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  • IASB clarifies climate expectations as Big Four face investor scrutiny

    29 November 2019

    The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has clarified its expectations on disclosure of climate-related risks, as it emerged that a group of investors had pressured the Big Four accounting firms to focus more on climate.

  • PRI to study ‘fundamental legal questions’ on impact investing

    28 November 2019

    ‘Fundamental legal questions’ surrounding impact investing will be the subject of a far-reaching study commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • FRR, Axa, Aviva, CNP join Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

    27 November 2019

    Pension fund FRR and insurers Axa, Aviva and CNP have committed to make their investment portfolios carbon neutral by 2050.

  • Different paths lead to sustainable investing

    21 October 2019

    Fiona Reynolds outlines her thoughts on the differences and similarities between ESG and impact approaches to investing

  • $35trn investors urge governments to step up climate change action

    20 September 2019

    Institutional investors with $35 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have urged the world's governments to do more to tackle climate change ahead of next week's UN climate action summit.

  • Don’t rely on easy climate gains in land-use sector, PRI report warns

    13 September 2019

    Existing climate scenarios lean too heavily on the expectation of major cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the land use sector and investors are therefore underestimating the amount of reductions that will need to happen in other sectors, according to a report commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • PRI examines EU benchmarks, disclosures proposals in briefings

    27 August 2019

    The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has published policy briefings on proposed EU regulation on climate-themed benchmarks and sustainability-related disclosures.

  • Will the taxonomy deliver?

    12 July 2019

    Will the EU's taxonomy succeed in boosting the flow of finance to a low-carbon economy, asks Elena K Johansson

  • Norges Bank warns PRI of mission drift

    03 May 2019

    Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has warned the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) that it is in danger of ‘drifting away from its founding principles’ if it mandates signatories to complete reporting based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • 27 firms sign up to green finance principles for Belt and Road

    29 April 2019

    A set of green financing guidelines for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has received backing from 27 firms around the world.