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The governance pillar in ESG (environmental, social, and governance) refers to the systems, policies, and practices that ensure an organisation is managed responsibly and ethically. It includes issues such as board structure, reporting & disclosures, shareholders & voting, and risk management. Strong governance reduces risks, enhances trust, and supports long-term business sustainability.

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Digging deeper: Human rights and the extractives sector

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
The report examines significant human rights issues in the extractives sector value chain, and summarises the key outcomes and insights of a PRI-coordinated (Principles for Responsible Investment) engagement with companies. Importantly, the report highlights the key elements that investors should consider when engaging with mining, oil and gas companies.
Research
19 July 2018

Guide to unlocking prosperity: Finance, investment and sustainable development

United Nations Global Compact
Companies and institutional investors can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their business activities and investment decisions. This guide lists the many actions that these financial industry participants can take to achieve these goals across sectors including education, clean energy, agriculture, and health.
Research
31 December 2017

GMO

Commercial Organisations
GMO is an investment management firm operating across a range of asset classes around the world. All GMO's investment teams apply a long-term, valuation-based investment philosophy. GMO believe environmental, social and governance factors can have a meaningful impact on the long-term success of companies and countries.
Organisation
2 research items

J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.

Commercial Organisations
American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company, offering services within consumer and commercial banking, investment banking, wealth management and asset management. It is ranked by S&P Global as the largest bank in the United States and the sixth-largest bank in the world with US$2.6 trillion (2019) total assets.
Organisation
1 research item

Willis Towers Watson

Commercial Organisations
Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. The company is an Irish-domiciled global multinational risk management, insurance brokerage and advisory company.
Organisation
1 research item

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte)

Commercial Organisations
Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services. Formed over 150 years ago, Deloitte employs approximately 286,000 people in 150 countries and territories, including over 8.000 people located in 14 offices across Australia.
Organisation
7 research items

Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler International (KPMG International)

Commercial Organisations
KPMG advises other organisations, helping them to mitigate risk and grasp opportunities. KPMG operates across the globe, serving the needs of businesses, governments, public-sector agencies and not-for-profits through audit and assurance practices.
Organisation
17 research items

In focus: Addressing investor needs in business reporting on the SDGs

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
This report aims to integrate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the business reporting process. This is done by providing perspectives and recommendations on key parameters to effectively inform investor decision-making processes. This report builds on current available disclosures and does not intend to create a new reporting framework.
Research
31 December 2018

The world's dumbest idea

GMO
An exploration into the problems that are present within the concept of shareholders value maximisation (SVM). Montier examines the history which has lead to the adaptation of this idea and the potential impact it has on the economy.
Research
31 December 2014

Climate change: Awareness to action

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has highlighted the financial risks of climate change facing financial services organisations, saying that they are material, foreseeable and actionable now. APRA’s survey of 38 entities summarises the activities that those entities are adopting to mitigate financial risks. This information paper provides APRA's insights into responses to their survey.
Research
20 March 2019

SDG Industry Matrix: Financial services

United Nations Global Compact
The Matrix provides industry specific ideas for action and industry specific practical examples for each relevant SDG. It profiles opportunities which companies expect to create value for shareholders as well as for society.
Research
30 September 2015

A portfolio approach to impact investment

J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.
This paper is a practical guide on how to build and analyse a portfolio of impact, which is based on a graphical assessment of impact investments along the dimensions of impact, risk and return. The framework offers insight into the construction of a target profile, mapping individual investments and aggregate portfolios, as well as risk management.
Research
1 October 2012

Integrating the SDGs into corporate reporting: A practical guide

Global Reporting Initiative
This guide builds on earlier work, in particular, the SDG Compass developed by the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), which offers a starting point for companies approaching the SDGs, including resources. This practical guide does not create a new reporting framework. Rather, it outlines a three-step process to embed the SDGs in existing business and reporting processes.
Research
31 August 2018

Framing the future of corporate governance: Deloitte governance framework

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte)
This report outlines the Deloitte governance framework which provides board members with an end-to-end view of corporate governance. The aim of the framework is to act as a tool for board members and executives to quickly identify potential opportunities to improve both effectiveness and efficiency within the organisation structure.
Research
31 December 2016

Clean Air Task Force

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Clean Air Task Force is a nonprofit environmental organisation that works to help safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change. They achieve this by catalysing the rapid global development and deployment of low carbon energy, and other climate-protecting technologies, through research and analysis, public advocacy leadership, and partnership with the private sector.
Organisation
1 research item

Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi)

Academic Institutions
The Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi) is a nonprofit research organisation that funds environmental, social and corporate governance research, as well as research on the capital market context that impacts how investors and companies make decisions.
Organisation
1 research item
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