All Principles for Responsible Investment articles
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NewsPRI hits 500th asset owner signatory ‘milestone’ with Colombian fund
70% of the signatories are investment managers
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PensionsEurope, Efama positive on Green Deal, but ESG data still an issue
European Commission’s new growth strategy goes beyond financial sector in drive to deliver on climate change goals
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PRI names lawyer for ‘legal framework for impact’ project
Freshfields to explore legal questions about ‘new frontier for responsible investment’
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ESG roundup: Robeco to pilot satellite imagery use
Dutch asset manager to use satellite data for engagement work with palm oil producers
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Scope calls for more transparency around PRI assessment results
Analysts call for results to be made available more widely
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Norwegian SWF takes issue with PRI’s ‘real-world impact’ chapter
NBIM suggests signatories ought to vote on ideas to focus on impact
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Church pensions investor calls out proxy advisers over climate voting advice
Church of England Pensions Board reacts to voting advice from ISS and Glass Lewis ahead of a BHP AGM next week
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UN Climate Summit: Asset owners commit to carbon neutral portfolios by 2050
Members of ‘Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance’ will set and publicly report on targets for the same points in time as countries do under the Paris Agreement
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Pension funds call for corporate action on Amazon forest fires
230 institutional investors with $12.6trn in assets under management call on companies to tackle ‘material deforestation risks’
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PRI to commission research on ‘sustainable pension systems’
PRI wants to explore an assumption that structure, policy and regulation of pension systems have a significant influence on schemes’ ability to pursue responsible investment
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Climate change: PRI develops ‘inevitable policy response’ forecast
The PRI has commissioned research forecasting the nature and financial impacts of a forceful and disorderly government response to climate change by 2025
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PRI gains 500 new signatories in 12 months
500 organisations became signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment in the 2018-19 period; 69 were asset owners
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PRI consults on challenges to ESG, active ownership in passive investing
Organisation wants to ‘develop market thinking in this area given its rapid development and increasing importance of passive strategies’
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US academics challenge whether ESG investing must be fiduciary duty
Two law professors have argued that the position taken by the PRI and others is ‘contrary to both law and economics’
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People moves: £8bn Church Commissioners appoints head of equities [updated]
Church Commissioners, PRI, Norfund, ESMA, Fondo Espero, Stap, FRC, AFM, AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Värde Partners, Calastone
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PensionDanmark, Industriens return to PRI after 2013 spat
All six Danish pension funds that exited the PRI six years ago have now returned as signatories in the wake of a governance review
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France’s Agirc-Arrco cuts deficit, adopts SRI charter
The reported deficit in the newly merged schemes fell from €2.9bn to €1.6bn ahead of a targeted return to financial equilibrium in 2020
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Pension fund ESG integration ‘dangerous’, claims economist
Economist Henrique Schneider splits the audience at a Swiss conference by speaking out against sustainable investment as a fiduciary duty
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German state signs PRI as Frankfurt eyes green finance sector
Hessen, which includes the city of Frankfurt, has become the first of Germany’s 16 federal states to sign the UN’s Principles on Responsible Investment
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How the EU’s sustainability taxonomy will work for investors
Criteria for sustainable activities drawn up by EU-appointed experts could help reduce costs and reputation risks
