance of sustainable investing to global progress on ESG and stakeholder governance.
Almost half of top investors have gone public with their ESG strategy
A total of 48% of the top 50 global investors have issued position papers on their ESG strategy, although a gap remains between commitments and reality.
PRI policy chief warns that capital markets ‘remain unsustainable’
Campaign group’s head of policy and research Will Martindale says sustainability is not as deeply embedded in portfolio construction as it should be.
PRI report reveals global shift to national sustainable finance policies
New laws and policy instruments show that investors, policymakers and companies are recognising the “imperative of responsible investing”, says CEO.