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PRI CEO David Atkin to step down in 2026

The board of the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is to begin a search for a new CEO as incumbent David Atkin announced he will step down next year.

Canada, Japan targeted in PRI sovereign engagement initiative expansion

Canada and Japan are the next focus countries for the collaborative sovereign investor engagement initiative launched by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

Safeguarding the EU's sustainable finance framework is critical for its competitiveness

Efforts to make the EU's sustainable finance regulations work better for everyone are welcome, but investors need high-quality sustainability data and regulatory certainty, write Stephanie Pfeifer, Aleksandra Palinska, and David Atkin

Investors sound alarm that EU's Omnibus threatens 'significant weakening' of ESG data

The European Commission's plans to overhaul sustainability reporting risk hollowing out the EU sustainable finance framework and jeopardising its Green Deal, it has been warned by investors with a combined €6.6 trillion ($6.8 trillion) in assets.

Policy advocacy a gap in investor transition plans, Investor Agenda says

Investors' climate transition plans are widely "lacking" in information on how they intend to push policymakers and regulators to act on climate, according to a review of 230 institutional investors' plans.

PRI's Spring launches progress-tracking framework

The Principles for Responsible Investment's nature engagement initiative, Spring, has launched an assessment framework to track company progress against its expectations for reducing biodiversity loss and nature impact.

EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'

Suggestions that the EU could bring sustainable finance-related disclosure rules into a single, 'omnibus' regulation to "reduce the reporting burden" risks unnecessary chaos, thinktank E3G has said.

Lay the foundations before building: ISSB standards as the Global Baseline

Investors need national regulators to rapidly adopt ISSB standards without removing key concepts or requirements, writes Nathan Fabian

PRI report presents framework for socially conscious transition

$29trn of investors call on governments to raise their game on tackling climate change

The Investor Agenda's 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis has seen hundreds of investors call on governments to address climate change with policy implementation at every level.