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February 08, 2021

Asset owners increasingly include ESG considerations in their investment management agreements (IMAs) and other legal documentation. More than two-thirds (69%) of PRI asset owner signatories typically implement ESG
requirements in contracts such as IMAs and limited partner agreements (LPAs).1 To ensure that investment managers abide by their clients’ ESG requirements, certain legal aspects are becoming standard features of the asset owner-investment manager relationship.

The PRI believes that ESG should be at the core of the relationship between the asset owner and the investment manager. To reflect the importance of these issues, clauses like those set out in the sample ESG clauses section of this document should be included in the agreements governing that contractual arrangement.

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