Stewardship

Stewardship is the use of investor rights and influence to protect and enhance overall long-term value for clients and beneficiaries, including the common economic, social and environmental assets on which their interests depend.

Here we provide guidance on best practice stewardship, information on collaborative stewardship initiatives and our online PRI Collaboration Platform, plus details of how we work with signatories and other stakeholders to address regulatory and structural barriers to effective stewardship. There is also a series of guides on issue-specific stewardship topics.

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    About stewardship

    The PRI defines stewardship as: “Stewardship is the use of investor rights and influence to protect and enhance overall long-term value for clients and beneficiaries, including the common economic, social and environmental assets on which their interests depend.”

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    Active Ownership 2.0

    Active Ownership 2.0 is a framework for the more ambitious stewardship needed to deliver against beneficiaries’ interests and improve the sustainability and resilience of the financial system. Under this framework, investors use their influence to shape sustainability outcomes by engaging in more effective and assertive stewardship activities.

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    An introduction to responsible investment: stewardship

    This introductory guide explains the importance and relevance of stewardship within responsible investment and outlines the stewardship tools investors can incorporate into policies, processes and practices.

What we do

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Collaborative engagements

The PRI coordinates collaborative investor engagements on sustainability issues.

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Addressing system barriers

Part of the PRI’s work to promote more effective stewardship and active ownership amongst our signatory base is to address the system and regulatory barriers to stewardship.

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Voting

Voting on agenda items at annual general meetings (AGMs) allow investors to use their formal rights as owners to publicly and transparently communicate and escalate important matters, and directly interact with a company’s board.

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The PRI Collaboration Platform

Your go-to online tool to amplify the impact of sustainability engagements and to source sustainability-related shareholder resolutions and votes.

Resources

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Issue specific stewardship guides

Learn more about how stewardship works on particular issues.

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Filing shareholder proposals

Shareholder proposals are an important corporate engagement mechanism. They allow investors to use their formal rights as owners to publicly and transparently escalate important matters, and directly interact with a company’s board.