PRI signatories report improved ESG integration
Signatories to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have improved the transparency of their reporting, ESG integration and active management, an annual survey reveals.
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UNPRI looks for new horizons
The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is focused on expanding into China, India and the Middle East and driving environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration beyond equities and property and into other asset classes, says PRI executive director James Gifford.
ESG culture crucial to integration says innovating funds
Some of responsible investing’s most sophisticated adherents have moved from token aspirations to attempting to imbed environmental, social, governance integration into all their investment decisions. Top1000funds.com talked to Dutch asset manager PGGM and Danish fund ATP, which are both widely regarded as ESG leaders, about how they have integrated ESG into their investment processes.
There’s no escaping the fiduciary duty of creating a better world
ESG, and more recently climate change, are now largely accepted in the investment process, and more importantly have passed the fiduciary duty test.
CalPERS steps up ESG drive
After an extensive review and high-level workshop earlier this month the CalPERS’ investment team will seek board approval in December for a total-fund plan to more fully integrate environmental, social and corporate governance principles into all the investment decisions it makes in each of its asset class.
Integrating ESG into the investment process
This MSCI paper provides a framework for integrating ESG considerations into the investment process of mainstream institutional asset managers. In particular, it introduces a portfolio analytical framework that aims to measure how well ESG factors are integrated across the entire portfolio and that can be used to set quantifiable objectives for improvement.
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