Latest Unpri Podcast Episodes
OECD BEPS project and Country-by-Country reporting
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - June 19, 2018 13:35 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsRichard Murphy, a chartered accountant, political economist, and co-founder of the Tax Justice Network, joins PRI’s Vaishnavi Ravishankar to discuss the OECD’s BEPS project with a particular focus on Action 13 and Country-by-Country reporting. Together, they unpack the concept by discussing the ...
Why should investors care about WASH?
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - June 07, 2018 15:34 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMarc Robert (Water Asset Management) and Michael Alexander (Diageo) join the PRI's Gemma James to explore how water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues in company operations and supply chains affect investors and why investors should engage on the topic.
Cobalt in battery technology and responsible sourcing
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - May 22, 2018 11:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOlivier Van Hirtum and Jaideep Singh Panwar join the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman to discuss the role of cobalt in battery technology and the human rights risks associated with the sourcing of cobalt. They explore the impact of electric vehicles growth on the demand for cobalt and the key role that ...
Behind the scenes look at the Modern Slavery Statement
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - January 10, 2018 14:24 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsGeorgie Erangey, an independent business and human rights consultant joins the PRI's Naheeda Chowdhury to explore the challenges and opportunities presented by section 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act and how this ground-breaking disclosure clause will impact organisations beyond their first year...
Investors and responsible labour practices in the apparel industry
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - December 15, 2017 11:05 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMåns Carlsson- Sweeny (Ausbil Investment Management) joins the PRI's Bettina Reinboth to explore how investors can engage with apparel companies to encourage better labour practices in the apparel industry. They discuss PRI’s recent investor briefing on the topic, including various red flags tha...
Why migration is a material issue for investors
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - August 17, 2017 12:19 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSudip Hazra (Kepler-Cheuvreux) joins the PRI's Bettina Reinboth to explore the issue migration and why it is a material issue for investors. They explore the link to a number of other ESG issues, including labour skills, human rights and climate change.
RI news roundup - May 2017
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - May 30, 2017 10:01 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month's topics include HSBC's sustainable agriculture policy, the G20 Energy Efficiency Investment toolkit, Occidental's shareholder resolution on climate change and more car emissions problems with Fiat Chrysler a...
Rare Earth Minerals
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - May 24, 2017 14:43 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHongqiao Liu (China Water Risk) joins the PRI's Gemma James to discuss rare earth minerals and their importance to investors. As a key component in many new technologies, such as electronics and renewable energy, the sustainable supply of these "vitamins of industry" is becoming increasingly cri...
RI news roundup - April 2017
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - April 30, 2017 16:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month's topics include the sale of the UK Green Investment Bank, investments and divestments by the Ford Foundation and PKA, and new reports from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project and OECD.
Why closing the ESG information gap is smart business
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - April 20, 2017 15:09 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDavid Harris (Group Head of Sustainable Business, London Stock Exchange Group), Christopher Szpojnarowicz (Company Secretary & Head of Legal, Unite Students) and James Corah (Head of Ethical and Responsible Investment, CCLA) join the PRI's Nathan Fabian to discuss recent work by the UN's Sustain...
ICCR engagement on the banking sector
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - April 20, 2017 09:01 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSister Nora Nash (ICCR) joins the PRI's Olivia Mooney to discuss the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)'s engagement and shareholder resolution activities in relation to the banking sector.
The Roadmap to Full ESG Integration
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - March 28, 2017 11:02 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsRobert Eccles (Chairman of Arabesque Partners) and Mirtha Kastrapeli (Head of Sustainable Investment Research at State Street’s Center for Applied Research) join the PRI's Danielle Chesebrough to discuss their recent paper "The Investing Enlightenment" based on global surveys of 582 institutiona...
RI news roundup - March 2017
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - March 24, 2017 16:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month's topics include Lloyds' report on stranded assets, the new Fish Tracker Initiative, ACTIAM's water-neutrality goal, NAB and gender equality bonds, and the Shareholders' Rights Directive.
Corporate tax responsibility
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - March 21, 2017 12:07 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsRobert Wilson (MFS Investment Management) joins the PRI's Athanasia Karananou to discuss the issue of tax and why this matters to investors. This covers Robert's work as part of a PRI-led investor taskforce to explore and engage on the issue of corporate tax responsibility.
RI news roundup - February 2017
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - February 27, 2017 10:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month's topics include investor statements on climate change and the SEC's conflict minerals rule, recent oil majors' results, investor guidance for engaging the banking sector on low carbon transition and a McKins...
FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - February 10, 2017 11:29 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMartin Skancke (Chair of the PRI Board and FSB Task Force member) joins the PRI's Sagarika Chatterjee to discuss the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and what their recently released recommendations mean for investors.
RI news roundup - January 2017
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - January 30, 2017 10:46 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month's topics include the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures, ExxonMobil, Rolls-Royce, Fiat Chrysler, Samsung, Deutsche Bank and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
RI news roundup - November 2016
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - November 25, 2016 10:04 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month's topics include the the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22), oil and gas companies, the car emissions scandal (Renault and VW), and Rio Tinto.
Methane in the oil and gas sector
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - November 10, 2016 09:10 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSean Wright (Environmental Defense Fund) and Matthias Beer (BMO GAM) join the PRI's Gemma James to discuss why methane emissions are a material issue for investors in the context of climate change. This coincides with the launch of a new investor guide to methane on how to manage the risks thro...
Corporate climate lobbying in the U.S.
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - November 01, 2016 16:47 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsKathy Mulvey (Union of Concerned Scientists) joins the PRI's Paul Chandler to discuss why corporate lobbying on climate change matters to investors, as well as the findings from UCS' new report: The Climate Accountability Scorecard - Ranking Major Fossil Fuel Companies on Climate Deception, Disc...
RI news roundup - October 2016
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - October 26, 2016 10:51 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month's topics include the flurry of recent global climate deals, Yahoo's data breach, gender diversity in mining and Morningstar's new sustainability indices.
RI news roundup - September 2016
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - September 21, 2016 09:06 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news.
Corporate ownership transparency
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - September 12, 2016 13:16 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSecret or anonymously-owned companies pose a number of risks to shareholders - both financial and non-financial. This is primarily due to the difficulty in identifying the actual ("beneficial") owners. Eryn Schornick (Global Witness) joins the PRI's Olivia Mooney to discuss the issue, as well as...
Shipbreaking practices
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - September 06, 2016 07:58 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsShipbreaking is one of the world's most dangerous occupations, with severe impacts on human rights and the environment. Annie Bersagel (KLP) joins the PRI's Valeria Piani to explain why this is important to investors and encourages them to join their current engagement on responsible ship recycl...
RI news roundup - August 2016
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - August 24, 2016 16:33 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMonthly, 5 minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news.
From Patchwork to Framework: a case for enhanced transparency
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - August 04, 2016 08:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSteve Waygood (Aviva Investors) and Toby Heaps (Corporate Knights) join the PRI's Danielle Chesebrough to discuss the current state of sustainability reporting, and identify the key next steps exchanges, regulators, investors and international organizations (such as IOSCO and IASB) should take t...
Socio-economic inequality
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - July 25, 2016 14:25 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSudip Hazra (Kepler Cheuvreux) joins the PRI's Valeria Piani to discuss why inequality matters to global businesses and their shareholders.
Factory Farming and ESG
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - June 08, 2016 08:47 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJeremy Coller (Coller Capital) joins the PRI's Valeria Piani to discuss factory farming and FAIRR (Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return), an investor initiative that aims to put the issue on the ESG agenda.
Labour Standards in the supply chain - a supplier perspective
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - May 25, 2016 15:06 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCharlie Bradshaw (Matrix APA) joins the PRI's Felicitas Weber to discuss how to address poor labour conditions in global supply chains, looking at the supplier perspective. The PRI are also re-launching their collaborative engagement on labour practices in agricultural supply chains, with an in...
Proxy Access in the USA
The Principles for Responsible Investment podcast - May 09, 2016 13:34 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsScott Zdrazil (New York City Comptroller) joins the PRI's Olivia Mooney to discuss the development of proxy access in the USA. This includes an overview of the Boardroom Accountability Project, the company response so far and advice for investors on how to engage on the issue.
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