All Social issues articles – Page 11
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ArticleTheme 3: Covid-19, privacy rights and cyber security risks
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have introduced measures around bio-surveillance, censorship and misinformation that could have significant impacts on privacy rights.
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ArticleTheme 2: supporting suppliers and building resilient supply chains
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the lack of resilience of supply chains in respect of labour rights during a large-scale disruption.
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ArticleTheme 1: protecting workers’ rights through the Covid-19 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is primarily a public health emergency, but its consequences have shown that it is much more than that. While there is a sense that the pandemic is a collective phenomenon, the stark reality is that it hits the most vulnerable hardest.
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ArticleCovid-19 and human and labour rights concerns
In March 2020, the PRI launched two discussion forums on the PRI collaboration platform to collect investor experiences relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Blog postUS investor perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion
By Carol Jeppesen, Head of the US, PRI
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PRI Web PageCollaborative engagement on responsible sourcing of cobalt
This PRI-supported collaborative engagement on responsible cobalt sourcing ran between 2018 and 2020 with companies in the electronics and automotive sector. A total of 46 institutional investors, representing approximately US$6.4trn in assets under management, engaged with 16 companies on their cobalt sourcing practices.
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Blog postEnvironmental and social policies pay off when times are tough
By Rui Albuquerque, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, CEPR and ECGI, Yrjo Koskinen, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Shuai Yang, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, and Chendi Zhang, University of Exeter Business School
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ArticleAGM season during the COVID-19 pandemic: trends and themes
The 2020 AGM season has been unique. The record levels of support seen across 2019’s environmental and social proposals, alongside increasingly urgent climate action and commitments by huge corporates and investors to stakeholder capitalism, set the stage for an interesting season. In addition to this, the COVID-19 crisis has, in ...
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Engagement guideSustainable and inclusive: Covid-19 recovery and reform
Provides guidance for investors pursuing policy engagement during and post-COVID 19
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WebinarInvesting in human rights: a roadmap for investor action
This webinar will explore the responsibilities of institutional investors to respect human rights, and how this can be implemented in practice by exploring the recently launched Investor Toolkit prepared by the Investor Alliance on Human Rights.
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Blog postInvestors must act now to tackle deforestation and threats to indigenous people in the Amazon
By Nabylah Abo Dehman, Manager, Social Issues, Isabella Coin, Analyst, Environmental Issues, and Maria De Filippo, Senior Specialist, Environmental Issues, all at the PRI
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Blog postWhen Harry fired Sally: uncovering the gender punishment gap
By Mark Egan, Harvard University; Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University; Amit Seru, Stanford University
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Blog postBeyond ESG incorporation: how the SDGs can help investors shape outcomes in the world
By Shelagh Whitley, Director of ESG and SDGs, PRI and Marcel Jeucken, Managing Director, SustFin Ltd.
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ArticleESG, credit risk and COVID-19
Issuers’ crisis preparations and responses, and bondholder engagement, are two key areas of focus when considering the credit implications of the COVID-19 pandemic through an environmental, social and governance (ESG) lens.
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PRI Web PagePhase two of PRI’s COVID-19 Response
In continuing our work to address the issues responsible investors are facing with regards COVID-19, we are pleased to be launching our next phase.
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ArticleAGM Season 2020: investor questions on COVID-19
This guidance (co-developed by the PRI, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, California State Teachers’ Retirement System and APG) provides investors with ESG-related questions to ask investee companies’ – at annual general meetings (AGMs) and in follow-up engagements – about their responses to COVID-19.
