All Asset owners articles – Page 3
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DDQDiversity, equity and inclusion DDQ for institutional investors
This due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) is designed to help institutional investors understand how investment managers and investment consultants approach diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within their own organisations, through their investment activities or the manager research process
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Engagement guideUnlocking the potential of investor stewardship in China: towards a more sustainable economy
How Chinese policy makers can improve the country’s regulatory framework for effective stewardship, including for addressing ESG issues
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WebinarClosing 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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Case studyKfW Capital: Paving the way for a more sustainable venture capital ecosystem
KfW Capital outlines the processes and frameworks it has developed to conduct ESG due diligence on venture capital managers.
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Thought leadershipEuropean Union: Empowering investors to pursue sustainability goals
New measures are needed to enable mainstream EU investors to pursue environmental and social goals
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Case studyWafra: Taking a holistic approach to ESG diligence in venture capital
Wafra Inc. discusses its practical approach to ESG integration, which focuses on financially or operationally material issues.
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Discussion paperClosing 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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Blog postInvestor Climate Action Plans & net zero targets: opportunities for progress in 2022
By Hamish Stewart, Senior Associate, Climate Change, PRI & Rahnuma Chowdhury, Investor Climate Action Lead, UNEP FI
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DDQResponsible investment DDQ for listed equity investors
This due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) has been developed to help investors understand and evaluate listed equity managers’ approaches to responsible investment.
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WebinarProxy Season 2022: tools and resources from the PRI on voting and collaboration
This webinar will explore the tools and resources that PRI offers to support investors through the busy proxy season, including through the newly updated Collaboration Platform and Resolution Database, and its integrated vote pre-declaration system.
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RecordingPutting the Principles into practice: Principle 1
Learn how the PRI can support signatories implement Principle 1: incorporating ESG issues into investment processes across asset classes. We present the tools and guidance PRI has developed to help - regardless of your investment objectives or strategies
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WebinarMarket review: trends in ESG incorporation
In this session the panelists will explore key trends in ESG investing observed.
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WebinarTransforming responsible investment beliefs into action
This session will examine the journey and main challenges asset owners face when moving from beliefs into action.
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Blog postLeadership in ESG incorporation – asset owners
To meet their climate change commitments, asset owners will need to develop increasingly sophisticated systematic approaches to assessing and benchmarking the alignment of prospective managers.
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WebinarThe Investor Agenda: Investor net zero targets & climate action plans - The road from COP26
With trillions of dollars in AUM committed to Net Zero at COP26, this Investor Agenda webinar will provide an update on how investors can operationalise and report on progress against net zero goals across the institutional investment chain.
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WebinarPRI Digital Conference: Fund governance for the next generation
This session we explore how asset owners should react, what their responsibilities are and how relationships with asset managers and beneficiaries might change.
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Blog postAsset Owner Alliance accelerates pace of change in net-zero targets
By Jesica Andrews, Director, Investment Leadership Programme, PRI-UNEPFI
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Discussion paperHuman 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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Case studyVBV - Vorsorgekasse AG: VBV´s ESG incorporation process
Case study by VBV - Vorsorgekasse AG
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Case studyThe Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund: Integrating ESG factors into a DC Default Diversified Growth fund
Case study by The Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund
