Latest Unpri Podcast Episodes
THE RETURN: A TEST
Unprintable Podcast - May 14, 2021 14:52 ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe official podcast of LitReactor.com taking an irreverent look at books, the publishing industry, reading and writing; featuring the know-it-all geekery of Cath Murphy, Joshua Chaplinsky and Rob W. Hart.
Spotlight on human rights: why investors should care about the union drive at Amazon
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - May 04, 2021 10:34 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI’s human rights podcast series, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks to Jennifer Bates, an Amazon worker who played a key role in organising the union drive in Bessemer, Alabama and Corey Klemmer, Director of Engagement at Domini Impact Investments. In this episode, ...
Real assets investing and climate change: implementing the TCFD recommendations
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - April 19, 2021 14:13 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, our real assets lead, Simon Whistler, talks to Rick Alsop from WSP about climate risks and opportunities for real assets investors.
Making Voting Count: principle-based voting on shareholder resolutions
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - March 31, 2021 12:50 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this podcast, the PRI’s Chloe Horne speaks with Susheela Peres da Costa, Head of Advisory at Regnan and Jake Barnett, Director of Sustainable Investment Services at Wespath about the PRI’s recently published paper – Making Voting Count - on how principle-based voting on shareholder resolutio...
ESG, sovereign bondholders and DMOs
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - March 16, 2021 12:51 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this podcast, the PRI’s Carmen Nuzzo speaks with Farah Imrana Hussain who is Senior Financial Officer and works on Financial Products & Client Solutions at the World Bank Treasury. They discuss how sovereign bondholder engagement with debt management offices (DMOs) is evolving as a result o...
Asset owners and their investment managers: An ESG journey
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - March 09, 2021 10:26 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Felix Soellner, Senior Analyst and lead author in the PRI's SAM guides speaks with Moya Yip of the Local Government Superannuation Scheme. They discuss the crucial role asset owners have with their investment managers and how LGS has integrated ESG...
Asset owner and their investment managers: An ESG journey
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - March 09, 2021 10:26 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Felix Soellner, Senior Analyst and lead author in the PRI's SAM guides speaks with Moya Yip of the Local Government Superannuation Scheme. They discuss the crucial role asset owners have with their investment managers and how LGS has integrated ESG...
ESG in credit risk and ratings: episode 5
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - March 01, 2021 11:47 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the fifth podcast of a series on the ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative, PRI's Sixtine Dubost speaks with with Judy Wesalo Temel from Fiera Capital and Patrick Welch from KBRA about environmental factors and how they affect the probability of default of an issuer or a bond issue and wh...
The Paris Agreement – towards COP26
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - February 23, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis podcast highlights the global investor perspective on the US re-joining the Paris Agreement. It covers priorities for the Paris Agreement and for net zero investor action. The podcast features: A new PRI/LSEG COP26 investor guide. Caisse des Dépôts’s net zero commitment London Stoc...
ESG in sovereign debt analysis
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - January 25, 2021 12:04 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this podcast, the PRI's Carmen Nuzzo speaks with Claudia Gollmeier, Senior Investment Officer, Managing Director, Singapore, Colchester Global Investors and Chair of the PRI's Sovereign Debt Advisory Committee and Kristian Hartelius, Head of Quantitative Strategies, AP2, and member of the a...
The PRI quarterly update, ft. Matthew McAdam, Director, Asia-Pacific
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - January 22, 2021 13:40 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJoin the PRI’s Matthew McAdam in this quarterly update episode of the PRI podcast. In this episode, Matthew runs through key updates from the PRI from the last quarter of 2020. Interested in the resources discussed in this episode? Asset owner technical guides: selection, appointment and mon...
The circular economy and why it matters for investors
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - January 18, 2021 09:46 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode, the PRI’s Rebecca Chapman speaks with Michiel De Smet, Finance Initiative Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. They discuss the findings from a report released last year by the Foundation called ‘Financing the Circular Economy’, including the relevance of the Circular Economy...
The Principles for Responsible Banking – one year on
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - December 14, 2020 12:52 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode PRI’s CEO, Fiona Reynolds, speaks with Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). They discuss its newest initiative, the Principles for Responsible Banking. Just over one year on from its launch, they explore why it was developed, what the ini...
ESG in credit risk and ratings: episode 4
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - December 07, 2020 11:15 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the fourth podcast of a series on the ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative, Carmen Nuzzo (Head of Fixed Income, PRI) speaks to Naresh Aggarwal (Associate Director, Policy and Technical, The Association of Corporate Treasurers) and Rhys Petheram (Fund Manager, Fixed Income, Jupiter Asset ...
Driving ESG performance through better data in infrastructure investing
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - November 30, 2020 11:46 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Simon Whistler talks to Rick Walters from GRESB. They talk about the state of play of ESG data and performance in infrastructure, how better ESG data can drive stronger long-term thinking and performance, and explore whether too much of a focus on da...
Spotlight on human rights: what are they and how do they impact investors?
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - November 23, 2020 11:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen engages in a dynamic human rights focused conversation with Chris Newton, Executive Director of Responsible Investment at IFM Investors and Akiko Sato, Human Rights Lawyer and Japan Programme Coordinator at the Business an...
Spotlight on the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - November 16, 2020 10:04 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI's CEO Fiona Reynolds speaks with Dr Bronwyn King AO, Founder, Director and CEO of Tobacco-Free Portfolios. They discuss the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, the progress the initiative has made since its launch, the impact of COVID-19, links between human ...
Introducing the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - October 26, 2020 12:28 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this podcast, the PRI's Nathan Fabian introduces the new EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, explains the Platform’s purpose, activities and what signatories can expect in the months and years ahead.
UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance – why set a target and how?
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - October 19, 2020 11:03 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe need a decisive decade of action on climate change, incorporating a sustainable recovery from COVID-19 and actions towards net zero by 2050. A leading group of asset owners, the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance has committed to aligning their portfolios with net zero by 2050, and p...
Investing in the living wage
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - October 14, 2020 16:29 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks with Sam Hepher from the Living Wage Foundation and ShareAction’s Rachel Hargreaves. They discuss the investor toolkit for the living wage recently launched in collaboration between their two organisations, why the living ...
The PRI quarterly update, ft. Anastasia Guha, Director of Northern Europe and EMEA
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - September 28, 2020 08:27 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJoint the PRI’s Anastasia Guha in this quarterly update episode of the PRI podcast. In this episode, Anastasia runs through key updates from the PRI. Interested in the resources discussed in this episode? Sustainable and inclusive: COVID-19 recovery and reform COVID-19 resources page B...
The Inevitable Policy Response: pathways to net zero
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - September 21, 2020 11:19 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsUnderstanding how climate risk could play out is of central importance to investors’ response to the climate challenge. A key approach is the use of scenario analysis to test the resilience of the portfolio to a number of future states. This can further be developed for financial analysis. This ...
ESG in credit risk and ratings: episode 3
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - September 14, 2020 08:04 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this third podcast of a series on the ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative, Carmen Nuzzo (PRI), Andrew Steel (Fitch Ratings) and Wayne Seaton (Sustainalytics) bring the producers’ perspective to the difference between ESG in credit ratings and ESG evaluations.
Unsecured lending in South Africa: how do we reverse course?
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - September 07, 2020 08:55 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks with Naeem Badat, director at Differential Capital. They discuss unsecured lending practices in South Africa and the devastating impacts these latter are having on consumers and the broader society. They discuss the state ...
PRI-WBCSD collaboration: driving corporate-investor action on sustainable development
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - September 01, 2020 09:03 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, Gail Whiteman, Professor of Sustainability, University of Exeter & Founder, Arctic Basecamp speaks with Peter Bakker, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the PRI’s CEO, Fiona Reynolds. They discuss WBCSD and ...
The PRI and The Shareholder Commons: universal ownership and guardrails
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - August 24, 2020 11:56 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this PRI podcast, the PRI’s Paul Chandler talks to Fredrick Alexander and Jennifer Warden of The Shareholder Commons – a new organisation set up to encourage a re-think of how our investment system functions. They discuss The Shareholder Commons’ history and approach, introduce the concept ...
Water sanitation and hygiene during COVID-19
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - August 10, 2020 10:39 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHand washing and access to clean water play an essential role in preventing the transmission of COVID-19. In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Gemma James is joined by Marc Robert, Partner and COO, Water Asset Management, Chair of Board for WaterAid America, and Maher Abdullah Al - CE...
Putting the SDGs into practice in infrastructure investing
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - August 03, 2020 12:31 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode of the PRI podcast, the head of the PRI's infrastructure workstream, Simon Whistler, speaks to Stanley Kwong from Aviva Investors’ real assets business about how they integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into their investment process.
The PRI quarterly update, ft. Lorenzo Saa, Chief Signatory Relations Officer
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - July 27, 2020 10:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJoin Lorenzo Saa, the PRI’s Chief Signatory Relations Officer, in this quarterly update episode of the PRI podcast. In this episode, Lorenzo runs through key updates from the PRI over the past quarter. Interested in the resources discussed in this podcast? COVID-19 resources page Invest...
A sustainable and inclusive recovery from COVID-19
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - July 20, 2020 08:31 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe connection between investors and policymakers is not working as it should if the recovery from COVID-19 is to be sustainable and inclusive with concrete reforms. This podcast explores the role investors have in elevating climate and human rights as part of the COVID-19 recovery, and how they...
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