Press Releases
- 21 July 2021 | Major international legal report backs growing institutional investor focus on achieving positive sustainability impacts
- 27 November 2019 | Groundbreaking work to assess real-world sustainability impact for investors
A Legal Framework for Impact in the News
2023
- Financial Post | Law supports sustainable investing says global group of investors
- Environmental Journal | Response on legal framework for responsible climate-aligned investments
- Yahoo Finance | Do Canadian pension plans have a legal obligation to consider climate change when investing? These global heavyweights think so
- Corporate Knights | Canada falling behind other countries on ESG investing rules: report
- Yahoo Finance | Canada’s sustainable investing rules fall short of other countries: study
- Benefits Canada | Clear, consistent guidelines required for integrating sustainability in investment decisions in Canada: report
- National Observer | Canada’s financial sector urged to ‘take off the blinders’ and prioritize climate change
- Responsible Investor | PRI calls on Canadian government to clarify fiduciary duties for pension funds
2022
- Responsible Investor | PRI calls on UK regulators to act ‘more progressively’ on sustainable finance
- ESG Clarity | UK focus on ESG disclosure lags pursuit of impact goals
- ESG Clarity | COP27: An opportunity to align governments and investors on sustainable finance policy reform
- The Asset | Australia’s Albanese gets real with sustainability
- ESG Investor | Reforms needed to free investors to consider ESG factors
- ESG Clarity | PRI pushes Australia for better sustainable finance regulation
- Environmental Finance | PRI criticises ‘limited’ Australian sustainable finance policy
- ESG Investor | ESG Explainer: Line of Duty
- Australian Financial Review | How to invest sustainably – and finish in the green
- Environmental Finance | PRI: EU regulation ‘inconsistent’ with investing for impact
- Impact Investor | All rise! Legal experts join forces to drive impact
2021
- The Balance | What is Investing for Sustainability Impact?: Investing for Sustainability Impact Explained
- Investopedia | What is Investing for Sustainability Impact (IFSI)?
- Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative | A Legal Framework for Impact by PRI, UNEP FI and The Generation Foundation
- Banking Exchange | A Legal Framework for Impact Investing?
- Laywers Weekly | New report paves way for positive sustainability impact
- Financial Times Moral Money Newsletter | Climate change litigation rattles companies and shareholders
- Responsible Investor | Major report outlines legal framework for moving from sustainability risk to impact
- ESG Investor | Call for Sustainability Goals to be Built into Fiduciary Duties
- IPE | International report finds investors often legally bound to go green
- Axios | Big investors seek impact
- Mirage News | Major international legal report backs growing institutional investor focus on achieving positive sustainability impacts
- Environmental Finance | Freshfields ‘landmark’ report on impact launched
- Environmental Finance | Impact: Six areas to watch in 2021
2020
- Environmental Finance | Legal Framework for Impact to fundamentally reshape finance, says Generation IM
- Money Market | Why SA’s policymakers should focus on sustainability impact
- Plenitude | Will Martindale – Director of Policy and Research – PRI