All Stewardship articles – Page 2
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Case studySumma Equity: Impact accounting to measure and manage impact for a more stakeholder-centred economy
PRI Awards 2024 Winner: System Stewardship category
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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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WebinarProxy season 2024: Voting trends and insights for 2025
What does this year’s proxy season activity tell us? This year’s proxy season webinar looks at trends and insights from ESG-related votes, spotlights outcomes from climate resolutions and discusses the outlook for 2025.
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Thought leadershipHolding boards accountable for ESG: A business case
This article sets out the case for investors to ensure that investee company boards are held accountable when it comes to sustainability.
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Thought leadershipReport: Putting resources where stewardship ambitions are
This report by the Thinking Ahead Institute examines resourcing in stewardship.
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Discussion paperStewardship in private equity: A guide for general partners
This guide aims to help private equity general partners execute stewardship of their portfolio companies, partly by highlighting best practices for both beginners and leaders in stewardship.
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OtherInvestor initiatives
Various initiatives have been established to provide guidance and support for investor action on nature. Find below a list of key initiatives, networks and organisations in this space.
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WebinarProxy season 2024: PRI tools and investor insights
This session explores trends from the 2023 proxy season and how these are shaping 2024 AGMs. PRI specialists introduce the resources we offer investors to help keep you up-to-date throughout proxy season. PRI signatories present their focus areas and approaches. Find out how to use PRI tools to support and ...
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WebinarApply to join Spring: PRI’s new stewardship initiative for nature
This session, co-organised by the PRI and ICGN, outlines practical resources and examples to help investors ensure that their managers’ approach to stewardship and sustainability are aligned with their own objectives.
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WebinarStewardship for sustainability: designing mandates and evaluating managers
This session, co-organised by the PRI and ICGN, outlines practical resources and examples to help investors ensure that their managers’ approach to stewardship and sustainability are aligned with their own objectives.
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Technical guideDefinitions for responsible investment approaches
Investors benefit from common definitions that enable them to describe their responsible investment practices precisely and consistently. The PRI has collaborated with the CFA Institute and the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) to refine and harmonise terminology. We have jointly defined the ‘essential elements’ of five responsible investment approaches: ‘screening’, ...
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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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Workshop summaryPRI Australian Stewardship Forum: Workshop on Stewardship Resourcing
This summary captures key insights, best practices, and ways the PRI can support signatories’ progress from the first Stewardship Forum held in Australia on 9 May 2023.
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Workshop summaryHuman rights in private markets: access to remedy
Key points from a workshop on 31 January 2023 where private markets industry participants discussed their role in providing access to remedy.
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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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Policy reportStrengthening effective stewardship in Australia: Understanding barriers and opportunities
Building on the findings and recommendations in the reports, A Legal Framework for Impact, Legal Framework for Impact: Australia, and the Stewardship Policy Toolkit, this report sets out the findings of research into how Australian institutional investors conduct stewardship and identifies barriers that limit how effectively they use stewardship to ...
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Reporting guidanceHow to identify human rights risks: A practical guide in due diligence
As formalised by the UN and the OECD in 2011, institutional investors have a three-part responsibility to respect human rights
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Case studyRobeco: Re-baselining for a net-zero commitment
Striving to accurately track progress by controlling for changes in financial metrics.
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Policy reportPolicy briefing: Unlocking the Potential of Shareholder Voting in China
This briefing focuses on shareholder voting in China. It makes policy recommendations to help mobilise institutional investors to exercise their voting rights more effectively and responsibly for the purpose of securing and enhancing overall long-term value for clients or beneficiaries.
