Principles for Responsible Investment

🌿 We are pleased to announce the launch of PRI Academy's new course: Nature and Biodiversity for Investors this September! 📚 With biodiversity loss accelerating as an unprecedented rate, addressing nature and biodiversity has become a top priority in the global ESG agenda. Education on this critical issue is more important than ever and your input is vital in shaping this course curriculum. Contribute by filling out our short survey here: https://lnkd.in/eu55kpb5

We are delighted to welcome 4 new members to the Academic Network Advisory Committee, bringing a wealth of expertise from academia, policy and investment practice.   We’ve done a short Q&A with Jason Hsu, Marie Brière, Lukasz Pomorski and Jennifer Howard-Grenville, covering the key challenges to #ResponsibleInvesting, the benefits of the Academic Network and PRI’s wider #research programme, and their desired contribution to the programme. 💡   Did you know the PRI has an Academic Network that has 13,000+ academics and practitioners❓ The Academic Network Advisory Committee aims to bridge the gap between investors and academics through events, seminars, and a monthly newsletter, fostering engagement and knowledge exchange. Find out more and read the full Q&A 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVUdeZMX

🌍 This year, over 670 shareholder resolutions from 16 countries were featured on the PRI Resolution Database! 🌿 New topics this year include the social harm of artificial intelligence, the impacts of deep-sea mining, and the financing of low-carbon energy projects. 📅Sign up for our webinar on 31 July to hear an in-depth analysis from PRI stewardship experts: https://lnkd.in/eQHPt3ib

Gresham House: Habitat Banks as a New nature-related infrastructure investment opportunity 🌿🏦 Net zero cannot be achieved without pursuing positive outcomes for nature. With nature under unprecedented threat, investors are increasingly examining their strategies for net zero to address emerging financial risks and opportunities. Our latest case study explores how Gresham House, are protecting and restoring nature as a means to create opportunities and generate investor returns. By developing new habitats and improved land management techniques, these investments are creating intentional and additional improvement to biodiversity. Over time, they expect to see increase in soil quality, air and water quality locally. 🔗Explore how Gresham House is leading the way in natural capital investment here: https://lnkd.in/eW9cy6Pn

Friday #insights 💡 We've published a new report, using data from more than 3,700 PRI signatories' reporting to analyse the implementation of human rights standards across global markets. Dive into the full analysis here: https://lnkd.in/eYjGjXhS   To further support signatories, we also have a #webinar 💻 coming up next Tuesday, 16 July. Join us, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, and institutional investors to discuss market trends, best practices, and UN recommendations for respecting #humanrights.   Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ewpzQ82Z

🌍 Nature risks are too big to ignore. Following the launch of the Spring engagement process – an investor stewardship nature initiative supported by over 200 investors managing US $15 trillion – the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, supported by Spring and the World Wildlife Fund, are publishing a briefing pack on the rising investor and corporate focus on nature. Nature action has become a fiduciary responsibility: leading investors are taking action today across land and oceans. In response, a collaborative and increasingly aligned set of investor initiatives are shaping to accelerate action.

Speaker announcement! We're beyond excited to share the names of the first confirmed speakers for #PRIinPerson 2024 🥳 Whether you join us online or attend in person, from 8-10 October, you will be able to tailor the agenda to your strategic priorities, with sessions across 6 breakout streams convening thought leaders, policy makers and industry experts for action-oriented discussions.   We will be updating the speaker list regularly over the coming months with full details of the expected 150+ speakers. Click here to find out more about the confirmed speakers: https://lnkd.in/eT-MnYqq Confirmed speakers: Jane Ambachtsheer, Navina Balasingam, Jamie Bonham, Tollak Nylænde Bowitz, William Burckart, Mark Carney, Caitlin Clarke, Sharmeen Contractor, Colleen Denzler, CFA, Tina Fordham, Richard Gardiner, Luke Gould, Nadia Humphreys, Emily Lawrence, CC-P, Karen Lockridge, Elle Merete M. Omma, Lorenzo Saa, Ogiima Kwe Claire Sault, Priti Shokeen, Laetitia Tankwe, Nicole Yazbek-Martin

🌿 We are 100 days away from Biodiversity COP16! 🌍 #COP16 marks the first COP since the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted, and all eyes are on implementation. 📢 Today, PRI published the Nature Policy Roadmap, outlining key public policy reforms to help investors address nature-related issues effectively. The paper offers: 🔹A perspective on how national #biodiversity strategies and action plans can empower investor action 🔹 A resource for investors' #policy engagement on nature 🔹An invitation for further discussion on policies for nature Read the paper here: https://ow.ly/KZZg50SzvWR

Delighted that the China Climate Engagement Initiative (CCEI) has won 'ESG engagement initiative of the year, Asia' at the Sustainable Investment Awards 2024👏🎉🌏 Principles for Responsible Investment has been supporting this new collaborative investor engagement initiative, which aims to promote green, low-carbon and high-quality corporate transition towards China's ‘dual carbon’ goals of peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. Climate change is a global problem and requires global solutions. Initiatives such as Climate Action 100+ have given investors a template for what can be achieved through the use of stewardship and collaboration across regions and sectors. But as the low-carbon transition becomes more sophisticated and nuanced, investor engagement can benefit from a more targeted and regionalised focus. As such PRI is supporting a growing number of regional investor initiatives (also see Climate Engagement Canada (CEC)) that better leverage locally led engagement, whilst also drawing on the support and expertise from other international investors. Despite the headwinds of geopolitics and populism, there are great opportunities for progress on climate change through such multi-stakeholder collaboration. To find out more about China Climate Engagement Initiative (CCEI) visit https://ccei.info/ or contact Aiwen Zhou. https://lnkd.in/emDmngNd (As a related side read, recommend Modern China: Financial Cooperation for Solving Sustainability Challenges, https://lnkd.in/emdqqaKR, in which Cary S. Krosinsky explores how more cooperation between China and the west is better than confrontational approaches) Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS) 中国责任投资论坛 China SIF Peiyuan Guo Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)

New UK Prime Minister needs a whole-of-government approach to deliver net zero. Our CEO, David Atkin, has co-signed a letter to Keir Starmer, alongside the CEOs of UKSIF and Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). In the letter, the three organisations urge the new PM to create a supportive policy environment in order to fully seize the economic, social, and environmental opportunities presented by the transition to net zero by 2050. Investment in green industries and technologies is accelerating, but it needs the right policy incentives to attract private finance. Read more of our letter here:https://lnkd.in/eScp7_G9