Despite soaring corporate profits and strong market performance, wealth and income inequality are increasing, leading to public disenfranchisement and market imbalances which can eventually jeopardize crucial business functions and diversified investors’ portfolios. Institutional investors are increasingly concerned with the financial implications of social and environmental risks and calling for tools to identify and mitigate them. […]
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UNDP: From Fragmentation to Integration: Embedding Social Issues in Sustainable Finance
The Predistribution Initiative collaborated with UNDP on their new paper – “From Fragmentation to Integration: Embedding Social Issues in Sustainable Finance.” Organizations in addition to The Predistribution Initiative who contributed to this piece include the Financial Conduct Authority, ReGenerate, JS Global Advisory , and Rights CoLab. The paper highlights the relevance of social issues in […]
PRI: Aligning private equity investment practices and structures with ESG goals
“The private equity industry is growing in importance. In recent years, companies have remained private longer. Furthermore, limited partner (LP) allocations to private markets continue to increase as underfunded pensions and endowments search for yield in a low interest rate environment, and in pursuit of diversification as the universe of public companies shrinks. From our […]
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