Our Work

Our Work

We focus on three overlapping
and complementary workstreams, each involving research and co-creation with diverse stakeholders – including investors, workers, communities, policy makers
and regulators, and academics.



Co-creating measurement, target-setting, disclosure, and evaluation tools focused on investors’ impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities. 

  • We are a founding Working Group member of the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-Related Financial Disclosures (TISFD), an evidence-based, multi-stakeholder global initiative supported by financial institutions, business, civil society, and labour leaders worldwide to develop recommendations and guidance for businesses and financial institutions to understand and report on impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities related to people.
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  • A collaboration with Impact Frontiers (IF) on the Investor Influence project (formerly named Investor Contribution 2.0) which takes an expansive view of the multifaceted ways investors shape outcomes for stakeholders and the natural environment and recommends that these considerations should be an embedded part of investors’ impact management approaches.
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Facilitating capacity building to improve investment governance and financial analysis practices to better account for people and nature.

  • In partnership with the Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI) and Paul O’Brien (a Trustee of Wyoming’s retirement system and former Deputy Chief Investment Officer of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority), PDI is collaborating with leaders in the institutional asset owner and allocator community to explore uptake of these new approaches.

Identifying, refining and scaling innovative, inclusive and regenerative investment structures.

  • As part of PDI’s efforts to co-create improved investment structures and practices that share more wealth and influence with workers and communities, we invite interested parties to join the evolving Ownership Lens Investing Movement. A recent (virtual) convening resulted in an inspiring gathering of minds that echoed a shared commitment to scaling strategies and capital to build wealth and influence for individuals and communities. The October 16 session showcased the potential of a “big tent” approach to ownership lens investing (OLI) across shared ownership of enterprise and real assets, as well as individual ownership. For more information, see the session recording and key takeaways. If you would like to stay updated and get involved, you can fill out this brief survey.
  • A recent webinar co-hosted by the manager of the UK railways pension schemes, Railpen and PDI, themed “Perspectives on Workforce Directors – Opportunities & Challenges”, explored the potential and hurdles of integrating workforce directors into corporate boards. The webinar highlighted that while the concept of workforce directors offers promising opportunities for enhancing workforce engagement and governance, it also faces significant challenges. By addressing these challenges and leveraging the experiences of pioneers in this field, companies can better navigate the complexities of integrating workforce directors and unlock their full potential for improving corporate performance and employee relations. More detailed insights, key takeaways, and the webinar recording may be found here.

Public Policy Engagement

The Predistribution Initiative periodically engages in public policy and regulatory reform. Please see below for examples of our comment letters to various public consultation periods: