All Asset owners articles
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Blog postFrom São Paulo to Belém: Key takeaways from PRI in Person 2025
PRI CEO, David Atkin, reflects on PRI in Person, held this year in São Paulo, Brazil - just ahead of COP30.
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Blog postThe work goes on: Responsible investment remains essential
PRI CEO, David Atkin, assesses the global responsible investment landscape in the first half of 2025.
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DDQResponsible investment DDQ for hedge fund investors
To help investors better evaluate and assess hedge fund managers’ approaches to responsible investment
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PRI Web PagePRI asset class and asset owner guidance advisory committees: call for new members
The PRI is looking for signatories to join its asset class and asset owner guidance advisory committees.
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PRI Web PagePRI System Stewardship Advisory Committee (SSAC): call for members
Call now closed: PRI looking for signatories to join its System Stewardship Advisory Committee (SSAC). Advisory Committee (SSAC).
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Blog postPart III: ESG factors and returns – a review of recent research
Prior to February 2022, research typically showed strong performance from sustainable and ESG strategies relative to the broad market. Industry research since then has looked at how this approach has held up in the wake of outperformance by energy and defence stocks.
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Blog postThe defence sector in focus: Common ESG risks
Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen, Senior Lead at the PRI’s Human Rights and Social Issues team, says investors should be cautious before re-assessing their defence positions.
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Introductory guideAn introduction to responsible investment: Biodiversity for asset owners
Introducing biodiversity to asset owners, focusing on drivers of biodiversity loss.
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OtherGuidance, standards and tools
Resources aimed at increasing investor action on nature have proliferated as the topic has grown in importance in recent years. On this page, we highlight a range, by no means exhaustive, of key resources in this area, produced by both the PRI and external authors.
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Introductory guideAn introduction to responsible investment: Infrastructure
What are the approaches to responsible investment for direct and indirect infrastructure investors?
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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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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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Discussion paperConsidering climate change in sovereign debt
Investors increasingly consider climate change in sovereign debt assessment – both risks and opportunities for positive impact. This paper helps investors understand the many links between sovereign debt and climate change.
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DDQStewardship for sustainability: Responsible investment DDQ
This due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) has been developed to help asset owners and other investors better understand and evaluate how investment managers approach sustainability outcomes stewardship, consistent with the PRI’s Active Ownership 2.0 programme.
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WebinarProxy Season 2023: key takeaways and looking ahead
Are the tides changing? This session focuses on the key takeaways from the 2023 proxy season and what this could mean for 2024. Participants are equipped with the tools and guidance PRI offers to support investors throughout the proxy cycle.
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DDQResponsible investment DDQ for private debt investors
This DDQ has been developed to help investors better understand and evaluate private debt managers’ approaches to responsible investment
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News and pressLeaders in responsible investment call for clearer standards in Japan
The PRI, UNEP FI and the Generation Foundation’s 2023 ‘A Legal Framework for Impact’ report on Japan finds institutional investors are unsure whether regulations allow them to invest for impact.
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Thought leadershipJapan: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry
Many Japanese investors remain unaware of the extent to which they are permitted or required to invest for sustainability impact. This report sets out five policy recommendations to clarify this question.
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WebinarTransforming responsible investment (RI) policies into action
This session examines the journey signatories face when transferring RI policies and ambitions into practical actions resulting in real world impacts.
