The United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment organization will be engaging with U.S. policymakers to help them catch up on sustainable financial policy reforms, and it is encouraging its signatories to do the same. Other countries are "acting with growing urgency to adopt measures that integrate responsible investment," but the U.S. "remains a glaring outlier" when it comes to a global policy consensus on sustainable finance, CEO Fiona Reynolds said in an Oct. 17 letter to PRI's 510 U.S. [...]

Foundations in Responsible Investment is recognised as the international “gold standard for ESG training”. It was developed as the PRI Academy’s foundational course, focusing on the identification and implementation of ESG factors into investment decision making. The course, which takes 12 - 14 hours to complete, explores the key principles of responsible investment, uses real-life case studies to illustrate the materiality of ESG issues in business, introduces strategies for identifying and managing new approaches to ESG risk, and identifies [...]

Getting Started in Responsble Investment is a short, two to three hour training course designed for professionals across the business spectrum that want an insight into responsible investment. The course delivers the business case for RI and introduces new ideas to traditional investment approaches. The course explores the key principles of responsible investment, uses real-life case studies to illustrate the materiality of ESG issues in business, introduces strategies for identifying and managing new approaches to ESG, and identifies sustainability [...]