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.
Liquid asset: Investing in water is good for returns, good for the planet
Water is a finite and scarce commodity, and institutional asset owners have a big part to play in ensuring the long-term conservation and management of water resources – not only for their direct beneficiaries, but also for the long-term good of the planet and future generations.
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Ag investors release responsible investment principles
A group of eight institutional investors has launched a guiding set of principles for responsible investment in farmland, which forms part of a UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) push to provide practical guidelines for specific asset classes.
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.
Service providers key to ESG development
There is nothing like a bit of red-hot competition to get the blood pumping – 37 Principle for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories are running for only six positions on the newly-structured PRI Advisory Council. Let’s hope this has the effect of actually transforming institutional investment portfolios, not just getting these responsible types a little spirited.
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